Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-18

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The place was sea Of PekinsAss
dogs. Later investigation reduced
their number to six, but In that first
moment there seemed to be hundreds
With his back against the mantel-
piece, smoking placidiy, stood Ukridge
"Hallo, laddie!" he said. You're
just in time. I've got to catch a train
in quarter of an hour. Stop 1t; you
mutts!" he beloved, and the Picking
csc, who had been barking steadily
since my arrival. stopped in mid-yap
Ukridge's personality seemed to exer-
else a magnetism over the animal
kingdom, from exsbutlers to Pekes
which bordered on the uncanny. "Im
Off to Sleeps Cray, in Kent. Taken q
cottage there"
Are You going to live there?"
eyes,"
"But what about your aunt?"
"Oh, I've left her. Life is stern and
life is earnest, and il mean to make
a fortune I've got to hustle about and
not stay cooped up in a place like
Wimbledon"
: might have guessed, directly saw
dim, that some upheaval had taken
place. The sumptuous raiment which
had made him such a treat to the eye
at our. last meeting was gone, and he
was back in his pre-Wimbledon cos
tune, which was. as the advertise
ments say. distinctly individual. Over
gray flannel trousers, a golf coat, and
a brown sweater he wore like a royal
robe a bright yellow macintosh. His
collar had broken free from its stud
and showed a couple of inches Of bare
neck. His hair was disordered, and
his masterful nose was topped by a
zf 90 l-v.tr -xao S1ts~
ningly attached to his Tapping ears
with ginger-beer wire. His whole APP
pearance spelled revolt.
Bowles manifested himself with a
plateful Of bones.
That's right. CHUCK 'em down on
the floor"
very good, sir"
81 like that fellow" said Ukridge, as
the door closed 1--WE had a dashed in
teresting talk before you came In. Did
you know he had a cousin in the
music halls?"
"He hasn't confided in me much"
|. Hes promised me an introduction
to him later on. May be useful to be
in touch with a man who knows the
ropes. You see, laddie, I've hit on the
most amazing scheme"
What's that?"
"I'm going tostra dogs"
Train dogs 90 :
For the music hall stage. Dog acts
you know. Performing dogs. Pots of
money, in it, start In a modest.way
with these six. When I've taught 'em
a few tricks, I sell them to a fellow in
the profession for large sum and buy
IL more. / train those, sell 'em for
large sum, and with the money buy
"a more. / train those"
Here. wait minute" Ny head
was beginning to swim. / had a WIS.,
ion Of England paved with Pekingese
dogs, all doing tricks. How do you
know you1l be able to sell them"
"Of course. shall The demands
enormous. Supply can't cope with It.
At a conservative estimate I should
think I ought to scoop in four or five
thousand pounds. the first year. That,
Of course, is before the business really
starts to expand"
|! II sex"
when get. going properly, with a
dozen assistants under me and amor
ganized establishment, ] shall begin tc
touch the big money. What's I'm aim
ing at is a sort of dogs college out in
the country somewhere. Big place
with a lot of ground Regular classes
and a set curriculum. Large staff,
each member of IL with so many dogs
under his care, me looking on and
experimenting. Why, once the thing
starts moving it'll run itself, and all
shall have to do will be to sit back and
indorse the checks. It isn't as II
would have to confine my operations
to England. The demand for per.
forming dogs is universal throughout
the civilized world. America wants
performing dogs. Australia wants
performing dogs. Africa could do
with q few, I've no doubt. My aim,