The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-09
DOG GONE LOT OF LIFE
FOR One LITTLE FELLOW
Bv CHIP ROYAL
APP Features Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-He's only
a little fellow - about IS inches
high - but he's a champion OF
champions, this Norday Saddler!
tggInG the dog record books, they
call him 29a4 sfaooththaired Fox
Terrier. He has won So best of
slew titles and sired more than
20 champions, both records. He
has earned $10,150 war charities
since Pearl Harbof. He has rallied
every other pet dog to do his part
for victory.
50 you can't blame Saddler for
having a proud bark these days
as ne rompS over his masters 100
acre estate at Old Westbury, L. l.,
chasing the rabbits and squirrels.
If he could talk, the perky lit
tie black and white would tell you
of two horrible experiences he had,
probably like this:
Il was wnelped in Workshop.
4. England. scn1e five years ago. My
mother had crawled off to far
corner of the towards estate
for my birth. and the first thing
! knew. / was lying in the mud
. with the rain beating down on
= me.
. MY mother grabbed me lin
. her mouth and headed for the
warm house, I was sd 4inY and
dirty that fheo Richer? maid
= thought my mother hadAJfat-fa
her mouth. She pulled dmSgomf
and was just going TO throw noe
into the stove. when Tnother's
Yelrs brought Mr.. and Mrs. Cow
ard.
After a hot bath. l was
. named. NordaY. because that
was the rame of the towards
= stable. and Saddler because Mrs.
Coward thought she saw what
looked like saddle on my back.
MY life was uneventful until
I heard that l was going to
America. III never forget the
trip over. Like many another
first-time seagoer, nearly died.
If it hadn't been for the kind
ness of a ships butcher. who
rescued me from the deck TO
which had crawled. and force
fed me. / wouldn't be here to-
day"
Since his arrival in the Unit
ed States, Saddler has lived at the
Long Island home of James M.
Austin. Up to Dec. Z, 194l, dog
shows and an average of 800 fan
mail letters month, kept him
pretty busy, but since that mem
orable day, the little fellow has
been doing his bit in the war eff
fort.
Austin gives the black and
white credit for inspiring the War
Dog Fund of the Dogs for Defense,
Inc. Il was sitting there with Sad
dler one night, thinking about the
war, and as l looked into his eyes
l thought of what little fellow
like him could do in the war. Like
flash, the plan for the War Dog
Fund came to me.
After weeks of study. and
conferences with Washington Of
ficials, the plan was put into OPP
GRAFTON. 1t gives the pet dogs at
home a chance to serve their
country. The Army and Navy
want $4,000 dogs for the ks
corps. It will cost about $1,000
0CO to assemble and train them.
There are 2o.O00.OOo dogs in the
United States. All of them can't
Join the ARMY or Navy. but
they can enlist in the War Dog
Fund. fIp All /,
when a doq enlists he re-
ceives a certificate. a Dogs for
Defense Tag. and, an Army or
Navy rank ContfbabSAs cfGA
make the dos a private or a
seaman SIS. Is '4erSesne or al
chief petty officer $40. flleu1
tenant CT ensign SIS. captain
or naval lieutenant sac. ma
ior' CT commander; SIS. col
onei or naval captain; SlOo'
general or admiral.
To help swell the growing fund
for war dogs. the Westminster
Kennel Club will hold its 9th Dog
Show at Madison Square Garden
for the benefit of Dogs for De-
Tense. A dramatic feature will be
the showing of champions headed
by Nordav Saddler, the dog who
was too little to go to war, but
who is doing his bit to end 1t.
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