Evening journal., 1894-03-08
FUN ON A MODERN ARK.
Tauric's Animal Passengers a
Most Unruiy Lot.
WILD SCENES ON DECK IN A STORM.

The Elephant Drank Whisky Until He Was
Dizzy. the sacred Bull Got Loose. aud the
Ant eater Tried to Make Meal of His
Keeper-rhe Trip Was Lively.
NEW YORK March Sit must be said |
that The conduct Of $50 passengers Of the !
laurie was simply beastly, and the officers
Of the steamer were glad when the wholt |
crowd We're trundled away to Brooklyn in
yellow wagons shortly after the vessel
reached her pier here
Jolly. the elephant, the only one Of the
lot who was a favorte with everybody, dis
graced himself shortly after he disembark-
cd by stealing hay frightening a driver
and causing homeward bound Brooklyn-
ties TO stand aghast. On the way here one
of the lot, an ant eater, wounded his keep
er and killed the giant rat. TIE lions tried
to break loose from their cages and the
hyenas kept The whole shipawake by their
| III timed mirth The sacreG bull forgot his
| dignity in high kicking, and jolly drank
beer and whisky until, like the elephant in
| the circus, he went round and round when
be got on shore.
A Thieving Elephant.
II is not often that a hay wagon is looted
/ ON the Brooklyn bridge in broad daylight
| and right before the eyes of a stalwart and
! unusually undaunted policeman, buC'the
| feat was accomplished by Jolly.
The way the menagerie acted on the trip
over here on the Tauric was most censura-
/ ble. Old Neptune went out on a frolic Fri
day night and the 25Oanimals in the 10 big
| yellow wagons lashed TO-. he Tauric's main
deck joined in. The freighter staggered
along in the riotous waves, with her head
away over to one side.
The lions and tigers roared, the hyenas
1 laughed with ribald glee, and the dissolute
! pachyderm in the hold trumpeted for an
other bottle
The Iauric was more than half seas over
! herself when the storm struck her. She
rolled and pitched until the officers and
crew feared that the big cages would 90
! crashing over the decks and release their
jungle bred occupants.
The wagon containing the Numidian
lions began to sway in the gale and toturn
in its lashings. The prisoners within roar
ed and dashed their bodies against THERON
barred pen until it seemed question Of
only a few minutes before it would break
adrift The captain had almost decided to
heave TO and TO send the big box of living
freight overheard when there came a lull
in the storm, and the crew were able to
strengthen the lashings.
Sacred Bull on "a Rampage.
The sacred bull took advantage Of the
turmoil and tried TO slip away unobservcd.
His constant kicking wore away one end of
| bis wagon, and through the opening he
wandered on into the storm
He was just gong overheard to browse
on the green hillocks of water astern when
a sailor threw a rope over his head and
drew him back. lie limped painfully tc
his cage, for he had sprained one OF his sa
cred ankles.
Jolly was securely boarded up in The
hold. lie trumpeted all day and all that
night The keepers feared that he would
catch cold and gave him more whisky. ii,
[ became froicsome, and there was many
e twinkle in his little brown eye. HewaggeC
his trunk. moved his big feet in a lively
double shuttle and crowned his devilish
ness by eating his keepers hat.
e The big ant eater and the giant rat dwel
"A ! together IN amity in one of the cages unit
y Alexis Canot, animal tanner and lion train
l. er. started TO clean out their cage on Tues
l. day morning Canot is not very ldhge. Ih
f ant eater was hungry. There was a scuii
& ! over the dry hay in the cage, and the an
I ! eater dug his teeth into the calf of Canot'
g leg.
The taste Of blood maddened him. II
Il fastened his fangs deeper in the yielding
e flesh, and man and beast struggled anl
Is fought over the floor OF the cage. The at
" tendants heard the screaming of the train
IS en- and hurried to the cage, the sides O
which and the straw on the floor wor
spatterod with blood, and young Cauot hn
almost tainted Manager Frank Hail seize
e. pitchfork and drove the sharp tines int
p, the animal again and again before he coul
n break its hold.
.e Canot was taken to hospital upon th
b. arrival of the steamer in port. The an
It mails have all been safely landed in Brool
a lyn.