Evening star., 1937-06-06
Talented Animal Credited
With Various Unusual
Accomplishments.
w YHEN Genevieve Pearson re-
~ oeived Greaseball as a gift
wv three years ago he was

ceived GreaSeball as a gift
| wv three years ago he was
Just fuzzy ball Of puppy
that looked like any other dog.
Today Greaseball-with more than
hundred tricks In his repertoire-is
one Of the better known figures about
! the Capital.
He has marched in parades He
has appeared At numerous benefits and
probably has earned more for charity
than any lone animal in Washington.
He has even entertained at the White
House.
The little Lewellin squirrel dog
who has his eye on Hollywood-seems
on his way to fame and fortune. All OF
which is still more or less astonishing
to Genevieve and her father, who dis
covered only by accident that their
pet had unusual qualities.
Greaseball was a lively little fellow
when he was young. Genevieve ex-
planned, and when Ahe used to tie
him to the clothesline for daily run
to work OF his excess energy.
She often played in the yard next
door with the neighbors' children while
he tried to watch her over the fence
But the fence was high and the
pup short, 50 Greaseball learned to
stand on his hind legs to see what
went on. And 1t wasn't long before
he was running al over the yard that
way. His young owner, observing the
trick. decided he was exceptionally
intelligent and took his education In
hand.
GENEVIEVES father formerly was
"broncho twister" in Wyoming
He had always trained horses before
he came to Washington and Grease
ball fell heir to his talent with ami
mails. Both the Pearsons have worked
hard with the pup and the results are
remarkable.
He can walk the tight wire. Jump
over sticks and through hoops and
march five blocks in a parade-all on
his hind legs. He can count. sing.
do tricks with blocks and chairs and
bark hello" and good by"
perhaps the most unusual thing
he does" suggested Genevieve proudly,
sis to tie himself up when we are
going out. Most dogs can unite them
selves if they want to. But Crease
ball will bring me his collar, put his
head through it for me to fasten, give
me an end OF his rope and pull 1t
tight after I've passed 1t over the
fence post And there he stays, tied
up like . good dog, until We come
home"
The Pearsons consider Greaseball
| very much one Of the family. He
demands q cold shower after his bath,
accompanied Genevieve through East
ern High School, from which she was
graduated last year. and has never
had = sick day since they got him.
He loves to learn new stunts. par
ticularly when there's q reward In the
shape Of q piece Of liver waiting.
Greaseball has already sung" on the
radio and appears in the Children s
Circus each May.
II Is White House appearance was
made during party for the Dali
children and just about the same time
he was asked to serve as 4 page" by
the Newspaper Women's Club in a
Tom Thumb wedding given in celebra-
ton OF the anniversary Of President
and Mrs. Roosevelt.
And, on top Of it all, he's something
OF a detective too The Pearsons live
in the house where young woman
was murdered mysteriously here some
| years ago. When Greasebau was mere
pup he dug up a revolver in the yard
one day. It proved to be the gun
with which the victim was shot, though
to whom 1t belonged is unknown to
this day.
Genevieve can't find out much about
Greaseball's parentage. but believes he
must have had vaudeville ancestors
to hand on the wonderful intelligenoe
that Is his.