“LOST—Large, brindle bulldog, answering to the name of Napoleon, and possessing the reputation of being Ithaca’s most famous canine. Finder will notify The Journal and receive grateful appreciation.
There is gloom among dog lovers in this city because Napoleon, he of the human instincts, is lost. No, not in Ithaca, but, it is presumed, in the expansive streets of New York City. Any trace of ‘Nappy,’ since he boarded a train for the metropolis over a week ago, is lacking. His whereabouts are a mystery.
On the Thursday night, before the Poughkeepsie races, S.S. Lawler, a Cornell senior, and E.M. Carman, a junior,
boarded the 11:08 Lehigh Valley train for New York, en route to the Intercollegiate regatta.
When the train was on its way the students strolled into the buffet car and were greatly surprised to see Napoleon sitting in a comfortable chair, making friends with the conductor. The conductor said that the dog, unaccompanied, jumped on the train at Ithaca.
The students took care of Napoleon in New York but in some manner he got away from them. At Poughkeepsie, he was also a minus quantity, and his absence may had had something to do with the dropping of the Varsity race.
Carman promised to ship the dog back to Ithaca but as yet Napoleon has not arrived. A letter received this morning stated that Napoleon was lost. The thinking dog wore a collar, upon which was inscribed his name and address, Skull fraternity, Ithaca, N.Y.”