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Title: The dogs of Boytown
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Dyer, Walter A. (Walter Alden), 1878-1943
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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hich was developed chiefly in France, used to bebetter known than he is now. He is supposed to bethe cleverest of all dogs and you will usually findpoodles in troops of trick dogs. It seems to me, said Theron, that Ive readsome stories about poodles. Yes, there are a number of classic poodle stories,said Mr. Hartshorn, illustrating the cleverness ofthe breed. I am sorry to say that poodles have beentrained as thieves dogs, and have been widely usedby smugglers on the French frontiers, who trainedthem to carry lace and other valuable commoditiesacross the border. The most famous of these stories is that of thepoodle of the Pont Neuf, one of the bridges of Paris. SOME OTHER DOGS, INCLUDING RAGS 117 He was owned by a bootblack, who taught him toroll in the mud of the Seine and then run aboutamong the pedestrians on the bridge, dirtying theirshoes. This meant more business for the bootblack.An Englishman observed this performance and wasmuch impressed by the dogs smartness in carrying out
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Toy Poodle his part. He offered the bootblack a good price forthe poodle and took him back to London with him.But the poodle didnt care for his new life; appar-ently he had no wish to reform. Somehow or otherhe managed to stow himself away on a Channel boatand made his way back to Paris, where he returnedto his former master and resumed his old occupa-tion. ii8 THE DOGS OF BOYTOWN When the boys had finished laughing over this drollstory, Mr. Hartshorn continued: The Dalmatian or coach dog comes from easternEurope, and was bred long ago in Dalmatia, now anAustrian province. He was well known in Englandby 1800 and was used there as a stable dog and wastrained to run with the horses and under the car-riages. Here you will see them most often as mascotsin fire engine houses. Its queer how fashions runin those things. He is always pure white, evenlycovered with round black or brown spots. The last of this group is the schipperke. I dontbelieve you know him, for the breed isnt very commonhe

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