TOGO TACKLED BY TOUGHSD

NZ Truth, Issue 136, 25 January 1908, Page 4

TOGO TACKLED BY TOUGHSD

The "Big Red Setter" aiid w the , Bull-dogs. Z As an Opponent, George Goodall f Not m the Hunt. ;J If three big red setters -tackled one '* bull dog, according to ali reco*ojged rules of dog fighting, the betting v would be odds^on the bull do*, fcut ■ when three thoroughbred, first priae, -, ring-tail snorters of bullies grab on© •_> unoffensive setter m three different _[ r places at the one time, that setter* just got no chance at all. There? a not a big enough fool m the worht „ to make a book on the event. TUi© I . is just what happened "Truth's" dog Z "Togo" last Sunday morning The _ . staff had had him "down to the new dock for his morning bath, and were ,- bringing him home via , Willis and f Manners-streets for exercise sake. ,A. | few yards from the Clarendon Hotel, ; Charlie Cutts, dealer ih fish, ckips r Z and prize bull dogs, hove m »ißkt<T;_ leadin-g four of his extra special .^ brand, everyone, guaranteed to kill oa ;-"' the' slightest provocation— no Drovo-* * cation at all, m fact. Now, Toso, . * being reared m "Truth" office; i» '* naturally a gentleman and of a moe* ; sociable disposition', he wanted tg ' get on calling .terms witji Cutts' dogs right away. Whether it wee. the '•' want of an introduction,' or because ;' he didn't hand m his card "first:, «! ! just NATURAL BAD NATUR^ I or anything else, the fact i'^aint .' that the only Cutts' dog looj»,e> . de- _, monstrated his objection to '»,' ihe ". friendly overtures by biting Tbgo oa , the left ear, and absolutely refusing .', to let go. Then two more dogs got 4 out of hand, and Togo began to px* / perience the \ worse time ot his Ma, -,'": bar what time Vet. Qnihnell yank?-!l \ two inches off the tip ol his fail. ~ One .bully had his right ear and an* r other his left, whilsf, the third 'was " cbewinp- the juice out oi . his hihrl . paw. The row they kicked iu> ■'*" the worst ever. In five conseciuKe seconds two hundred and fifi.^ea^ people had assembled to see whether \ it was an earthquake or Fred Leslie '- crying the odds. And the huge imm- ■ ■'< hex of these people who didn't rusfi • '• into try and separate them is ama»* ' in_i, but their advice was excellent. One coot suggested dipping them m water, champagne or sherbet would ■ have \been equally practical. Another weird remark Was "pull them apart* —as if Cutts and ihe staff, weren't doing their damnedest and a bit more. They were linallv separated, , and examination showed very, little, ,- damage • done. Thanks to Togo's long feathers the bullys got more salt water than blood, and. anyhow, ho was the hero of the hour, ani looked conscious of it. If Charlie Cutts wasn't a sport and a lover ol a good dag, this paper might direct him to where he could ret some cheap muzzles, and punctuate the directions with unDleasant remarks. But as he is a decent sort we'll . merely tell him that Togo thinks his dogs are ill-bred curs, and the*- can go to blazes before he will speak to them again. ■