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Show MT TO BULLDOGS STTUCKEOjy THUGS Phenomenal Values Set on Canines Make Dog Stealing Steal-ing a Frequent Crime. Special Cable to Tlio Tribune. LONDON. Dec. 1-L Tho astonishing value of prizo dogs, nover witnessed moro manifestly than at the Kennel club show at the Crystal Palace, has led to a ronowed activity in. tho art of dog thiovory. A Pekingese pup ivna bought the other dav, a few weeks sifter birth, for MOO.' aud several hundred pounds, amounting in ono exceptional case io $5000, have been paid for royally bred rauuics. When, a dog is worth upwa.nl of $5 an ounce ho in worth Htealing aud wortli preserving. All sorts of clabonito precautions hsivo to bo taken 'by tho owners. . ,. .... , A boy night valet, ot somo lproncu bulldogs uow u very popular breed was not long since knocked senseless by two thieves whom ho found tamper-iuc tamper-iuc with tho intricate lock of the door. The thieves had soon, tho accounts ac-counts of victories by tho kennel in an important show. in ono famous konuol ot. bulldogs it is the custom to call tho dogs at home bv a different name from that in the catalogue, so that tho enticements ot a thief may miss tho mark, for no animal knows its familiar call-name bettor than a dog. Soino sign of tho groat paro taken appears at tho show, whero tho best ot the Pomeranians and Pekingese aro most carefully padlocked in tnoir boudoir cages. . . If tho precaution is omitted, inquisitive inquisi-tive rivals aro apt to handlo the dogs unduly, in. tho search for flaws or "fakings," Fortunately tho toy dogs are much moro suspicious than - the bulldogs or other larger doge. Thoy aro most difficult to decoy and can only bo ctolcn by forcible niothods. |