372 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



fire brigade, Watling street, London. There it re- 

 mained for some years, and numbers of people called to 

 see him in his glass case. 



In 1853 tne Superintendent of the Fire Station, 

 Chandos street, Covent Garden, was for some neglect 

 of duty degraded to the rank of an ordinary fire- 

 man. This disgrace so preyed on the poor fellow's 

 mind, that one winter's night he threw himself 

 over Waterloo Bridge and was drowned. He left 

 a widow and children totally unprovided for, and 

 in order to procure a sum for their relief, the glass case 

 containing the stuffed figure of the Fireman's Dog 

 was disposed of by way of lottery. A raffle took place 

 at a tavern in Chandos street, when upwards of a hun- 

 dred pounds was realised. The dog was won by the 

 tavern-keeper, and in his parlour it may still be seen. 

 Thus you see that long after death the dog has been 

 found useful to his masters in time of need. 



The following account of a dog, for many years 

 known as " The Brighton Coach Dog," is cut from an 

 old newspaper of the time. " For a long period a dog 

 invariably accompanied the only coach which in 1851 

 ran between London and Brighton. On the 24th June, 

 in that year, he was placed on the back of the coach to 

 prevent his barking at the horses, when he jumped off 

 at Henfield and fell between the wheels, one of which, 

 passing over his back, killed him. The animal belonged 

 to an ostler at the Newcastle Place stables, Edgeware 

 Road, London ; he went to the yard when a puppy and 

 the man took care of him. 



" Being brought up amongst horses, he was never 



