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are special personal claims on his attention, and naturally 

 they grow wearisome. Unless he is rewarded, there is no 

 reason why he should consider one personal claim any more 

 than hosts of others. As a class, if treated courteously 

 and considerately, they are obliging. That they should not 

 always be pleased at the sight of dogs is the outcome of 

 good causes. Their experience with dog owners is not 

 always of the pleasantest kind. They meet the individual 

 dog owner who is perpetually wanting something, even at 

 the busiest moments; then there is the imperious gentleman 

 who thinks the presence of his dogs paramount to all other 

 business of the road, and demands what he should request; 

 there is the gent who is gentle, but persists in telling the 

 antecedents of his dog to a maddening length; and there 

 is the numerous element who try to evade the payment 

 of tariff or gratuity. Nearly all roads have an established 

 tariff on dogs, which in most instances goes to the "bag- 

 gageman as a perquisite. Some roads will not take dogs 

 unless the owner or his agent signs a form releasing the road 

 from all liability for death, injury or escape. It is very un- 

 pleasant to know that in many instances the experience of 

 railroad officials with a certain class of sportsmen made this 

 protective course necessary; thus all have to suffer for the 

 acts of a few. When five or six dogs are taken along, the 

 tariff is very oppressive. One or two are allowed to go 

 free by most roads; when the sportsman has more than that 

 number, it is better to write to the general baggage agent 

 and make special arrangements if possible before starting. 

 If the journey is long, it is particularly desirable to get full 

 information. Some roads have a rule which allows the 

 hunter, who is a passenger, only carriage for two dogs 

 over that number they will not carry. It is obvious that 

 if a hunter had a ticket over such line and had more than 

 two dogs with him, he would find himself very unpleasantly 



