Show DOG IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING I DURING PROGRESS Of BASEBAll GAME The weird tales by Home Run Hag Haggerty Haggert Haggerty gerty gert pf f queer happening h on the base baseball baseball ball aall diamond nd vf yil have to take a back backseat backseat backseat seat for an actual occurrence at Walkers field yesterday esterday during the game between the Eureka and Occidental Occidental dental teams It is nothing more more nor less le s than a dog being struck by light lightning lightning lightning ning on the ball field fiel during the progress progress ress ross of the game After the excitement had cleared away neither the dog the players slayers nor the spectators were any the he worse for the experience e eThe The Eureka team had a dog tied by bya a steel chain near their bench and it was this pup which got a severe jar jal from the electric juice He is just a common aller dog and while no nomore nomore nomore more than intelligence beams from his face from now flow on he has it iton iton iton on all the other dogs in the mining ining n camp campIt It happened while Will Vill Douglas was wasat wasat wasat at bat Just as the Eureka second baseman landed on a ball baU a loud clap of thunder thun tr sounded soun ed right over oyer the grandstand and at the same time there was a blinding bUnding flash of lightning At the sa same nc instant the dog dropped over and lay still for a couple cou le of f sec see seconds seconds Then he jumped to his feet and let out a series of yells searching his very ery soul to find a sound to tell how scared he was The Eureka players ran to his rescue The dog held up one foot and with a pleading look tried to tell what had happened In a second It dawned upon the crowd that the dog had received a shock which had knocked him him down and for the time being put one leg out of commission Later he was all right but at each flash of lightning for the rest of the day he took to cover An examination showed I he dog was standing on the wet ground near where the drinking water for the home team is kept To his neck was attached a steel chain which in turn was fastened to the wire stretched in front of th grandstand to keep the small boys from climbing in There axe aie several wires running into the grandstand and one of these was probably struck near the grounds s The current cUrr nt was carried into the stand then into the wires leading to where the dog was fastened down through his chain into his body where the damp earth acted as on an n excellent ground for the current |