Show DOG AND GEORGE WASHINGTON Small Canine and Dog Catcher Furnish Amusement to a Street Crowd Yesterday Forenoon i I I George Washington In pursuit of a I small dog amused a crowd of peopleIn t front of tho Brecdcn Ofllco Supply companyB store on Second South I street yesterday morning about 11 I oclock George IB not tho father but a distant dis-tant relative of lIlt country lie maybe may-be first In peace first In war and first In the hearts of his countrymen but ho was not first in hlu race with the dog The canine sniffed suspiciously when George approached It had I doubtless been warned to beware of a d Ak man with a wire net In his right lnil and thought George might be the man He was right George Is an excellent ex-cellent person for dogs to beware of 4 After he saw George tho animal ran in a circle Just out of reach of the net The crowd gathered hastily but left room enough for George and the pup to perform 1 their evolutions George made a rush The pup sidestepped and his opponent would have gone over the ropes If there had been any ropes togo to-go over Two lo one on the pup ohoutcd the crowd Dog gone exclaimed the dogcatcher dog-catcher Klyl said the pup Some excellent footwork was done by both parties but the uog having the most feet attained the best results George got busy and made a right swing at the canines head Never touched me yelped the pupae pup-ae he dodged between the legs of a fat man i I i Dont be afraid he wont bite and other words of encouragement greeted the catcher from the spectators Thus cheered George trld to sllp up on liEu opponent and had his noose almost over the canlnea Head when the dog ducked and ran nit the ropes Foul Foul shrieked the audience I It was true The pup had Inglorious lv abandoned the Held upset two small boys dashed under baby carriage car-riage and taken refuge In a cellar But the troubles of George were not over for C S Wilkes the owner of the dog came through the crowd and asked the dogcatcher what he was trying to do George explained the situation and Mr Wilkes presented satisfactory proof that the poll tax on the pup had been I paid |