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December 4, 1896
Clinch Valley News
Tazewell, Jeffersonville, Tazewell County, Virginia
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Fashions in dog names are changing in Chicago, abandoning old names like Sport, Spot, and Rover for more elaborate ones such as Rob Roy MeGregor, Patrick Sarsfield, and Bill Sykes, reflecting romantic, Irish, and sturdy themes.
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FASHIONS IN DOGS' NAMES.
"Sport," "Spot" and "Rover" No Longer Employed.
Fashions in dog names are undergoing a radical change. The formerly familiar Sport and Spot and Rover are as completely a thing of the past as a summer's straw hat or last year's comic opera. Every dog has its day, and theirs is over. Their departed spirits roam the happy hunting grounds and their earthly quarters are filled with a race of sturdier canines responding to sturdier names, says the Chicago Times-Herald.
Rob Roy MeGregor is the romantic title of a handsome Scotch collie, the pet of a dozen children of the North side. Peter Kelley, a fox terrier, roams the streets of the same locality, and Rum Punch and Gin Cocktail are two skyes frequenting the Lake Shore drive, whose intoxicating names explain their hatred of water.
Irish appellations are in the ascendency. Patrick Sarsfield is a Chicago fox terrier, whose feminine owner enjoyed the story of the Celtic hero's exploits is caroled by Plunkett Greene. "Yim Yoolan" from the lips of an army girl calls an ugly Yorkshire terrier to be duly admired by diplomatic callers. Paddy familiarly and Paderewski on state occasions is the name of a hairy specimen of appropriate amber hue who makes life a burden to passing cyclers on Grand boulevard.
Bill Sykes is the baptismal prerogative of a South side brindle bull, while his brother in Lake View sedately answers to Lord Chumley. Chimmie Fadden is the ugliest bull in Chicago.
"Sport," "Spot" and "Rover" No Longer Employed.
Fashions in dog names are undergoing a radical change. The formerly familiar Sport and Spot and Rover are as completely a thing of the past as a summer's straw hat or last year's comic opera. Every dog has its day, and theirs is over. Their departed spirits roam the happy hunting grounds and their earthly quarters are filled with a race of sturdier canines responding to sturdier names, says the Chicago Times-Herald.
Rob Roy MeGregor is the romantic title of a handsome Scotch collie, the pet of a dozen children of the North side. Peter Kelley, a fox terrier, roams the streets of the same locality, and Rum Punch and Gin Cocktail are two skyes frequenting the Lake Shore drive, whose intoxicating names explain their hatred of water.
Irish appellations are in the ascendency. Patrick Sarsfield is a Chicago fox terrier, whose feminine owner enjoyed the story of the Celtic hero's exploits is caroled by Plunkett Greene. "Yim Yoolan" from the lips of an army girl calls an ugly Yorkshire terrier to be duly admired by diplomatic callers. Paddy familiarly and Paderewski on state occasions is the name of a hairy specimen of appropriate amber hue who makes life a burden to passing cyclers on Grand boulevard.
Bill Sykes is the baptismal prerogative of a South side brindle bull, while his brother in Lake View sedately answers to Lord Chumley. Chimmie Fadden is the ugliest bull in Chicago.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Dog Names
Fashions
Chicago Dogs
Irish Names
Scottish Collie
Where did it happen?
Chicago
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Chicago
Story Details
Fashions in dog names shift from common ones like Sport, Spot, and Rover to elaborate names like Rob Roy MeGregor for a Scotch collie, Patrick Sarsfield for a fox terrier, and others inspired by Irish heroes, drinks, and characters, observed in various Chicago neighborhoods.