202 LIFE OF TEGETMEIER 



opening the carriage-door, expedited the exodus 

 of the dog with his toe, and drove off again. 

 The next day in the City, Mr. Smith came up 

 to Mr. Jones in a highly delighted frame of mind, 

 and said, ' Jones, you'll never see that dog 

 again. What do you think ? He's found his 

 way home.' That," said Tegetmeier, "is a 

 sample of the homing instinct in dogs." 



Needless to say, the only dogs he took an 

 interest in were those of a nature useful to man, 

 such as sheep dogs, sporting dogs, Lapland and 

 Samoyede sledge dogs. I am not aware that 

 he ever acted as a judge of dogs at exhibitions, 

 but I have it on the authority of the Illustrated 

 Kennel News that his was a familiar figure at 

 the combined dog and poultry shows years ago, 

 and that he is still held in remembrance of the 

 older generation of canine fanciers. Of cats 

 he was an excellent judge and acted in that 

 capacity at many shows a generation ago. And 

 as I have said, he lectured on the domestic 

 variety at the Zoological Gardens in July, 1885, 

 receiving for the lecture £10 — the biggest fee he 

 ever had from the Society for a single lecture. 

 A typical story of his cat-judging days is told 

 by a contributor to the Bazaar, Exchange and 

 Mart, to the following effect : "He was a fine 

 judge of cats, and one much in request, and I 

 well remember being much amused on one 

 occasion when he had disqualified a cat, he had 





