The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
TWO GREAT FINANCIERS
AS GREAT DOG FANCIERS
Samuel Untermyer. Money Trust In
vestigator. and Late J. Pierpont
Morgan Enthusiasts.
HERE'S A YARN OF LOCAL PRIDE

81 was chatting with a friend some
time ago in the lobby of the New Will
lard said Mr.. Harry B. Halves, Of st.
Louis. land he pointed TO a distinguish
ed looking gentleman and said. That is
Samuel Untermyer. who conducted the
money trust investigation. Let me in
troduce your
ct replied that / was not under sus-
picion with the money trust, and de-
clined. My friend said. 1 don't want
you to talk business. l want you to
talk dogs Mr.. Untermyer spends about
, 81, 600 a year on dogs Which caused me
to think of the late J. Pierpont Morgan.
who had the greatest kennel of colliss
in the world. Morgan often paid as
much as 5000 for individual dogs. and
must have spent a small fortune each
year, buying and sending to this cOun-
try the prize dogs of Europe. Here were
the head Of the alleged money trust and
its leading opponent. both dog fanCiers.
II asked my friend how he knew that
I was interested in dogs and he related
the following experience:
Having been well acquainted with
Mark Twain, he was sent by one OF the
great New York papers to little town
in Connecticut to report his death. He
finished an elaborate story on the great
=
graph office and told the operator to
put the story on the wire Immediately.
The operator said he could not do 1t
until he had sent a telegram.
NV friend stormed and persisted, and
the operator was firm. Finally. with
great Indignation. he asked: what teie-
grain could be more important than
sending the news of Mark Twain's death
TO the people% The telegraph operator
said he had a telegram for a man named
Hawes in st. Louis, about the shipment
of some dogs to a dog show.
MY friend said this is how he discov-
cred that was a dog fancier.'
Local Pride I'm Kennel.
"In this little Connecticut town they
have a famous kennel and everybody
was interested in this Kennel coming back
with some blue ribbons. The telegraph
operator shared in the local pride and
sent the dog telegram in preference to
the account of Mark Twain's death.
my fad" continued Mr.. Hawes. lat
one time was for Irish terriers. The ter
rier is a very bright. intelligent little fell |
low, with a shaggy coat, bright eyes and
an engaging disposition. He is by ma
ture an agitator, a regular devil for |
fight and fond of visiting the neighbors.
While breeding these dogs / had occa-
sion to send one 10 the heY. Father j. u
O'Gorman, at Gananoque, Canada, who |
at the time owned Celtic Badger whose |
stud fee was $50 Some years later I met |
the reverend father at the Detroit dog !
show, and was introduced to him with |
much ceremony; also to the celebrated |
Celtic Badger. who was the champion |
Irish terrier of America / asked Father |
OGorman what he would sell him for, |
and this splendid man replied: Well, Mr.. |
Halves, / don't know. / have a very |
poor parish in Gananoque, and Celtic |
Badger does much to support 1t. Last 4
year received 1880 for his services. L
do not know how the parish could get |
along without him. l have been offered
s., 200 for him. and. as we need an addi-
ton, may have to sell him. but I hope
not
Here in this great country, continued !
Mr.. Hawes. the government spends mil