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careful count, for the sake of finding out which dog 



brought the ball back of tenest. The result was the same 



story over again. No 

 matter how hard Bum 

 and Tipsy worked, Nig 

 and Topsy beat them 

 every time, for they 

 brought the ball back 

 twice as often. Yet 

 even though they did 

 not do so much, when 

 the game was over Bum 



and Tipsy were always more tired than Nig and Topsy. 



This showed that dogs that take alcohol every day are not 



so strong as other dogs. 

 Through all these 



days, and in these dif- 

 ferent experiments, 



Bum and Tipsy were 



not suffering in any 



way. Indeed, they felt 



quite well and happy; 



but they made it very 



TOPSY 

 Photograph taken in November, 1895 



TIPSY 

 Photograph taken in November, 1895 



plain that when dogs 

 take alcohol regularly 

 they are not so vigorous as dogs that go without it. Com- 

 pare the second picture with the one at the end of the 



