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Show PLANNEDTO MURDER DOG DELIBERATELY ATTEMPT8 TO ASSASSINATE RIVAL. Animal Proved Itself Capable of Subtle Sub-tle Plotting and Much Boldness of Execution Similar Cases Recorded. Of premedltntcd cases of brute ns-snsslnutlon ns-snsslnutlon there arc several remarkable remark-able Instances on record. They manifest mani-fest tho faculty of contrivance, of motive, mo-tive, nnd of Inductively assimilating cause and effect, which, If not actually actu-ally human reasoning, comes perilously perilous-ly near to It. I havo moro than one record of that character, says n writer In tho Pall Mall Gazette, this Instance for example: exam-ple: A fow yenrs ago I was on a visit to n Westmoreland clergyman and was accompanied by n favorite Scotch terrier. It made Itself agrcpnblc to every member of the family but one a largo Newfoundland retriever dog. who showed subdued signs of Jealousy. Jeal-ousy. One day both dogs disappeared and wero absent from tho house moro than two hours, when the largo ono returned home alone. I was anxious nbout my own nnd went In search of It, nnd passing through the village I met n gamekeeper gamekeep-er whom I knew well, carrying In hlB arms tho poor brute, snaking wet nnd In an exhausted state. Ho revealed tho cause. While sitting on a bank of a river about a mile from tho parson-ago parson-ago ho saw tho two dogs, apparently out for n friendly ramble, approach to the watorslde on tho other Bldo; they lay down close together, nnd In a few minutes he was nstonlshed to. Bee tho big dog suddenly grip tho terrier ter-rier by tho back of tho neck and leap into tho water with It. There In about two feet of wntor It deliberately stood and held tho terrier under tho surface. My friend saw that there was nothing noth-ing but death for my dog, but as ho could not cross tho river without going go-ing around by a bridge nearly a quar-tor quar-tor of a mile awny, ho fired a shot closo to the head of tho would-bo ca nlno nssassln. That startled It and, letting the terrier loose, It sprnng to the bank and bolted for .homo. My friend then ran nroung by tho bridge, and when he got up to tho scene of tho meditated murder found my dog lying on the bank In an exhausted state, Just having strength to crnwl out. Wo have here motive, contrivance contri-vance to renllzo tho motive, and skilful skil-ful deliberation In the operation, and If that Is not reasoning I should bo glad of a definition of "reasoning" which would exclu-le such a performance. I have records of a similar nature In all cases tho outcomo of Jealousy, and mainly manifested nmong tho mammalia of primary gregarious habits, hab-its, especially tho family Canldao. That arises from tho early fierce struggle for life, more especially the struggle over prey. As n matter of fact, although the dog wus tho first wild animnl domesticated by man, It still dlsplnys several of Its far off prehistoric pre-historic traits ot wild life, nnd this Is one of them; rounding and worrying sheop Is another. Jealousy over food or partial favoritism favor-itism to others is rare among the cat trlbo, und their leisurely consumption of food Is another striking trait of their nnclent habit of solitary hunting. The habit of domestic cats becoming inveterate poachers Is another evl-donco evl-donco of tho "old Adam" still surviving. |