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and more active : each day he took them to a 

 gymnasium, where he threw a ball the entire length 

 of the building to see which dogs would bring it back 

 first. The score, which was carefully kept, showed 

 that Nig and Topsy brought the ball back twice as 

 often as did Bum and Tipsy. Now, you would natu- 

 rally think that the winners in these games would have 

 been more tired than the losers, for they had neces- 

 sarily worked faster. Each day, however, after the 

 test was made, Bum and Tipsy showed they were 

 far more tired than were their non-alcohol-using com- 

 petitors. 



Other important differences in these pairs of dogs 

 were observed by Dr. Hodge. Bum and Tipsy and 

 other dogs that were being fed alcohol showed little 

 curiosity about what happened near their kennels. 

 They also frequently exhibited timidity and fear not 

 at all natural in healthy dogs. During the years of 

 the experiment, Bum and Tipsy had twenty-three 

 puppies, only four of which lived to be mature dogs. 

 Of the others, eight were born cripples and nine were 

 dead when born. Nig and Topsy had forty-five puppies, 

 four of which were not allowed to live because they were 

 deformed. The others grew up to be healthy dogs. 



Dr. Hodge stopped mixing alcohol with the food 

 given to Bum and Tipsy at the end of three years. 

 He wanted to see if they could, in time, regain their 

 strength and become like other dogs. Tipsy' died 

 soon afterward, but Bum grew stronger every day. 



