The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1899, Page 30

80 THE SUNDAY CALL Al About Big Dogs and Little Dogs. Prize Dogs and Scrub will survive the degay of the mortal body, then it ma ave 'a future existence in common with those men who in their earthly life have no consclousness of a soul, and hence make no preparation for ita future. e Leo, a dog belonging to the Women and Children’s Hospital of Cork, is dead He was well known not v in Ireland, Bow-Sows. during which tht orchestra led In valn to make Itself hearc hounds with their for the box yelped approv arrived and eventually stored. Most of man's appetit If he has not ac: red th were acquired for him The puppy had acquired the te for vinegared and mustard- puppy attached himself to me at once and completely. The time was sum- mer, and 1 frequen went to the side- board for a drink. When I took a drink the puppy a wanted .one This was n prising when I took water. But I did not always drink water, but ip many parts of England. Of dignl- The first human bein I sometimes took of some moft fied demeanor, always on the milk, fruits, vegetable T stuff. The puppy vanted some of streets, with his Alp barrel slung heredity habit how mar r things whatever I drank. d a Mttle tin eround his neck, bent on errands of mer- a human beir es take »w! There r him, that he might be gratified, oy as important as those of the great are few men who cannot remember what at T might have a drinking com- monastery dogs. d more than a time t ing to cat oys- At first he did not like sapa- £1000 for the h the proud ters, to sm a rilla, and the way In which he spat out distinction of carryi f the cup offered It Is just wer animals his first mouthful of ginger ale was by the Prince of W the dog who have secondary appe t man has laughable. Before the first summer of unt for a hos- collected the largest them. To f{llustrate, out of my own ob- servation, the truth of this statement, I his assoclation with me was ended, how- ever, he had thoroughly formed the per- came to the rectory one day with a puppy in my bent arm. I am fortunate that Chihuahua. Yorkshire Terrier. nimals now have many places on theatqp t e favor of the publicy kers are being .~ ters about a, * s the star respondent {n Scotland of a dog—a master missed him at regular hou showed that he went reg! toas Ing he got a schooner of be: 1 saw not long since a very large and very red- I had seen the driver the horse before a brewery wagon. The man's back ghoulders and abdomen were as ne et. His eyes were very dull and his heavy br As to the hors rge Newfoundland—whose s each day. Investigation here at each com- 1 W the Irish lovers he e rols with gres As a : owledge he foot again. When t d not do so. ere as co adornment Iwer T the sparrows It also goe of sparrows tected from ders of that about the 1 their care and 1d The means which the become P old elep . i even an ex On one occasion F meanors and greediness. and some one Sugges plenty of red pepper. often made it in mj over my fire. o was fond of | L I sat over the particular aft n sat by me watc waliting; eager! patiently wagging his his ears, giving way to short, impatient barks ‘ and growls as time went by. I endeavored to maks n understand that he was mista that he really did not t the stew he thought he did, and, in that it was not for L In vain. Fido ized the sy little saucepar ’ the smell of the candy and was wild with im- T patience. Finally T poured out some of the syrup to cool in a saucer, and I sipped it as I 80. It was very hot in fact, that, with thoughtless naste, T put cer wn on a low stool and ried out to get a glass of water. Fido, lef to himself, leaped stool, lapped up one greedy moutt swallowed it. Poor Fido! Bewilde horr tortured with pain, he stood + mom motior around a the ining sped at th c mil and around he W denly he him. Dashing dressing room; a near the washstar returned looking cal down on the rug for : citement. HIs se : At first a mec stole over hig co erect, he was once more s and then, as before, he fled t sther quart of water and re 06 1oa ; serene and hopeful tried once more to rest is performance hel kept up at lon vals the entire afte v d ® 1 gave him his supper, in a s closed his 1ao it. He has persisted in his refusal to eat anyth acfous soft drink habit And he had formed another habit. The gentleman who him to me was a rewer. This g howed his gard for me in 1 s. There cf one day a case of beer from him to t} an pital, and the Princess of Wales frequent- rectory. Whether “-‘.u'ml have ctted him. He succeeded in hi : that beer had my 1ch be Leo. . MY house is as welcome an event to the 4, ¢ i tnat 1 did not drink much of it. g Authority in that house as it 18 LG8 t8aT ° CIC RO end the miver by The leader of the pack of hounds that to me returning the case. The contents of two appears in “Going the Pace” at the Prin- - Having some work, to do. I left the 0 B . “ent into the sink cess's Theater, in London, found his way PUPpY kitchen and went to MY “puy pore than once I tasted the beer. one night to the royal box, where he was study. was called. 'When s neant that the puppy got some of it. regaled with chocolate and biscuits. The I reached chen, “‘See there!” eX- i the first ta he liked it better than next evening, at the close of the hunting imed the Authority. What T saw Was. 1. qiq the ginger ale ¢ sarsaparilla. scene, the whole pack broke and, the puppy, its ears back, its stubby 1e€S mpic pwakened a suspicion in my m running up the back staircase leading to the royal box, to the great consternation of the occ s burst open the door and rushed in. The spectacle aroused the au- dience, who saw a hitherto sedate com- partment the scene of a canine raid, and, taking it to be a part of the performance, greeted it with a round of applause, to hich the dogs responded with frantic ar After an interval of confusion, Most Eamou Probably the most famous bulldog in Fngland {s Champlon Baron Sedgemers, who, with his kennel companion and own gister, Champion Battledora, has recently been bought from his breeder and late owner, Sam Woodlwiss, by ¥. W. Tay- lor of Bunniside, Sunderland, for the large apart. its tail wagging, clums potato salad from a saucer. The Authority told me that she had had the puppy in her arms at a side ta- ble on which sat the things which were to be served at dinner; that to her surp it had sniffed longingly in the @frection of the salad, and that its having a sau- cer of nd the result. The friend who had given me this puppy was ly e s Bulldog in breeds fetch prices undreamed of a quar- ter of a century ago) of $3000. Champlon Baron Sedgemere is one of the famous litter by Btockwell, ex-Champion Black- berry, born in 189, which also included Champion Boaz, G. R. Bims' well-known Barney Barnato and Baroness Sedgemere. The Baron is a lightweight, 2nd is a red ¢og With m white chest marking; he ia Inquiry developed the fact that he had trequently tasted beer before he came to me. I poured no more beer into the sink. More than once the’young dog came to me and tock me to the sideboard and begged me for a drink. Once he brought his growler to the study in his mouth. That that dog got at least as much beer as was good for him I need not say. I have a story sent to me from a cor- Al England. good all round, and his head is one that certainly has never been surpassed. His large and phenomenally wrinkled square skull, with its great length from eye to ear, his magnificent turn-up and lay- back, flll the heart of every bulldog fan- cler with envy and admiration, and, look- ing at him, no one can wonder at his al« most unbeaten record, noon. DAVID BROWN Yerkshire Terrier.