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DOGS IN THE GARDENS.
TO THE EDITOR.
—Yours, &c., RED TAPE.
SIr, —Kindly allow me space to relate the
following facts, which speak volumes for the
liberality of our City bylaws;—On a very
recent date a friend of mine and myself
started for a ride on horse-back about 6 30
a.m., taking with ns for company three
valuable dogs. We rode round the lake
without interference until passing the
gardens, when we saw a man ahead of us
with a gun at his shoulder, waiting, as we
thought, for a shot at wild fowl. Imagine
our surprise on finding that our dogs were
the objects of his special attention. Stealthily
creeping behind the willows, this “sports
man” suddenly appeared in front of us, and
in an authoritative manner asked if these
dogs belonged to us, at the same time keep
ing his artillery bearing on the animals in
question. Our protestations of innocence,
however, gained ue the day, but not without
severe warnings from the “sportsman” in
question, and threats in the event of future
transgression.- Now, Sir, my humble sug
gestion is thia : —that in view of the present
depression in the labor market, our council
lors might engage, say, 50 men, to be pro
vided with guns and ammunition,-and sta
tioned at intervals of, say, 100 yards round
the lake, so that the bylaw above referred to
might be rigidly enforced, and not even the
smallest terrier dog be allowed a free pass
without an immediate prospect of the death
penalty. I make the above suggestion,
trusting that the question will be taken up
and the Dog Act amended as soon as possible.
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