have a warm admiration for dogs, whlcb
expresses itself in the number of fine onej
they possess. Mrs. de Ruyter*s special
pet is Braw Scot, the collie that has won
everything possible in the line of prizes
from a handsome clock to a silver cup.
He Is one of the most beautiful collies
In the West. In color his coat Is what
is technically known as sable and white.
It shades to a golden gray, and ho comes
near to being the exact color of th«
famous and rare line of "gray dogs." Ha
knows pretty nearly all there is to know
and is a perfect house dog. Not tha least
of his accomplishments are carrying hli
mistress" parasol, or if it la ma outing
trip. Braw Scot, carries the camera. An
other beautiful dog owned by the u-
They have a great predilection for cattfu
ing rats and are very hardy. Mrs! Hooper
also owned a fine Japanese spaniel, but
this little pet, of a kind which can stand
the rigors of the New York climate well,
could not stand the damp of San Fran
cisco, and died.
The Hooper dogs do not exist, they live,
and that well, for they have never slept
out of doors. Wherever their mistress
has been she. has always kept one room
dedicated fo the use of dogs, and each pet
has its own; cot with a wdven wire mat
tress. A boy has the Interesting' and
Pleasant duty of caring especially -for
them. These fine animals are now at San
Mateo, where they are enjoying the free
dom of a hundred acres. • '",'
Winksy, a mild-eyed thoroughbred fox
terrier, is the special pet of Mrs. Reginald
Smith at .her. beautiful home on Rincon
Hill. Winksy has lived an easy life for a
. goodly number of years/and if there is
one thing that he enjoys more than an
other it Is going for a drive. You never
have to invite him' twice to get In the
carriage. He Is an accomplished dog as
well and has all. the pretty tricks which
. fox terriers are so quick to learn.
BothJ Mr/ and -Mrs!' John E. do Ruyter
Mrs. Walter Magee has a great fondness"
for her alert little wire-haired fox terrier,
Cairnsmair . General. He Is both smart
and valuable and as knowing as a dog can
, well be. He has never been ¦ outclassed
hero except once, and then at a show a
strange terrier from -the. East took ona
prize ahead of him. Just now he is trav
eling'in Nevada with his mistress.
,v Mrs. Phebe Hearst is especially fond of
Scotch collies and those she owns are fine
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enough to be shown in any collection of
dogs in the universe. The two most val
uable and the' greatest prize winners are
Heather Mint and Old Hall Admiral, who
ar&'npw enjoying- life at Pleasanton, Mrs.
"Hearst's summer home. ¦_ These two dogs
together are worth, not- less than seven
or eight thousand dollars 1 .
Mrs.' W. \ B. Hooper and her daughter,
Miss; Rose Hooper, are both, devoted to
their dogs, of which they have a number
of fine ones, both big. and little.- Fashion
does not interfere -with their love for any
of them. ; No finer dogs\an be found any
; .where than Mrs. • Hooper's two champion
-stag hounds,, Lassie and Marco, for which
she has been offered $175 apiece. The first
stag hounds that Mrs. Hooper had were
sent, one of the pair from Scotland, the
other^ from, Australia.; One of them, died
of pneumonia, J for the . climate of San
Francisco Is hard oh these dogs.
Lassie , and' Marco, though they have
won so many, prizes, are as gentle, clever
> and affectionate i dogs as could be found.
They are great hunters. , Of Irish terriers,
:, .which 'are regarded by dog fanciers as tha
comlng^dog, Mrs. Hooper has six. These;
. dogs are very affectionate aid intelligent.
did not have the tew white hairs that she
has. Lizzie only weighs three . * pounds
and Marquis has a bark loud.enough for a
twenty-pound dbg, though" he ~ cannot
weigh more than five pounds. They have
to go through a siege of . . combing -and
brushing at the hands of the maid every
morning. They ard excellent watch: dogs ,'i
but their 'affection is usually^ confined to
one person. They are 'very lnteinge'nt.
When it conies to cleverness, Riggi, the
irown French ¦poodle of Mrs. Charles K
Fair, yields place to none. Riggi comes
direct from gay Paris, and when you say
to him: • "Speak French, Riggi," he^ barks
at the top of his' voice, but if commanded
to speak English he gives a growl W his
lowest note. After he has been combed
by the French maid, who is his .sworn
friend, every day, he is ready, to go in the
corner and say his prayers, which he'doe3
ij i a very touching way. He : . also plays*
the piano, or goes through the motions,
with the air. of a Paderewskl. ;He is often
seen at the Market-street entrance of the
Palace waiting to greet 'his mistress. ¦•
was offered afterward in Paris $400. Thii
expensive pet also died soon after reach
ing San Francisco.
Now Lizzie and Marquis, and several
brothers arid s!sters who spend most of
their time in the country, are left to be
the objects of special care and petting.
They have to be fed on just such food, and
that only once a day, with 'a sip of milk
between times. Sugar is death to them,
so it must be kept out of their way.- Liz
zie is the rather favored one of the twain,
for she sleeps on a velvet cushion on a
chair by her mistress' bedside. Lizzie is
brown like her mother was before her,
but she would be* twice as valuable If she
IT may be said that the lour hundred
of Ban Francisco, collectively, are
fond of dogs, for everybody keeps one.
Just now the fashion, for the fashion
In dogs is almost as variable as thai
In eklrts, is to have as small a dog as
one can get.
Ugliness instead of beauty appears to
be the criterion and the stately St. Ber
nard, the faithful Newfoundland, the
Great Dane and all the lesser favorites
In the tribe of big dogs are quite out of
the fashionable running. This does not
tnean that nobody owns a big dog, for
there are Etill fashionable people who
would not give up their huge pets to
©bey the sternest mandate of whimsical
It "was early In the eighties that the
treatest craze for Newfoundlands was
on. After them came the St. Bernard,
but he declined in favor when it was
found that he became crosser In temper
as he grew older. Then the craze for
the Great Dane continued until he showed
eigns of being a one man's dog and apt
to be kind only to his master.
The mastiff, the coach dog, the beautiful
but uneven tempered greyhound, the pug
and the poodle have all nearly been
ousted as pets. The coach dog, dignified
by his true name of "Dalmatian," is fight
ing hard for reinstatement in favor, but
his chances of popularity appear to be
few.
After the massive era In fashionable
dogs came the setters, Gordon and Irish,
but they never grew as popular as their
predecessors. Next came the cocker span
iel, which holds his place yet", and then
the collie, which has been a favorite, dog
for centuries past. When French poodles
came In they were really a passing fad.
though a fine French poodle is among the
cleverest dogs known.
Fox terriers are still popular with some
people, but they belong to the sporting
class among dogs. They are not a house
dog, but in their- roving, trampish pro
clivities are what may be called "any
body'6" dog. The Bedlingtons and Air
dales, a larger sort of terrier, are coming
into favor, but they also are not pur<*!y
house dogs and would rather live in u
stable than a house. The same is true
of many Newfoundlands. Many dogs are
Imported from England to San Francisco.
Among the fashionable women of San
Francisco the pet dog that may be said
to rank first in favor is the Pomeranian
spitz, the first one having been brought
to the city by Mrs. YV. H. Crocker. The
Scotch collie makes a good second, with
the lovable cocker spaniel firmly occupy
ing a third place. There are also a good
many Oriental dogs owned among the
women of San Francisco, the list includ
ing Japanese and -Pekinese spaniels.
Chows and the famous Chinese sleeve
dogs.
By right of their parents having been
the first dogs of their kind in San Fran
cisco Lizzie and Marquis, the two tiny
Pomeranian spitz dogs that are the espe
cial pets of Mrs. \\\ H. Crocker, can per
haps claim first place, at least !n point of
being truly fashionable. Their parents,
Topsy and Tommy, were purchased in
Hamburg in 1S00. But Pomerania is a
very cold country and San Francisco is a
trying climate for this particular breed of
pet dogs. It was not long before Tommy
died. Mrs. Sperry, mother of Mrs..
Crocker, also purchased In Hamburg a
small white Pomeranian spitz, weighing
only twenty-one ounces, for which she
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