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to buggies, forcing their drivers to open a hostile 

 fusilade with their revolvers. 



After getting this taste of a wild life the Atlanta 

 dogs went to the bad altogether. A relentless war- 

 fare was waged upon them from Stone Mountain 

 to Kenesaw, and one by one they bit the dust until 

 they were all wiped out. 



A TREE CLIMBING DOG. 



Mr. Guild, formerly of Flushing, L. L, owned 

 a bull terrier which could run up a tree trunk 13 

 or 14 feet. I measured one run of over 13 feet. 

 While Mr. Guild held the dog one of the company 

 would mount a ladder and hang a handkerchief 

 to the tree; when freed the dog would make a 

 dash, run up the trunk and secure the handker- 

 chief. 



