§ MR. LAWSON (St. Pancras, W.)asked the First Commissioner of Works, Why it is forbidden to bathe dogs in the ornamental waters of Regent's Park; if it is allowed in the Serpentine; and, whether he will allow of it during specified hours daily under proper conditions?
§ THE FIRST COMMISSIONER (Mr. PLUNKET) (Dublin University)It is forbidden to bathe dogs in the waters of all our London Parks except the Serpentine; and I do not think that it would be desirable that this rule should be altered or relaxed as regards Regent's Park, because the water-fowl would certainly be chased, and probably injured, in the narrow waters, even if the permission were restricted to certain hours. The waters of the Serpentine are much wider and the wild-fowl fewer.