KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. 



FAMILIAR INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON THE 

 CHARACTER OF THE DOG. 



IT has always seemed to us a thing worthy of 

 note that the dog alone, of the entire brute crea- 

 tion, should especially attach himself to man. 

 Many instances are, indeed, upon record where 

 animals of a different species have manifested an 

 extraordinary affection for particular individuals. 

 Among the Arabs, by whom the animal is hu- 

 manely treated, the horse stands pre-eminent in 

 this respect; and who has not read of the Cos- 

 sack's steed, which 



" Obeyed his voice and came to call, 

 And knew him in the midst of all, 

 Though thousands were around, and night, 

 Without a star, pursued her flight." 



This, which would seem sufficiently poetic 

 as related of the horse, is literally a matter of 

 fact with the dog, whom Byron, as every one 

 knows, has selected, in more instances than 



