, 1923-10-21

Ing to the genealogists of dogdom.
On each duplicate license slip IS
given the name of the owner of the
dog. the dogs name. and the dogs
pedigree.
And here arises burlesque ques-
ton No. /; How many naughty
matrons would gladly submit to the
wearing of a platinum license tag.
studded. of course, with many rich
gems, II the world might thereby
have easy access to their magnif-
cent and imposing family trees?
Answer to same; oh, a few-quite
a few. you tell emil
Take-off query No. 2: How many
are there who daily praise heaven
for leniency in permitting them to
plod through this life without hav-
ing to put down in black and white
for public perusal the names of
their Ubiquitous ancestors7 An
swer to same: There was an old
lady who lived in a shoe: she had
so many meanjobs she didn't know
what to do.
If Casper has $4,000 people then
there are dogs here in the ratio Of
one canine to every 1881 human
beings. In matters Of licensing cost
ing good. hard coin It is safe to be
presumptuous. and so. rather than
only 1879 hounds in this city. there
are probably twice that number.
Yes, twice 1ss 'purps" that. just
as happily, eat and sleep, bark in
daytime glee and howl at the moon
in midnight woeful melancholy. MS
do those that have around their
necks studded collars bearing shiny
brass tags with numbers on them.
There is but one consolation for the
1879. and hal is that they belong to
the exclusive set of the dog world
and have no dealings with plebeian
dog catchers.
Such as have had purchased for
them by their adoring owner a
yearly lease of life, liberty and free
dom from pursuit by dog catchers,
are the only ones that al be dealt
with here in an authentic way.
There would be keen enjoyment in
interviewing the many mongrels
that compose the harrassed under
world OF the canine community, but
that would obviously be imprac-
ticable.
In reviewing the city records n
number OF interesting things about
Casper dogs are found. For in
stance. of the 1s9 there are As Aire-
dales. Other breeds take places be.
hind tho favored Airedale aggrega-
tlon. There are in the total 10
Collies. Il Shepherds. 13 Bull dogs
Of various combinations, 10 Spitz.
0 Pointers, 10 Fox Terriers, o Ger
man Police, 8 Water Spaniels. 4
Chesapeake Bays. 4 English Bulls, 4
Boston Bulls. 3 Birds, 9 English Set.
tiers, 2 Poodles, 9 Boston Terriers.
l Great Dane. . Llewellyn Settlers.
2 Irish Settlers. 1 Gordon Setter. l
Irish Terrier. l English Coach, and
l Russian wolfhound.
Then there are many combina-
lions such as 8 Shepherd-C ollies, 2
Airedale.BuIls, / spitz-Fox Terrier,
/ Collie-Bull. l Shepherd-Bull, /
Airedale Spaniel. 1 Great Dane-Aire'
dale, ] Shepherd Pointer, and 1 Bull
Fox Terrier. And, nguratively
speaking. all alone. tails disconso-
lately dragging-are II hapless 81
varieties mongrels.
Winning all in point of entertain.
ing interest arc the different names
that have been appended TO these
is9 CANNES. The old time favorttes
are not 10 be crowded into the back
ground by high sounding foreign
appelatlons OF certain bluebloods
Comic strip characters have theii
names copied. and "Laddie Boy
the Airedale pal OF the late presi
dent. Warren G. Harding. has sew
eral buddies in Casper. A fun &c
count Of all the dog anne as they
appear on the license duplicates art
given. as follows:
Bounce, spitz, Mutt, Mike. Sport
Lady, Byng, Brownie, Spot, Lizzie
Duke, Dale, Trixie. Jerry. Michael
Rex, Klzer, Buizer. Prince twatcf
dog). Jerry, BILLY. Bob. Jack, Jim
Partner. Annabel, Pep. Bugs. Gyp
Drum, Don. Teddy. Laddie. Rover
Chief. Bugs. Pax. Laddie Boy
Lugur. Nifty. Spark Plug, carla
shep. Queen Mexin. Brownie, Jock
Trlx. Rover. Fannie. Rock. Bud
Barney, Nugget, Mud, Jack dog
Brownie. Smoky, Carlo, Trixie
Betty. Duke, Spot, Spot. Rex. Wah
Rover, Sport, Bobbie. Pat. snool0s
shep. Jay, Bling, Smoke. Murphy
Pal. Jiggs. RAgs, Sir Robert Bruce
Pat, white Sox. cornncii, Teddy
Mohab, Bucdie. Sir Sidney, Pal
Laddie. Bowser. Dakota King. Las
sic. BlmbD. Jiggs, Jiggs. Rex. Mike