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jaw of the crocodile fits on the outside 

 of the upper jaw when the mouth is 

 closed, in a notch behind the nostrils; 

 in the alligator, this same tooth fits 

 irto a pit or hole in the upper jaw, 

 sc when he closes his mouth you can 

 not see this particular tooth. There 

 are other slight differences, hut these 

 are the principal ones. 



An interesting thing for you to ob- 

 serve will be your alligator's eyes; 

 see how small the pupils of the eyes 

 are during the day — just a mere slit. 

 And then see how large and black and 

 round they are at night. Also observe 

 how beautifully his eyes and nose are 

 arranged when he swims ; the whole 

 body is under the water and only the 

 eyes and nostrils are above the water. 

 Watch how he swims by using his 

 tail as a paddle, the legs and feet be- 

 ing flat along the sides of the body. 



The mother alligator builds 3 nest 

 of twigs, mud and sand, into which 

 she lays from thirty to sixty eggs ; 

 these are about two inches in di- 

 ameter and about three and a half 

 inches long. The nest is about two 

 and a half fedt high and may vary 

 from four to eight feet in diameter. 

 The eggs hatch by the heat of the sun, 

 and as soon as the little alligators are 

 hatched they go into the water. The 

 mother alligator watches and guards 

 her nest until all the eggs are hatched, 

 as the fathers would eat the little 

 ones, as do also birds and other ani- 

 mals. The young alligators are about 

 eight inches long when they hatch, 

 and weigh about two ounces- Their 

 colors, that is the yellow blotches and 

 bands, are very clear, but as the alli- 

 gator gets older this color almost dis- 

 appears, and then they seem to have 

 but a single color — a dark brown. 

 The color of the tongue is a pale 

 pink ; it is very soft. Notice how the 

 alligator elevates his body from the 

 ground when he walks. 



Dr. G. A. Hinnen. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. 



A Remarkable Golfer Dog 



You have often heard it said of a 

 man that he has golf in his blood, but 

 to remark the same thing about a dog 

 is indeed a novelty. The Fox Hills 

 Club has such a canine in the collie 

 Bruce. Of course, any intelligent dog 

 can be taught a few tricks or to per- 

 form certain duties, such as carrying 

 clubs, or tracing balls. Bruce's accom- 

 plishments, however, are of an entirely 

 different order and inherent in him. 

 Not one of the odd things he does on 

 the links was taught. As a puppy he 

 was found to have a special aptitude for 

 life on the greens that came to him as 

 naturally as barking or eating. 



Several members of the club who 

 have studied Bruce intently for two 

 years or more declare that one or more 

 of his ancestors were brought up on a 

 big links, probably in Scotland, and 

 that he is only handing down to New 

 Yorkers the traits that are a part of 

 him. He is the property of M. F 

 Smith, the club steward, who got him 

 in the bankrupt sale of a big concern 

 in New Haven. He was only a few 

 months old at the time, yet his sister 

 of the same age brought $500 as a 

 puppy. 



He began at Fox Hills by keeping 

 goats off the course. Not many strayed 

 that way and few indeed now, for the 

 Billies and Nannies know that he will 

 chase them home, a full mile, if they 

 wander upon the links. 



The next thing he attempted was to 

 drive unauthorized caddies off the 

 greens. If a boy carries a bag of clubs, 

 well and good ; if not, it's back to the 

 caddie house for him while Bruce is 

 around. 



The dog dearly delights to follow 

 players over the links, but he cannot 

 be induced to go with strangers. He 

 knows nearly all of the 300 members 

 and while he prefers some to others 

 who play less frequently, he will go out 

 part way with almost any regular. He 

 lately took a dislike to a leading 

 caddie and not even his master can 

 make him go more than a hole or two 

 with that carrier. 



One of his latest leanings is toward 

 the fair sex. Whenever a woman play- 



