Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1889 — A Dog’s Extraordinary Leap. [ARTICLE]

A Dog’s Extraordinary Leap.

Lieut. Franklin A. Shaw, of the First Regiment of Infantry, of Boston, was out walking at Greathead, with his little daughter Grace, the other afternoon. They were attended by a thoroughbred St. Bernard, the property of Lieut. Shaw. While at the highest point of the cliff, Grace went close to the edge, and the dog, seeing her danger, walked between the child and the precipice. The turf started and the dog lost his footing. Realizing his danger, he made a spring far out over the cliff. The child had turned to her father and was really out of danger when the dog sprang up in front of her, but the noble brute had done his duty in guarding her. He sprang clear of the rocks and landed on his feet on the beach, 120 feet below. It was a remarkable escape, for the dog is extremely large, weighing 165 pounds, and such a leap, without breaking limbs, seemed impossible. Beyond a few cuts on his feet the dog was apparently unhurt.