The Travels Of “Railway Jack.”

Lovers of dogs will be delighted with the stories of canine sagacity and fidelity contained in the pages of “The Dog Mind and its Human Characteristics,” by Viva, recently published by Hutchinson. One of the most interesting of the stories is that concerning “Railway Jack,” as he was called, a dog who found (as do so many humans) that travelling in trains is one of the most pleasurable of experiences. “Jack,” a fox-terrier, was a frequent traveller for some years on the trains between Lewes and London. He belonged to the stationmaster at the former place. He seems to have travelled simply for the love of it and he seemed to know all the trains up and down, and at times got out at intermediate stations apparently to enjoy a run and explore. He never missed the last train home at night. Once he took a train at Willesden Junction to Edinburgh. He was fed and looked after for a week by friendly railwaymen while he had his change of air, and afterwards returned home on the Brighton line. “Jack” was never known to get into a wrong train to take him home. Once he was waiting for a train on the platform; when one came up he was lifted into the guard's van, but immediately jumped out. He knew in some extraordinary way that the train would not take him home. He retired to the waiting-room and waited for his own train for Lewes.