EVERY DOG HIS DAY
Eddie Greene was hurried home and put to bed, and a doctor was called.
For a day or so he was watched over with tender solicitude by his
mother, but he soon insisted on getting up, and the doctor said that
the danger was past. His healthy young body recuperated rapidly and he
suffered no serious effects from his harrowing experience. In a few
days he was running about as well as ever, and his parents, watching
him, had good reason to bless the brave dog that had saved their boy's
life.
But with Remus it was different. Almost immediately he showed signs of
having contracted a severe cold. Weakened as he was by exposure and
exhausted by his almost superhuman struggles in the water, he was in
no condition to combat the malady, and pneumonia set in.
For days he lay dangerously ill on his bed in Rome, while Jack hoped
and prayed in vain for a noticeable turn for the better. Tom Poultice
came down and diagnosed the case and left some medicine, but still
Remus failed to show much improvement. Sam Bumpus came, too, and did
what he could, but he was forced to confess that the case was beyond
his powers. Remus was very weak and seemed unable to rally. Jack
Whipple was beside himself with anxiety.
When Remus had distemper he received visits from a good many of the
boys in town, but that was nothing to the interest that was now
displayed in him. The boys of the Humane Society hung about the
Whipple gates at all hours of the day, vainly wishing that they might
be of some help. Mr. Morton, Mr. Pierson, and other prominent citizens
telephoned their inquiries. Mr. Fellowes came every day, and total
strangers rang the doorbell to ask how the sick dog was getting on.
All Boytown did its best to show honor and sympathy for the hero, but,
alas, that brought no relief to the poor dog suffering on his bed in
Rome.
For some time now Mrs. Whipple had been unconsciously displaying a
different attitude toward the dogs. She never petted them; she was not
yet ready to go quite so far. But she never said anything against dogs
any more, and she had not concealed her pleasure and pride in the
triumphs that had been won by both Romulus and Remus. And now that
Remus was sick she made no attempt to conceal her anxiety, and
answered all the inquiries patiently. One day Mr. Whipple observed her
stealing out to Rome with a dish of warm broth, while the boys were
in school, and he couldn't help smiling a little. The mother's heart
had been won over at last.
There came a day when Remus seemed to be getting worse instead of
better, and Tom Poultice was sent for again. Mr. Hartshorn himself
brought Tom over in the car from Thornboro. Tom tested the sick dog's
temperature and general condition and shook his head solemnly.
"I'm afraid it's come to a crisis," said he.
"Nothing more you can do?" asked Mr. Hartshorn.
"I'm afraid not, sir," said Tom.
"Then there's no time to be lost," said Mr. Hartshorn. "We must send
for Dr. Runkle. I ought to have done it before."
They jumped into the car and drove down to the telegraph office.
The next day Dr. Runkle appeared with Tom and Mr. Hartshorn. He was
the Bridgeport veterinary surgeon that had come too late to save poor
Rags. Mr. Hartshorn considered him the best veterinarian in the state.
With gentle, skilful hands he made a thorough examination.
"A bad case of pneumonia," said he. "The first thing to do is to get
him into a warmer place. This barn is all right for most things, but
he needs some artificial heat now."
Mrs. Whipple was standing near, and Jack looked at her doubtfully. She
did not hesitate. Apparently she had forgotten all about her vow never
to allow the dogs into the house.
"Bring him right into the house," said she. "Jack, you go and get some
of that burlap from the storeroom, and we'll make a bed for him in the
kitchen."
Tom picked Remus up in his strong arms, and the little procession made
its way up to the house. Bringing up the rear came Romulus, a subdued
dog these last anxious days. His big eyes questioned the faces of his
human friends for the meaning of it all. He could not speak, but no
one showed a more genuine sympathy.
Never before had Romulus attempted to enter the house. Now he seemed
to understand that the ban had been lifted. He followed quietly in
through the door, and no one said him nay.
But I am happy to say that this story is not going to end sadly. I
don't believe I could tell it if it did. Dr. Runkle stayed at
Willowdale for three days, and each day he came down to attend his
patient. At last his skill and knowledge and the constant careful
nursing won the battle, and gradually Remus fought his way back to
health. His splendid constitution and stout heart stood him in good
stead, and once the crisis was passed, recovery was rapid and certain.
And that is really the end of the story, though by no means the end of
Romulus and Remus. They were destined to live to a ripe old age, much
honored in Boytown, and to win many triumphs on field and bench. I
need not tell you how happy Jack Whipple was to have his beloved dog
restored to health and strength again. The rest of the family were
hardly less so, and all Boytown rejoiced. I will only tell what a few
of the people said and did, because Remus, you will agree, deserved
all the honors and all the love that could be heaped upon him.
The first day that Jack was allowed to take Remus out into the
sunshine for a little airing, there was one who watched them from the
kitchen window. It was Irish Delia, who had objected so strenuously
when the puppies had first been brought into her kitchen. When Jack,
smiling happily, brought the dog in again, and Remus, whose legs were
still a bit unsteady, walked over to his dish for a drink of water,
Delia could restrain herself no longer. She flopped down on her knees
beside him, and putting her arms about him, sobbed unrestrainedly into
his soft coat.
"Ach, Remus, dear," she cried, "ye niver knew it, but I loved ye like
me own brother."
And what did Tom Poultice say after the danger was over? He placed a
kindly hand on Jack's shoulder and said, "I read a book once called
'The Mill on the Floss,' and there was a chap in it named Bob
Jakin--just a hordinary chap like me. One day 'e says to a lady, 'e
says, 'Hev a dog, Miss. They're better friends nor any Christian.'
I've always thought 'e was right, Jacky, and I think so now more than
ever."
Mr. Hartshorn didn't say much. He was not the demonstrative kind, but
everyone knew what he thought. One day he told the boys that he had
just received a letter from a cousin of his in the West who was a
sheep man.
"He hates dogs," said Mr. Hartshorn, "worse than coyotes. He always
makes fun of my sentimentality, as he calls it, and can't say too much
against an animal that can furnish neither eggs, milk, wool, nor meat.
He calls the dog a useless creature. I sat down and wrote him what
Remus did on Hulse's Pond, and asked him if he had ever heard of a
sheep that had saved a human life. I guess that will hold him for
awhile."
Sam Bumpus didn't say much, either. He just stroked Remus's head and
patted his flank, and then remarked, "I've sometimes thought life was
a pretty tough proposition, but I reckon so long as there's boys an'
dogs in the world, we can manage to stagger along an' bear up under
it."
What other people said didn't matter so much as what they did. Mr.
Morton quietly started a little affair of his own, and after he had
made numerous calls on business acquaintances of his, a little
ceremony took place in the Whipple yard, just outside of Rome. A
committee called, consisting of Mr. Morton, Mr. Pierson, and Mr.
Fellowes, and after a short speech was made by the banker, a bronze
medal was presented to Remus.
"It isn't to be hidden away in a drawer somewhere," explained Mr.
Morton. "He's to wear it on his collar, and if he loses it, we'll get
him another one."
One side of the medal bore the words, "Presented to Remus by the
citizens of Boytown." On the other side was a setter's head and the
words, "For heroism in saving human life."
April came again to Boytown, and with it the bluebirds and robins, the
pussy willows and red maple blossoms, and the green buds of the
dogwoods that watched over the resting-place of Rags on the hill. With
it, too, came strength to the graceful limbs of Remus. There were
warm, sunny days, when it was good for dogs and boys to be out of
doors, and there were crisp, cool evenings, when a crackling fire on
the hearth was pleasant.
Let us bid farewell to our friends as they sit before their open
fires, Sam Bumpus in his lonely shack, but not unhappy any more, Mr.
and Mrs. Hartshorn side by side in the big house at Willowdale, and
the Whipples in their pleasant sitting-room on Washburn Street. At one
side of the table sits Mrs. Whipple, sewing, with a look of
contentment on her face, mingled with pride as she watches the two
fine young fellows who are her sons. At the other side of the table
Mr. Whipple is reading aloud from that wonderful story, "Greyfriars
Bobby." Remus lies comfortably stretched out on one side of the hearth
and Romulus on the other, for they are no longer banished to Rome. The
house is none too good for them. And about each happy dog's neck are
entwined a loving master's arms.
THE END
THE MORE IMPORTANT BREEDS OF DOGS
I. NON-SPORTING AND UTILITY.
A. LARGE DOGS.
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=St. Bernard.= (109) St. Bernard Rough and smooth
varieties. Colors, red, orange, or
brindle with white markings, or white
with patches of these colors. Height,
30 to 39 inches. Weight, 160 to 190
pounds or more.
=Mastiff.= (111) Colors, fawn or brindle, with black
on the head. Coat, short. Height, 28
inches average. Weight, 170 pounds
average.
=Newfoundland=. (111-112) Colors, jet black, black and white,
or brown and white. Height, 25 to
29 inches. Weight, 110 to 150 pounds.
Coat, long.
=Great Dane.= (115) Colors, brindle, fawn, blue, black,
and harlequin. Height, 28 inches up.
Weight, 90 pounds up. Coat, short.
B. SMALLER DOGS.
=English (57-58, Colors varying from pure white to dark
Bulldog.= 115-116) brindle. Weight, 40 to 50 pounds
average. Coat, short.
=French Bulldog.= (116) Colors, any brindle or solid color
except black, black and white, black
and tan, liver, and mouse color.
Weight, 22 to 28 pounds. Coat, smooth.
=Chow Chow.= (116) Colors, all red, black, chocolate
brown, blue, smoke, yellow, and white.
Weight, 30 pounds up. Coat long.
=Poodle.= (116) Colors, all black, white, red, brown,
or blue. Coat, curly.
=Dalmatian.= (118) Color, white with black or brown spots.
Height, 19 to 23 inches. Weight, 35
to 50 pounds. Coat, short.
=Schipperke.= (118) Tailless. Color, all black. Weight,
12 to 20 pounds. Coat, medium, thick.
C. SHEEP DOGS.
=Collie.= (201-202) Colors not restricted. Height, 20 to
24 inches. Weight, 40 to 65 pounds.
Coat, long.
=Old English (189-190, Tailless. Any color permissible except
Sheep dog.= 205-206) sable, brown, and black, the most
popular being gray and white. Height,
20 inches up. Coat, very long.
=German Shepherd (206) Color, dark, grizzled gray commonest.
Dog.= Also black, iron gray, ash gray,
reddish tan, reddish brown, white,
and harlequin. Height, 21 to 26 inches.
Weight, 54 to 65 pounds. Coat, rather
short.
=Belgian Sheep (206-207) Smooth and wire-coated, usually fawn
dog.= or sable. Long-coated or Groenendaele,
jet black.
II. SPORTING BREEDS.
A. THE HOUND FAMILY.
=Bloodhound.= (252) Colors, black and tan, red and tan, and
tawny. Coat, short. Height, 24 to 27
inches. Weight, 80 pounds up.
=Otterhound.= (252-253) Colors, gray, buff, black, red, and
mixtures. Height, 22 to 24 inches.
Coat, wiry.
=Foxhound.= (253) Combination of black, white, and tan
preferred. Height, English foxhound,
22 to 24 inches; American foxhound,
20 to 24 inches. Coat, short.
=Harrier.= (253) Foxhound colorings. Height, 16 to 19
inches. Coat, short.
=Beagle.= (253) Foxhound colorings. Height, 15 inches
maximum. Coat, short.
=Dachshund.= (253-254) Colors, all reddish, black, brown, or
gray and tan, and dappled. Weight,
17 to 24 pounds. The length is three
times the height. Coat, smooth.
=Basset Hound.= (254) Black, white, and tan preferred.
Height, 12 inches average. Coat,
smooth.
B. GREYHOUND FAMILY.
=Greyhound.= (259) Any color allowable. Weight, 60 to 70
pounds. Coat, smooth.
=Whippet.= (259-260) Colors, black, red, white, blue,
brindle, fawn, and mixtures. Height,
18 to 23 pounds. Weight, 20 pounds
average. Coat, smooth.
=Irish Wolfhound.= (261) Colors, gray, brindle, red, black,
white, or fawn. Height, 32 to 34
inches. Weight, 140 pounds up. Coat,
wiry.
=Scottish Deerhound.= (264) Blue-gray preferred; lighter gray,
brindle, yellow, sandy red, and fawn
acceptable. Height, 26 to 30 inches.
Weight, 65 to 105 pounds. Coat, rather
wiry.
=Russian wolfhound.= (264) White predominates, often with markings
of tan, fawn, blue-gray, lemon, or
black. Height, 26 to 31 inches. Weight,
65 to 100 pounds. Coat, long and silky.
C. BIRD DOGS.
=Sussex Spaniel.= (131) Color, golden liver or chestnut.
Weight, 35 to 45 pounds. Coat, long.
=Clumber Spaniel.= (131) Color, pure white with lemon or orange
markings. Weight, 35 to 65 pounds.
Coat, long.
=Field Spaniel.= (131) Color, pure black. Weight, 32 to 45
pounds. Coat, long.
=Cocker Spaniel.= (131) Coat, long. Colors, black, red, liver,
or parti-colored with white. Weight,
18 to 24 pounds.
=Irish Water (131-132) Coat, curly. Color, a deep, pure
Spaniel.= liver without white. Height, 21 to
23 inches.
=English Setter.= (133-134) Coat, long. Colors, white and
black, white and liver, white and
lemon or orange, white and tan, or
tri-color--black, white, and tan.
Flecked dogs are called beltons.
Height, 21 to 23 inches. Weight,
35 to 55 pounds.
=Irish Setter.= (134) Coat, long. Color, all red. Size,
same as English setter.
=Gordon Setter.= (134) Coat, long. Color, black and tan.
Weight, somewhat greater than that
of the English setter.
=Retriever.= (154-155) Wavy-coated variety, black or liver.
Curly-coated variety, dull black,
occasionally liver. Weight, 65 to
80 pounds.
=Labrador Dog.= (154) Coat, medium. Similar to wavy-coated
retriever.
=Chesapeake Bay (155) Coat and color, variable. Height, 25
Dog.= inches maximum. Weight, 65 to 80
pounds or more.
=Pointer.= (153-154) Coat, short Colors, liver and white,
lemon and white, black and white, and
other combinations; also ticked and
speckled. Height, 20 to 25 inches.
Weight, 45 to 60 pounds.
=Wire-Haired (155) Coat, wiry. Color, steel-gray
Pointing Griffon.= with grizzled brown patches; also
gray-white with brown or yellow
patches. Height, 20 to 24 inches.
Weight, 56 pounds average.
III. THE TERRIERS.
A. SMOOTH-COATED.
=Manchester.= (69) Color, black and tan. Weight, 16 to
20 pounds.
=Bull Terrier.= (65, 69) Color, pure white. There are also
brindles, but they are not recognized.
Weight, 45 to 60 pounds.
=Boston.= (69) Color, brindle and white. Weight,
17 to 27 pounds.
=Smooth Fox (69-70) Color, white, with black, sometimes
tan, markings. Weight, 20 pounds
maximum.
=Doberman Pinscher.= (70) Color, black and tan. Height, 22 to
26 inches. Weight, 40 to 48 pounds.
B. WIRE-HAIRED.
=Wire-Haired (71) Same as the smooth variety except for
Fox Terrier.= the coat.
=Airedale.= (64-65, 71) Color, tan, with black or dark grizzled
body or saddle. Weight, 40 to 45
pounds. Larger ones not approved.
=Bedlington.= (71) Coat, mixture of soft and wiry.
Colors, dark blue, blue and tan,
liver, liver and tan, sandy, and
sandy and tan. Height 15 to 16
inches. Weight, 22 to 24 pounds.
=Irish.= (71) Colors, red or red wheaten. Weight, 22
to 24 pounds.
=Welsh.= (71) Colors, black and tan, or black,
grizzle, and tan. Height, 16 inches
average. Weight, 22 pounds average.
=Scottish.= (72) Colors, steel or iron gray, brindle
or grizzle, black, sandy, and wheaton.
Height, 9 to 12 inches. Weight, 16 to
20 pounds.
=West Highland (72) Color, pure white. Height, 8 to 12
White.= inches. Weight, 12 to 18 pounds.
=Cairn.= (71-72) Colors, red sandy, gray, brindle, or
nearly black. Weight, 11 to 15 pounds.
=Dandie Dinmont.= (72-73) The colors are gray, known as pepper,
and fawn, known as mustard. Height, 8
to 11 inches. Weight, 14 to 24 pounds.
=Sealyham.= (73) Color, white, or white with black or
brown markings, or both. Weight, 12
to 17 pounds.
C. LONG-HAIRED.
=Skye.= (73-74) Colors, dark or light blue or gray, or
fawn with black points. Height, 8 to 9
inches. Weight, 14 to 20 pounds.
=Clydesdale.= (74) Color, steel blue and golden tan.
Weight, 18 pounds maximum.
=Yorkshire.= (74) Color, dark steel blue with tan
markings. Weight, 5 to 12 pounds.
IV. TOY DOGS.
A. SMOOTH-COATED.
=Italian (82, 260) Colors, all shades of fawn, red, mouse,
Greyhound.= blue, cream, and white; also black,
brindle, and pied. Weight, 8 pounds
average.
=Pug.= (82) Colors, black, silver fawn, or apricot
fawn, with black mask and trace.
Weight, 12 to 16 pounds.
=Toy Manchester.= (82) Same as large Manchester, but weighing
only 4 to 7 pounds.
=Toy Bull Terrier.= (82) Pure white preferred, brindle allowed.
Weight, 3 to 15 pounds.
=Miniature Bulldog.= (82) Same as the large English bulldog, but
weighing less than 20 pounds.
=Chihuahua.= (83) Colors, fawn, black, chocolate, cream,
and white. Weight, 23 ounces to 4
pounds.
B. WIRE-HAIRED.
=Brussels Griffon.= (85) Colors, reddish, black and tan, gray,
or fawn. Weight, 6 to 10 pounds.
C. LONG-HAIRED.
=Pomeranian.= (83) Colors, white, black, blue, gray,
brown, sable, red, orange, fawn, or
parti-colored. Weight, 5 to 12 pounds.
=English Toy (83-84) The four recognized varieties are the
Spaniel.= Blenheim, pure white with bright red,
orange, or chestnut markings; the ruby,
a chestnut red; the black and tan; the
tri-color, black, white, and tan.
Weight, 9 to 12 pounds.
=Pekingese Spaniel.= (84) Colors, red, fawn, black, tan, brindle,
sable, white, and parti-colored.
Weight, 18 pounds maximum.
=Japanese Spaniel.= (84-85) Colors, black and white or red and
white, the red including sable,
brindle, lemon, and orange. Weight,
7 pounds average.
=Maltese.= (85) Color, pure white with black points.
Weight, 10 pounds maximum.
=Toy Poodle.= (85) Colors, all black, red, white, or blue;
white preferred. Weight, 4 to 10
pounds.
V. ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC BREEDS.
=Eskimo.= (269) Coat, hard and dense. Color, grizzled
black or gray. Weight, 75 to 100
pounds.
=Husky.= (269) Color, variable. Weight, 125 pounds up.
=Samoyede.= (268) Coat, medium long. Color, usually
white; also black, black and white,
brown, and fawn.
=Spitz.= (268) Coat, long. Color, white or wolfish
gray.
=Norwegian (268-269) Coat, thick and coarse. Color, grizzled
Elkhound.= brown or black. Height, 20 inches
average.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT DOGS
Bench shows, 157-159, 245 _et seq._
Championship, how won, 158
Convulsions, 91, 93
Discipline, 22-23
Distemper, 88 _et seq._
Eczema, 104-105
Feeding, 39, 53-55
Field trials, 218-221, 230 _et seq._
Fleas, 127-128
Gun-shy dogs, 24
How to approach a dog, 267
Judging show dogs, 174-175
Medicine, how to administer, 51-52
Puppies, care of, 39, 53
Sheep, dogs used with, 286-288
Skin troubles, 104-105
Teeth, 120-121, 123-124
Training bird dogs, 21-24, 137-138, 140-141, 142, 144
Worms, 50-51
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