been born February 22, 1895. They were as nearly alike as it was possible to get them. The males are black, the females red.
It will save time and confusion if we christen them at this point, and use their respective names in our subsequent descriptions. The sisters were named "Topsy" and "Tipsy," the males "Nig" and "Bum." The names are sufficiently suggestive to
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| Bum. | Tipsy. | Nig. | Topsy. |
| Fig. 6.—November 27, 1895. | |||
enable the reader to carry easily in mind which ones are given the alcohol and which are normal.
April 29th, they weighed as follows:
| Tipsy | 2,102 | grammes. | Bum | 2,179 | grammes. |
| Topsy | 2,150 | " | Nig | 1,556 | " |
For about two weeks the four were studied with reference to deciding which pair to treat with alcohol. Of the sisters, Tipsy was considerably the more active and playful; of the brothers, Nig was the livelier. Bum, at the time, is noted as being a little "shy and quiet." Otherwise he appeared considerably superior in health, vigor, and "points." Nig's already deficient growth—since dwarfing is one of the important points about which the experiment turns—finally decided the matter, viz., to give the alcohol to Tipsy and Bum.
what with me, was that in the resident part of the city I could hardly expect to have a kennel of mongrel curs tolerated for the necessary length of time. Intelligence, too, was a prime consideration. For this, as well as for good disposition, these dogs could leave nothing to be desired. In selecting this breed I feel that the choice was made more wisely or more fortunately than I knew.
