The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-18
WOman's Club and Children
Entertained by Ernest
Harold Baynes
MORE THAN HUNDRED
LANTERN SLIDES
Interesting Facts Interspersed with
Amusing Stories and Anecdotes-va-
rlous Types Discussed-Spoke Wig
orously Against Wicks Bill.

orously Against Wicks Bill.
The members of the Brattleboro
Woman 5 club and many children, in
Guiding those of the free kindergarten
and some from the Austine Institution.
found thorough enjoyment and obtained
valuable information yesterday after
noon when Ernest Harold Bavnes.
of Meriden, n. H., gave an
illustrated lecture in Odd Fellows tenn
pie on Mans Noblest Friend, the Dog.
using over 100 lantern slides.
The illustrations were excellent and
Mr.. Baynes S descriptive was that of a
man not only familiar with his subject
but thoroughly in love with it. He in
terspersed interesting facts with stories
and anecdotes interesting and amusing
to young and old. That some of the ami
mails pictured were his own and that
many others were world famous dogs
made them all the more interesting.
fanciful tale of how the dog came
to be man S closest friend of the animal
kingdom by leaping across the intel
lectual chasm and being helped to the
bank on which man stood preceded his
descriptive talk of the part dogdom
plays in the life of mankind.
He first showed pictures illustrating
contrasts in dog life. such as great
wolf dog, weighing $50 pounds, followed
by toy dog weighing a pound and a
half. Another example was the New.
foundland followed by the Mexican
hairless dog. In speaking of this last
contrast he said that If merely showed
that the dog is able to adapt itself to
any climate that man can inhabit.
He said that there is no doubt that
many breeds of dogs are descended from
wolves and jackals and possibly from
the Australian dingo. Wolves, when
taken as puppies, even in the first gem
Grafton, readily submit to domestcation.
He entertained especially at this point
with pictures of pet wolf he had,
many of those pictures showing the an
imal in company with the lecturer or
Mrs. Baynes. He said that the wolf
would follow him on an all-day tramp
, unless he crossed the trail of a deer,
when the wolf S savage instincts were
aroused and he would not return until
he had killed the animal. He illustrated
the long howl of the timber wolf in
such manner as to startle some of his
| youthful auditors, who quickly recoy-
cred their balance and straightway
| some of them tried in vain to initiate
the lecturer until quelled by their older
companions.
He then took up discussion and IL
lustratlon of the various types of dogs,
giving q brief description of their pc
cullarltles and in several instances tell
ing interesting anecdotes of famous
dogs of the breeds under consideration.
Some pictures showing Eskimo children
with puppies of the sledge dogs of the
North brought cries of delight from the
children.
Among the breeds illustrated were the
Belgian fox terrier, English greyhound;
whippet, which he said is the fastest
thing in the world on four legs; Russian
wolf hounds, Scotch deer hounds, Irish
wolf hounds, otter hounds, and Great
Danes.
When he reached this type of animal
he revealed his personal preference, for
this breed, he said, has courage, weight,
speed and intelligence. The series of
Illustrations shown during his discussion
Of Great Danes were of his own dogs
and was exceptionally interesting.
Continuing, there were illustrations of
bloodhounds, mastiffs, which Great
Danes are often called although there
is not much resemblance: bull dogs,
which are nothing but deformed speci-
mems of what was great breed of dogs
years ago; bull terriors, which brought
pictures of the mongrel terrier that
wandered one day into the Albany post
office and became world famous as the
postofiice dog, travelling around the world,
finally being shot in Toledo, Ohio, be-
cause he bit mail clerk who tried to
tie him up and keep him; pointers and
settlers, hunting dogs; French poodles,
the most intelligent of all dogs; the
tiny Pekinese, one of which recently
sold for $4,000; the Scotch collie, a
breed that alone makes possible the
keeping of large flocks of sheep; St.
Bernard dogs, one of which, Barry,
saved 40 lives in the mountains; police
dogs, tailless black and tan terriers that
are large and highly trained, and lastly
some pictures of the dogs used by Ad-
miral Peary on his trip to the north
pole.
He took occasion to speak vigorously
against the Wicks bill, which advocates
the destruction of all dogs, saying that
when we are fighting to make the world
: fit to live in it is not right to include
: in that the slaughter of mans best
: friend.