The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-12-03

led our new purchase out to the car
and stuffed him aboard, where he in
stantly went to sleep. I was given
with touch of fOrmality, a typewrit-
ten pedigree card, mentioning the rath.
er unusual ancestry of the new Dane
| The card stated in so many words that
| his father was Caliente Tiger and his
mamma was that famous Dane dame,
Aurora Tiger. Both parents happened
to be present during the negotiations
at the kennel, but neither seemed in
clined to recognize their son, or display
any interest or pride in him. They
were probably grumpy because he had
turned out to be purple son, as they
were not purple themselves, one being
a soiled gray, the daddy Dane, while
the mother was a sort of tornado roam.
They were both one size smaller than
a navy tug, so we know what to ex-
pect as time passes.
The biography card stated further
that the formal name of our new pos
session was Tiger Clifton Ranger
which to me is utterly ridiculous and
far-fetched, and was vetoed by all on
the way home. Fancy strolling about
the house and calling plaintively
"Here, Tiger Clifton Ranger, come get
your pork sausage" So we called him
| Jeeter.
AS we were leaving for home, the
German suggested that we return in
a month, bring Jeeter back and the
man would trim his ears, a process
that consists Of cutting notches out of
the ears, which hang down normally
like couple Of cold buckwheat cakes.
When he shakes his head, they fly up
on top and form a sort Of lunatic
beret, and that's the way they're going
to stay, as see no sense whatever in
nicking Jeeter's flappers. The man in.
sisted that if they weren't trimmed, ]
couldn't show him at the dog show.
don't want to show him. All ask is
that he remain quietly in the yard
try to learn a few good habits and
quit paving the screen doors.
Skipper used that trick, too, paw.
ing at the screens, making mournful
noises and trying to beg inside the
house, but there was a difference.
Shippers paving was a quiet scratch.
ing, but when this Jeeter guy paws a
screen door, you haven't any door left
only a hole where the screen was.
Anyhow, we are on large dog basis
now and are watching him grow. He
eats pretty well and has an easy taste
in foods, as he will eat anything ex.
cept live bee. He tried eating a live
bee the other day and we had to ex.
plain matters to the local police. His
regular food is ground round steak and
cod liver oil, the oil being to make his
legs strong enough to lift him.
1t costs US 60 cents a day and will
be a little more when he grows up-I
imagine about two dollars an hour, af.
ter he gets his full, adult appetite. He
is growing stronger daily and can now
raise himself off the rug If given time
At first, he could fall down perfectly
but was no good on the up stroke. He
is also powerful enough to pull over 9
5O-pound bridge lamp, haul all the light
plugs out of their sockets, and any fam.
lily possession he hits with his tail Is
just something you formerly owned
He tried sleeping in the Shippers old
dog-house, but that idea was no good
as we had to take the roof off and pry
him out with hammer. He looks like
an idiot and everything he does is pre-.
cisely what an idiot would do If I'm,
disturbed, so I believe we will keen
him.
The family was annoyed the other
morning when it was discovered that
in his early morning frolics, Jeeter had
taken down small tree and was an.
parently going to eat it, root by root.
That's all right" said. 'Let him
play. You wanted a large dog and
that's what you have. He is a healthy
brute and will probably never die. An.
other thing"
what"
you'll never find him over in the
dog hospital with four pups and q
Cesarian-n0t Jeeter, the Great Dane. "
Drank condon.-WNU Service.