New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-06-22
BOMBI PUT IN HIS NEW CAGE.
rHr RB1NocERos UNWILLING TO CHANGE.
~o.xrn nv FRESH GRASS AND CARROTs-nIs NAME
NOT TO BE CHANGED.

coAxEp BY FRESH GRASS AND CARRoTs-IIs NAME
NOT TO BE CHANGED.
Bomui. the huge rhinoceros, which the Elder
brought in from Hamburg last SATURDAY ior tne
age In the earn vora building yesterday morning.
fbe large wooden box which has been his doiniclie
Tor the at two weeks had been left undisturneu
during Saturday evening ana Sunaay; the new
cages iron barred door and the front ehu, VII; -;
VAS really made OF two ioidihe maps, o 49, burrw
70 leave bis old quarters however. lie lay down
where he was and chewed his cud medltatNeI!;
Froddipc his hide bound carcass was soon louhu
10 lie futile and tie slower process OF coaAlng
besan. resh grass. carrots aud potatoes were
thrown on the floor of the cage, and the dalhiler
norses were held 10 B'mb nose an" 'ne ev
drawn back while the beast budged lew lhcHcs
eacn time 10 catch them. The rhinpceros IS one OF
the most suspicious OF animals ana mas eieat ,
dread of taking q step in the dark than even the
elcnbant For ha'f an hour Bombi could not be
teaptcd further than the cages portal. ihen MS
appetite got the better OF HIM niue ana ~ sIY"
degrees his bulky body crossed the llne WINE nc
WAS eating an especially green and tender pllc OF
grass in one of the little iron inciosnfe' the
wooden box in which he crossed me sea Was
CIeyerIv rulled away and the iron gate slid shut
and locked. ,. H.. ,o+ ~,
eating his tender grass The sea-Voyage mas gwen
him an appetite which promises rapia growth III
flesh. The keepers are laying small WaRers nov
Ms TO how much he gains day, and superintendent
Conkhn is confident that Bomb VIII wcign
fhnnsand ponnds more in six eight months. The
rhinoceros is fed now on hay oats. bran. green
grass and vegetables, and has about ten pals OF
wafer day. He drinks much less than the
elephants but eats nearly twice as much. b9inol,
fhouph a sluggish rather swinish beast, is doclle
and looks fairly intelligent. lie seems TO nave
sort of affection for his old keeper,i trtz. who
intends TO sail for Hamburg tomorrow. Fritz is
genuine German and Tesents as damaging lmputa
lion the rumor which was current on sunday that
he IA a sun burned and Willy native OF Dacca.
Bombl as the first rhnoceros ever exhibited III
Central Park and tue largest ana handsomest one
IN America has eclipsed the elephants, and even
the tigTess Cleopatra spectacle Tor the curious
crowd of natuTaliss, large and small, passed all
day Yesterday as near the rhlnOccross cage as
Enneriutcndent Conklin's rope barriers would let
them Oplnions varied as TO his beauty, but theIe
was no dissent when II came to tie question: oil Ills
size his uncouth head and legs and ugly appearance
generally The cage itself Is not quite finished.
The cement floor Is not dried yet aud temporary
cover of boards has been laid over IT, There is but
one beam across the top and another Will be added
IN day or two to steady the walls. The cage
measures 20 by 10 by feet. The bars OF iron on
the sides are several inches apart and measure hall
an inch in diameter. As soon as the alterations
are made-by Wednesday probably-the barriers
will be taken down and the public Will be per-
United to gaze at short range at the new rhnoceios
The authorities had rather decided to call the
beast Hannibal to ftn with their present classical
catalogue but the name brought over by Fritz
seems so appropriate and catching that Superin-
tendert Conklin thinks it best to make no Grange