The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-25

WILD ANIMALS At LA RG1'Lh
NEW YO0K. : y
fT Look outr shouted half a dozsl
voices ut once. look outl Here b,
comesp aud the crowd around tho buf.
falo pen in Central Park fen back II
quick disorder as the bull bison made Z
dash against the side of the enclosure
| with lowered head. The charge wa,
repeated two or three times. aud the
were teasing him grew bolder aftel
! two half grown bays Of seventeen who
! each charge. AT length one of the bnyi
more reckless than his csmpanisn.
grabbed the tangled mat of hair on the
bulls forehead. he didn't get hi.
fingers cut soon enough. Quicker thar
. fash the buffalo dashed his head for
ward, and crushed the boys hand
| against ons of the bars of the pen. The
lad WAS not seriously hurt. but waa
thoroughly frightened. and the tear,
stood in his eyes.
That's three or four times that has
hsppsned' SAID enef - sksepeks,
they ~ lsnrn TO quit tAboling With the
animals sitter Q while. wAenl soma Of
'em get worse hurt.
Yes. we hvve some exciting episodes
with the animals said Director Conk.
lin. who has had charge Of the Park
collection ever since it was opeoed
Fortunately. We have not had fatal
accident. and we have not bad any ex-
crpt such as resulted from the esseless.
ness of visitors. The most serious &C
cident happened few years ago at the
| leopard's cage. A mether put her little
child over the railing and let it run up
to the cage with food. The leopard
thrust bis paw between the bars aud
tore off . portion of the child's scalp
.nd msds, . terrible gAsL.s This 'li,sle
one was quietly s~scued. ard il recSvS
ered from the Burt ~ III
do you know we are great hunters
up bercf We have hunted all the
beas's--or they have hunted us-tbst
Sir Gordon Cummings ever pursued.
We have had some famous adventures.
Probably the most exciting time we
ever had was whsn . big Polar bear
got loose seven years ago. Il wss'in
Europe, and had LEFT young fellow in
charge hers. Two bears, for Barnum,
came in boxes. aud we're, transferrsd' To
our cages. It was the first Ame my
substitute ever supsrintended any thug
Of the kind. and he felt a pride in the
job He had told good many of his
friends what hs was going to do, and
an unusually big crowd gathered to see
the animals Gagged. Tue boxes stood
right under the caves OF that building
where the buffaless irs,s there, and the
cage was moved mp alengside. The
crowd packed the Arsenal steps. and
ille,. all the space within seeing dis
tsmce around. A hole had been made
in the box for the biggest bear. and it
was expected at the proper time that he
would shoot out Of the aperture ard
through the cage door. But he didn|.
Instead Of doing what he Was expected
to do, as soon as the opening swasmade
in tho box he backed right out, drop
ped ts the ground. and eAvs . coe,prss
hensive glance at Che spectators. Te
latter didnt wait 20 sss sny more, asd
scattered like leaves in the wind. The
Young man who was bcssing the Job
didn't linger either. He made . bresk
for the Afeenal aid didn't stop until NJ
got on the roof. from which he survey
cd the scene and shouted his orders to
MS demcra alized 3 sttendants bslews Tho
tear started on q run up the activity
10 the Sixty-fifth strest gate, tollswed
by two or three keepers. Un6 81 the
men headed him of. and hit him on
the head with : piece Of plspk ,Ths
bear reared up, struck out Nit6 one 0f
| its paws, and the man lay sprax1i0g oh
the ground. Out Of We Ratswsy Down
to Sixty-fourth street. thence east
toward Fourth avenue. the bear ran.
followed by gathering crowd. SIXTY
fourth street WAS then unpaved. and
thers wss large psddls Of FetH intu
which he mad6 8 Plun6e. sb6 toufd
cred around IN Hs6aaco a N pul "a.
ers. Nobody knew what 10 do. He
ought to have been lassossd. but they
got guns and shot him, o the sasie-,
way TO get rid OF him. Polars were
sc.res ths.. asd tlat one ~ S~arth 2
thousand dellafs.
| What .tkfeateoed 70 h 1 stillsnrUl
, serious affair was the escape cf big
Afric6n Yhiuosceros In IL carniSD9n
huildipR. He Vas the largest ons
ever brought so this 6ppatSy. 5WeAx1
> pen prepared for him and built en
inclioSd Plstsoen leading ff666 80 b;sk
IN which he csms to:his .psy. Qaartegs,
He weighed hso tons. DAd NJ h6dt1Ot
sstimsted the stxsin ths planting woah
| havs q bear. The bsssf Was apprshsd.
sivs. o. dg&ssr 81 felt hie yAy f3qpe
cautioasly. When nidwsy tks plat
form gave way with > cnsh. The hi.
noceros struck the groaod viii : dun
Rot up0S Ms iSst. wild x7th SdkfSl. hid
nadss dssEtF ~ tsYss rfh
building. / fuIly expScted 70 se6 him
dash shfsusA the WI. He eeq4 Svs
done Il q easily q Il il had been pasta
board, but ~ 0idn'r knp0 eYeuRh g
try il. He turned aud went snorting
| and believing .doNn n ~ oeAer epd
Of the building. and % kept rushing
back and forth. We threw cables
over bis neck and leg4 eea wound the
! ends sroeDd the timbsr supp0rts'0f the
! building. He wodld run o. the end oi
the tsther, and the faps would sDap q
though Il had been tvine- He didnt
attack any of IA nGn ncr overtsrn u
6on and tiger cages, and aftsr > n1e,
By enticing him With fsed, We got him
peunsd no. TboxA1Eingand scre1uinc
and bowling of the frightened autnals
in the cages .dertne bfs cavoet(a1 made
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