Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-18
YOUNG miss BING.~
A Female Moose the Latest Addition to the
Zoo Collection.

''Miss Bing" is the name Of the Youngest
member of the family at the zoo. The animal
bearing that name is moose that was received
by Dr.. Frank Baker, manager of the zoo, as the
gift of Mr.. W. L. Hornaday OF Buffalo
The young lady arrived in good condition ex-
cept piece of skin taken of here and there,
the result of being shaken up in box while in
transit.
In NJ. Hornaday's letter to DR.. Baker he
says that the little animal left Buffalo
in perfect health, we'll fed and no
doubt was expressed of its safe arrival.
II have been feeding her between three and
four pnts of warm milk with n little cooked
oat meal or bread in it twice a day." wrote Mr..
Hornaday. Her nose must be washed with
clean water after every meal or the hair will be
taken Off"
referring to the food for the animals lettuce
is one article, and IT is suggested that a u
might be fed Miss BinS."
You can give her plenty Of birch and hem
lock leaves writes Mr.. Hornaday. They will
suit her well. and think. she will like the
leaves of the tulip poplar, which grows in the
park"
Mr. Hornaday hopes The animals name will
not be changed and he desires a photograph
of her when one is taken.
WHERE SHE WAS FOUND.
Tho animal was found somewhere in the
dense woods north of the Georgian bay in Can
ada. near Byng inlet, and hence its name. there
being slight change in the spelling of the
name. Mr.. Hornaday on n trip to the bay,
and while there Canadian Indian brought in
the Moose which he had found in u moose
Yard. and a moose being specimen
! Mr.. Hornaday secured it as prize and cared
for il well until his return to his summer place in
| old Fort Erie The animal was Mt once christered
| Miss Bing. She is an odd-looking beast, with a
| blunt nose and very long ears, giving her head
much the appearance OF n jackass. At her
shoulders she is about three feet TAIL whilo her
launches are much lower. Her body and neck
are short. She is nearly all legs and head.
| Though only two months old her teeth are
| almost fully developed and are as white as
though tooth brush and powder or paste had
| been used on them every day. While at MIR.
| Hornaday's she lived in u COW shed and drank
| the warm milk from the COW with AS much ap.
| parent relish as though she were drinking the
milk of her elk mother.
| HER LARGE APPETITE
When the Indians parted with the beast they
said that Miss Bing would die if given more
than two quarts of milk day, but she was per-
mitted to drink as much rs six quarts and even
then she was not satisfied. Still she is strong
and hearty and has not had q days sickness.
The animal is u dark red color with black OF
gray eyes, and runs much like q fawu. Unlike
that animal, however, her neck IL too short for
her nose to reach the ground. and she has
learned to drop ON hor knees and drink mill
from pail.
As ''siiss Bing' grows older she IL likely Il
grow wilder, and unless great care IL taken Of
her she may become unmanageable and de-
structive. Such, however, 10 not likely to bs
the case, ~ she viii receive every attention and
the proper training ut the zoo.