»feu>E George Caleb Bingham's "Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through the Cumberland Gap: Greetings ... and welcome to the readers' circle of ANIMAL CAVALCADE. Ours is a different sort of magazine. It is in­ tended for people who simply love animals and for those who are con­ cerned with the care and health of their pets whatever they might be. Naturally, we hope that you will like the publication well enough to want to receive it regularly. We would be Official Journal of the Animal Health Foundation on animal care and health. delighted to have your comments on the magazine, the articles in this is­ sue, and any thoughts you may have CONTENTS FOR JULY 1970 Volume 1 Number 1 in the field of animals in general. In succeeding issues we will carry a de­ partment devoted to communications from readers, and hopefully yours will ARTICLES be among them. Centennial of a Great Dog Event, Mary Blair .... 3 Presidential Pets, Margaret Truman 5 This year's National Dog Week, to be observed September 20 to 26, George Ford Morris: America's Foremost Horse should be something special. Not only Portraitist? Jack Lewis 8 is 1970 the Year of the Dog (accord­ ing to the Chinese calendar); it also People Are Funny .. About Animals, marks the 100th anniversary of that Charles Lawrence Lippincott, D.V.M. .11 great day on which Senator George Graham Vest gave in court his mem­ What You May Not Know About Cats, orable "Tribute to the Dog." Read all Leon F. Whitney, D.V.M 13 about it in the lead article of this Superb Health Care For Vietnam War Dogs, Jim Weber . .15 The Little Lady Was Right, Betty Le Roy . .20 We could not go to press without Talking of Budgies, Eloise Keeler 23 something about today's pollution tragedy in which both man and his Are Pets in Your Travel Plans? Eleanor Price . .24 animals are caught up. We elected to WILD ANIMALS AS PETS: 26 tell the story of Rachel Carson (see "The Little Lady Was Right"). Years The Case For, Donald R. Collins, D.V.M. ago she recognized what was happen­ The Case Against, Frederic L. Frye, D.V.M. ing and was among the first to sound and Jean-Paul E. Cucuel, D.V.M. the alarm. Under the heading "Our Panting Civilization," a recent issue of Medical World News quotes from DEPARTMENTS a speech warning against the contin­ Animal Health News 29 ued widespread pollution of our en­ vironment by British economist Bar­ Doctor's Advice ........ 30 bara Ward Jackson, "Humans breathe twice as fast as their grandparents be­ Animal Fun 32 cause the supply of oxygen is im­ paired." Let us not forget that what is bad for humans is equally if not more HARRY MILLER Editorial Director harmful to our animal friends. MILLWOOD A. CUSTER, D.V.M. Small Animals Editor CHARLES H. REID, D.V.M. Equine Editor ROBERT J. SCHROEDER, D.V.M. Ecology & Public Health Editor For many of us the yearly health OSCAR W. SCHALM, D.V.M. Research Editor check-up has become a must. Well, WESLEY A. YOUNG, D.V.M. Exotic Animals Editor the same idea is taking hold in the animal field. The case of a complete DON KAPP Art Director annual physical examination for the dog, as an example, has been summed up as follows by William E. Ryan, The Cover Painting D.V.M. of Iowa: "Dogs mature from 5 to 7 times faster than humans. As a matter of policy ANIMAL CAVALCADE will seek to use as cover Actually, during the first year a dog illustrations great paintings of historical interest featuring animals. For our ages as much as its owner does in 20 first cover we reproduce, courtesy of Washington University Gallery of Art, years, and thereafter the dog's ma­ St. Louis, George Caleb Bingham's "Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers Through turity rate is about 5 times that of the Cumberland Gap." The painting was created during 1851-52. No show of man. So if an 'annual physical' is im­ portant to the owner's health—then American art in the 19th century could fail to be represented by Bingham's a yearly check-up by the veterinarian work and the Boone painting was part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's is 5 to 7 times more important to your "Life in America" loan exhibition held during the New York World's Fair. dog! Early detection of health prob­ lems, plus ea «y treatment by your veterinarian is indicated, can help ANIMAL CAVALCADE published every other month by Animal Health Foundation, 8338 Rose- keep your 'ng healthy, vigorous, mead Boulevard, Pico Rivera, California 90660. Single copies 50c — 12-issue subscription, brimming wit im and vitality—and $5.00; two or more subscriptions, $4.00 each. All editorial correspondence and manu­ scripts must be accompanied by stamped self-addressed envelope. Copyright © 1970 by add many yea* s to his life span." Animal Health Foundation. 0 TOTHEDOG"Gentlemen of the Jury: where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives "The best friend a fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. man has in this world may turn against him and He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, become his enemy. His son or daughter that he he will lick the wounds and sores that come in has reared with loving care may prove ungrate­ encounters with the roughness of the world. He ful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he those whom we trust with our happiness and our were a prince. When all other friends desert good name, may become traitors to their faith. him he remains. When riches takes wings and The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his away from him, perhaps when he needs it the love as the sun in its journey through the heav­ most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a ens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast moment of ill-considered action. The people who in the world, friendless and homeless, the faith­ are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor ful dog asks no higher privilege than that of when success is with us may be the first to throw accompanying him to guard against danger, to the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud fight against his enemies, and when the last upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish scene of all comes, and death takes the master in friend that a man can have in this selfish world, its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold the one that never deserts him and the one that ground, no matter if all other friends pursue never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his "Gentlemen of the Jury, a man's dog stands eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and true even to death." and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, 2 Illustrations from "The Old Drum Story" by Icie F. Johnson September 23,1870. The "Old Drum" trial nears its end. Lawyer George Graham rises to speak . CENTENNIAL OF A GREAT DOG EVENT By MARY BLAIR The courtroom was packed, the fig­ Despite Dick's statement, it was not ures of people shadowy in the dim a black dog but the black and tan light of a kerosene lamp. Rain splash­ Old Drum that was found dead. Bur­ ed relentlessly against the windows. den found him lying with his head With his hands rammed deep in in the water at Big Creek near Hay­ his pockets, the little lawyer with the maker's Mill. He'd been riddled with fiery red hair stood before the judge buckshot. The underside of the dog making an impassioned final appeal. was muddy and the hair ruffed up Then he finished and everyone was the wrong way as if he'd been drag­ crying shamelessly. ged. Also, there were sorrel hairs on So ended one of the strangest trials the body. in courtroom history. In legal terms The sorrel hair played an import­ the case was labeled, Charles Burden, ant part in the trial because Hornsby Respondent vs. Leonidas Hornsby, to the bugling of his dogs on the trail owned a sorrel mule. Appellant. But in truth, the trial was of a fox or 'coon. Burden now vowed he'd make some­ about a dog, Old Drum, a black and A constant companion and leader one pay for what he called the "mur­ tan Foxhound owned by Burden, and of his pack, Old Drum was considered der" of his beloved hound. Although surprisingly involved four of the most by Burden as an uncommonly valu­ the evidence was circumstantial, he prominent lawyers in all of Missouri. able hound, "as good as they could decided to bring suit for damages The litigation, which also encompas­ start." He stated later from the wit­ against Hornsby. sed four court sessions, spanned the ness stand, "He was good for var­ The first trial resulted in a hung period from Oct. 28, 1869, until the mints, wolves and such like, and was jury, and in the second, Burden won.