DOGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5733, 28 November 1896, Page 3

DOGS.

A dog markets heldt(»^yiSu_x_ry^a Paris. There-are abontfifty-five *dogßrto-#ereQr 1000 inhabitants in the United. .Eng--dom. The Countess* of Warwick has abont .twenty small Jap__a£se.spaa_ie3sr^ra_tJi«Bloo each. In Paris the -demand- for small dogs*is '.met by rearing-jjups on*an -alcoh-S&c&iiet, wMchrgr-atiyretodpS^-b^rgrowtli. Mr E. Brough haei- a .number ofTblooxt-. hounds worth .6300 a piece. Two^theeo dogs were used-in l(Kiking.£or'"'Jadr:_-fc_ie Eipper." A Mr Ames-owns-one*©£ the, finest^dog kennelsanrthe Hnited^tates, Itdß&Szfyfiveieet long, has ten windowsyis;i_JC-___ed in poli-med-wood^anihcost .£SOO. Madame Patti has a pet dog,^ Utile Mexican terrier, named "Bichi." She-has supplied him witb a complete* wanltohe, amongst winch are*some-n_ghtgownßimade of costly silk. He has-ahaLseven -collars, one for;each day of tzhe week. A remarkable__st_nce__-__.e ______£_«« of the Esquimaux dog is shown in *___ - annale^anArctic^xplerer^whor^eatedly remarked that instead of continuing to draw the- sledges in a compact body, they divergfed.and separa±ed*when they cameito thinice, so that their weight might be more evenly and widely distributed. ______ wa&.often the first waonng^of^hedEact*_bat . the ice was becoming thin and dangerous. The convicts in the State P__son*at : Huntsville- (Texas) axe guarded wH_e*at work^nthe roads i^_mg_dogs,.nnd fees© , f our-f ooted sentriesreoder-escape wellrfaigh impossible. Unlike bloodhounds, the ' animals cannot be called ofi, and the escaping convict iB certain to be killed. Should a wretched prisoner make a -dash for liberty^he would he pulled downand literally torn- piecemeal before he had gone v . a hundredieet. If the yard dog is torbe-depended on^sn, rena_le*proteefor'of the house- to which, he is attached, it stands to reason that the ' better his state<of health is the more efficient he will be. A dog thatis surfeited . with indigestible and inappropriate food is no more to be expected to be on the*gm vive by night and day than is-one that is .suffering from the torments of eceemaoor the pangs of rheumatitan. On the other hand, a hungry dog is far more Jikely*to accept without demur the enticing, succulent, yet poisonous bonne bouche provided for him by-strangeas>whadesira-to<s_ie*K» his bark for felonious purposes of their : own. Dogs display in *a high degree -•the feelings of emulation and jealousy. An anecdote is told of "a terrier which took < great pains and manifested paternal delight in teaching his puppy to -hunt : rabbits. Jn time the puppy outgrew his > father ih strength and fleetness, so-thafciin ; - the chase, in spite, of strainingevery nerve, - the father used to be gradually distanced. His whole demeanour then changed, and every time that he found his son drawing away from, him, he used,, in desperation,^ .seise the receding tail of the youngster. . Although the son was now much stronger than the father, it was pleasing to see _hat he never used to resent this exercise of paternal authority,, even though -the'xahbit were close under his-nose. At the Municipal Theatre of Tttayencq, during the performance of the opera of - "Hanseland Gretel," the part of Tfanre.l was played by a lady who made such _a_a . impression on the susceptible heart o£ one of the haUtuis of the theatre that he "resolved to testify his-appreciation ma new and original way. To' that end he pur-chased^^uppy,^ndlhaxing'-decked itrwith • ribbon&and flowers, smuggled itinto the theatra,.antLat the^end of one of the acts, , handed, itto-the conductor of "the band to present to-tbef air Tfanfiril? tvh^n she came before the curtain. The candnctor coon- . plied with his request,-and to the immense amusement of "th&hoosethe yappdngpuppy . be-ribboned:andbe-garianded, was handed ■a<.ros-rt}_B.foO-ligh£B&>_he J charmed % . the newel gift, boned Iter phgnte __.__» Tf*iiW««4*Ml from "Qie^py '-•.'•■ ■'• c . faE!_lMi^S!jfeNw^!*^S^^v^.