Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-30 | Page 9 | 'Spike' Bounces Back despite Car Injuries

3-Legged Pa! 'Miq' CzunzzzV' ': DccpSroCcr n;u:!j - Little Claudia Rulx, 468 Kucter , ct, Saturday w wondering Jut how she'd be abie to teach Spike ! to walk on three leffs. Spike t a black and white ahep- I herd d o J-year-old Claudia ' playmate but the other day he bumpssd Into eomeone wbo appar- I ently had no rffard for "uumb animals," and It's lucky be has even t b r e e left to nobble around on. Mra Pearl Ruts, Claudia's mother, moth-er, decrying: man's thoufrhUeaanris where animals are concerned, teas the story this way: I let fipike out of the bouse at 6 a.m. one dny for his usual morning morn-ing frolic. Who 1 called him later for his food, he was nownere to be found. .Frantically 1 called neighbors, the police and the dog pound, but no one hid seen him. "Finally I called Mrs. John W. Hyilop at Fait Lake Humane society so-ciety hMd iuartera anH una in irnr. near Wasatch Springs plurre. Indications In-dications were that be d been hit by a car In the vicinity of 5ih South and 8rd Ea-t, tn-n thrown from the car at -. k it., h- . r.f the dg catcher would find ami and kul him." Mrs. Hyamp said the dog must have been lyu.g tne re for several honrs because he was so thtrrv. The little d r, near d-am, Mrs. Ruls eontmij l, waa taken to a veterinarian by IV! ra. Hyuop, Humane Hu-mane society president. The Oocttr hinted tnat h 1 hniKe been broui' tt to him 1mm m; Hteiy after the evident evi-dent had occurred, the de iff mifht have been saved. bemuM he a siiftTirir t-"-: ! Injuries, t e r n t i ' ;the d g h..-. " ' - 'Claunia vow si - 'J tr' ft h n i "waik on t...-'-e I as g- 1 four." "An' som " " C 1 ' Tm gT' i tv- r dun J n v o o..t t. (sureet an' aaaa uii!" I Iulously, had found bpiKe panting, w Hum if and bleeding uadex buahva I