For Bruce Week... July 7-11, 2014 Albert Payson Terhune with Bruce (left) and Lad. From a 1922 article in St. Nicholas magazine by George Bancroft Duren comes the story behind this photo: One of the oddest stories which Mr. Terhune told was of the two collies Lad and Bruce, who were to pose for their photographs. The plan apparently, did not appeal to them, and despite the coaxing of the photographer, they simply wouldn’t face the camera. Each time the photographer jumped nimbly in front of them they promptly turned their backs before they could be snapped. Mr. Terhune at last came to the rescue, and taking the head of a dog under each arm, he pointed their faces directly toward the camera’s eye. But the dogs were not to be outwitted - at least to their way of thinking - and when the films were developed it was discovered that both had their eyes tightly closed. Like the ostrich who buries his head in the sand and thus believes that he cannot be seen by the approaching hunters, these dogs evidently believed that if they could not see the camera, it, of course, could not see them.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:16:24 +0000
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