CHAPTER IV. 



TO AND FROM THE SHOW. 



Beginners, and in fact some old exhibitors, must be re- 

 minded that when dogs are to make railroad journeys 

 they should be provided with comfortable crates or boxes 

 large enough to permit them to stand and turn about with 

 ease ; also, that the same should be so constructed that air 

 will be freely admitted on all sides and at the top, for 

 otherwise they would be in danger of suffocation were the 

 freight packed very closely, as it almost always is in ex- 

 press cars. But this accident is never likely to happen 

 where the top of the crate is round or has a double incline, 

 — like the roof of a house, — and if the latter, which is 

 of the easiest construction, it should be made of slats or 

 narrow strips of board, and around the uppermost one, in 

 the middle of it, the tenant's chain should be looped and 

 fastened so that he will not likely become entangled; 

 while the upper slats on the sides should project four or 

 five inches at the ends to serve as handles. 



All crates should, of course, be as light as possible con- 

 sistent with strength and durability. They should be 

 boarded to a height which accords with the size of the 



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