Show DOGS BECOME MOTOR CAR SPEED CRANKS Prehistoric Tc Tendencies Still Dominate the Canine Tribe of Today In tho the old days das of or carriages es nn any dos dog would choose to go bO out with Ith n a driver cr mem- mem m nr mbel in- in M r rathor hor than with some pedestrian bel of or the household Presumably be- be get eee motion mollon and ll cau o e ho ha could moro mora running with the carriage car r carriage faster motion than with tho the mero mere walker watker And unless ho trained to f stay t close to the vehicle ho usually was a quarter ofa or of ora a 1 mile ahead of It lt H. H no matter how fas fast the th horse ml might ht trot The speed of or tho carriage u tl itself ItoH a of ot- ot c feral scant allurement to 10 LV mu LIIV to doS dog He ne preferred to run ahead rather than ride as ns a passenger Then came camo the tho automobile 1 For the first nano In his life liCe the tho dog doJ found foun him him- himself self solf able ablo to rido rho Jn In n something that satisfied satisfied sat sat- hi his speed mania says S Albert Life maga maga- Payson Terhune In Motor zine zinc U Not ot In the tho case caso of ot cars alone aton do does this speed thirst manifest itself There Instances or ot authentic oro aro a hundred dogs dogs' love lovo for I Let Iet et n. n doS dog rIde n a few times limes In an airship and he h becomes an aero crank for or J life Ic On more than one aviation field dogs dols have mn made mado o pests of or by galloping to take alto takeoff over to a L piano as ns it prepared p rJ MaYnards MaYnard's May May- otC oft and trying to leap recall shared with his nards narda re dog doS you tho the first trans- trans nt m. r tho honors of or uL AA 11 h. h th Way con n n U in rJ nt L n I U uj 5 J J since Maynard has lias been nicknamed The Tho Sly Sky Pilot Pilot Is there any good bood reason son why him hi hl loving flight dog should not bo ho Terrier dubbed Tho The Sky Dogs arc aro daft att on tho the subject of or speed because for countless centuries speed was tho the only thing that kept dot dogs alivo By 13 spee speed alone alono could tho the wild doS dog and wolf wot overtake and pull down their prey Tint nut for that spee speed they thoy must have havo starved tar c 1 S C d m meant A n n r fr food Tho Th greater th the t speed ts pee i the greater l the chance for f I- I food I I This I knowledge carried e on through l a thousand generations I In is enough to ac account account account ac- ac count for the mo modern ern dogs dog's speed cr V- V ing Speed also aJRo meant safety to tho the prehistoric pre pre- from the stronger historic dog safety dOG safety and larger and fiercer b beasts Tho The running fast and timid animal the tho tho deer or goat or sheep ro for In Instance In- In stance was stance was the will wild dogs dog's prey When a 1 leer deer or other fri frightened beast sprung from a L ticket nn and set off it at t top lop speed It was tho the wild wHet do dogs dog's s cue to give o I chase and to do 10 so 50 at t once unless ho wanted to miss his dinner Thus tho the sight i ht of or any object rushing pa pat past t him ban lian al always nl- nl wn ways s 's been Irresistible to a dog doS Nino Ino times out often otten ho chases It It-be It bo It a Do running man mn a n cat or a car Perhaps all or part of ot m my theory theor t Ii Is absurd I do not advance It as ns a n. proven fact but only as my mv personal belief bellof Worked cd out b by a a. good many years earR of oC close observation Such as It ItIs ItIs Is I have hav outlined It for tho the benefit of ot other dog lovers lo who may havo have w ln at their pets' pets zeal for tor motoring |