The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-13

on it's time to pay up, your dog is trained-maybe-an ready to ship back. You remit. Of course you are at the ex- press office as the train rolls in, expecting to see a bunch of muscle and sinew. But as you approach the shipping crate your Rip looks up at you. Is that my dog? you ask yourself Yes, that's your hol- low-eyed, mangy, starved Rip You send him out home and give him a good feed. The next thing to do is to buy mango cure-also box of worm cap- sues. It takes two months to bring him back to respectable condition. Perhaps you have a pretty good shooting dog-and perhaps not.
 FEW GOOD TRAINERS
 Thus it goes invariably. Of course, there are a few good trainers, but they are scarce. Sometimes you get the good news that your dog ''bolted" Cleft from here) and the trainer has been unable to locate him; or that he died sudden ly." Perhaps your prospect was guilty but more often he was not. Someone has a fine dog. These are few of the trials and tribulations of the fanciers of the sporting breeds.
 In the pet variety plenty of trouble de- velops; most of it starts because pups are not thoroughly wormed out. The differ ent species of worms cause all kinds of internal irritations; these lead to other complications and leave the dog in a weakened condition, open to attacks of dstemper and pneumonia.
 As a rule the pet breeds are fondled and washed and combed and brushed like children. This makes. them more suscep- tible to colds. Once a week in summer and once every four weeks in winter is sufficient to wash dog.
 All breeds should be thoroughly wormed out twice a year. It's just natural for 1ae to h va the hookworm to fight in dogs as in hu mans. An application of some good mango cure twice a year helps the coat, also aids in preventing skin diseases. In fact the whole subject of dog" is an if tereSting one; you must experience it at some stage if you are a fancier But it's interesting. The world just nat urally loves the noble animal. If you don't believe the game is right scan the advertisements and pick you out pet with pedigree. Write the kennel owners for literature, photos, prices, etc. That s their business. Watch the remaining nine articles of the series starting today see the reproductions of champions in all breeds: make up your mind what you want, and then buy one.
 BIRMINGHAM'S BEST DOG DEAD
 Brminghan's best dog. all breeds, is dead. His name was ''The White Hope.'
 
 English Bulldog. The patrons of the dog show at the late Alabama State Fair will remember him. He not only won every thing in the bulldog class, but was trotted out into the ring at the final judging and walked off with the greatest honor-the best dog in the show, all breeds.
 White Hope died December 12. He was born December IS, 1912, making few days less than years old when he died. What makes him all the more remark able in his class was the large number Of wins he made for so young a dog. At the age of about months he was shown and won the blue ribbon in the puppy class. He took second at Louisville in 1913 it having taken the judges 45 minutes to decide between White Hope and Crumpsel Stym, world-famous winner, for first honors. White Hope was placed second At Nashville in 1913 he went to winners. At Chicago last year he took fourth at the International Dog show, competing against 4S bulldogs, both sexes. Some discussion took place at the ringside later that the judges would have changed their decision and placed White Hope second if there had not been danger of somebody squealing or having their feelings hurt. Coming back home he cleaned the boards at the State Fair show under the judging of Dr. DeMund.
 White Hope was a heavyweight, and did considerable travelling in short space of time, which weakened him constitu- tionally, and after going from the State Fair show to Louisville where he took second honors, he contracted distemper. which later led to pneumonia, and in a few days he passed to that happy hunting ground, which was the Mecca of all good Indians.
 Another instance in the Hopes career was the fact that he lost his mother on the day of his birth, and he, together with four others in the litter were successfully raised on the bottle,' a feat hard to perform.
 His litter brother, Hill Billy, shown once took the blue ribbon in American bred.
 The loss was more sad on account of the bright future as a champion he had and no doubt would have reached. He left several fine young Hopes, and the future may hear from them.