The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-30
LEOPaRD ArLiRGE.
Another Excitement at the Cincinnati Zoolog.
teal arden.

From ne Cincinnati Commercial, Sept 81.
Some women and boys were standing in
front I the house looking at the silver FIX, the
two leopards, and other animals m their various
compartments, when, through the STUPID care
lessness Of two men who were cleaning out. ore
OF the African leouards-the male-escAped. Tbis
IL how IL occurred The tens nave stone walls
three or four feet above the ground. In these
The amin ais pass the night Above these dens are
the strong cages or houses OF frame with heavy
iron bars and strong barred doors Each com
partment has door In the rear Leading into the
cage. In the moor OF each cage, in the rear, IS
sliding door which can be pulled out nv an iron
handle from tack Of the cage. This pulled out.
the animals can 20 down In their warm quarters
or dem IN the stone wall, IN 'front.' 81 each dem IA
an iron door. locked with "A paddock. This door
Is used in cleaning out the den. When the den
Is to be cleaned out the animal must lie in the
cage above, with the sliding door IN the floor
closed. Yesterday TWO men were at work at
these particular cages. II WIS between aud 10
o'clock. The imported Egyptian, who was sup
posed to know his business, was in front; the
other fellow was In the rear; the leopards were
I'm their cage with TIE trap closed. The iron
door Of the front den was open. Just then the
Egyptian told the man IN the rear to open the
slice in the door of the silver fox cage. 80 as t.
let that animal out Of his den into his cage.
The man behind pulled at the wrong handle
lie opened the leon rd urdp.
In the next minute the head Of the male
leopard appeared at the opening. close to the
ground, followed 10y his ctOuching bod. Then,
bis padded feet struck the gravel, and he
scented freedom and change, he bounded out.
between two little boys. across the roadway to
the sod and bushes, down the snort steep hill
to the Tayine, and was gone. The most ST led
ana 1rlgnttutG itullc were the kcet efS. Their
faces paled, aud they ran, out of breath, to give
the alarm. The female leopard had not esCaped,
ana somebody had the sense to shut the door
on her linn diately the gates were closed, ana
admission denied to the gathering people, who
were Informed Of what had happened. They did
not seem to be much worried about IL, for they
were 81 lmorous 10 get IN. The gates were kept
closed for an hour OF two, while "A search for the
ESCAPED animal made. Men armed with
guns made search Of the grounds, the raytne,
the holes. culverts, aud trees, out no trace Of
hun could bc found until a noy called to one Of
the men md said he had seen him in the
ravine, north OF the bear pits. When
the men got there, there was nothing To
be seen Of MN. Dogs We're put upon
the scent, but they refused to follow II up. As
IL wa- believed that tue animal would not at
tack ANYBODY, II WIS decided 60 open the gates
again. In the mean time word Of the escape
had reached the city. and by 3 r. NJ. hld been
| considerably circulated. lha however did
not seem 10 have the effect To scare people
away, Tor OF the thousands who went out lace
hundreds had heard the report.
AT | n'clO this ~ ruling a reporter Of the
Comm rctll called ON The officers at the grounds
aud learned that they knew nothing further Of
the beast. They Z We ~ the search az DARK, in
tending TO renew IL at daylight tins morning.
They had an i'm ressOn That the leopard h d
gone down the lie, ~ the direction Of ; Der
nara. The people In that vicinity Will do well
to keep their children home for a wnlle.