The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-16
uzNDLEU WIfH CARE.
Tho Monster Captive Grizriy Bear In the
Golden Gate Park.

Monarch, the great SrlILiy WIN mas "
come permanent feature OF Golden Gate
Park, displayed his power and cleverhess
Yesterday morning. About o'clock he
stepped from his iron cage into the roomy
bear park that had just been got ready
for him across from the buffalo park ana
near the deer paddock.
week ago Monarch went into MS
cage as usual in the concrete pit an me
'ig Mining Camp and the door was drop
ned. The big iron cage that weighs 2,iO0
pounds Itself and he 600 pounds of bear
were hoisted with derricks into a stout
truck. and with the aid of derricks cage
and bear were soon deposited inside the
new bear park Monarch stayed In his
barred prison while the big iron braces
- the iron fence were being planted ia
concrete and bolted above, and displayed
his usual contempt and defiance for The
other animals
+ His new home seemed an ideal one
for both bear and public. A broad con-
crete coping encrcled i'm OblOng shape q
SPACE of natural park ground nearly
hundred feet long and forty feet WIDE.
Inch bars Of iron four lncnes apart
strongly held and braced, made fence
reaching twelve feet above the copinS'
and at the top the iron pickets We're
sharpened and curved inward so that
climbing out would not be easy. The
fence enclosed a plot of ground that was
level on one side and sloping on the
other. There was concrete bathtuh,
eight feet long by five feet wide, ana
filled with sparkling water. Two clumpS
OF scraggy live oaks threw picturesque
shade over one-third of the place, ana IN
1t Monarch could peacefully lie on car
pet of dead leaves and smell again the
earthly mould There were three or four
cadars and frs besides a patch OF sort
grass for his feet All these attractions
would enable Monarch to reYel I'm pastoral
peace, and superintendent McLaren
experiment of substituting an open PARK
for a concrete pit would enable the pub
lie TO see him better and anna more ma
tural surroundings.
Superintendert McLaren, Captain
Thomson. Of the park police, and Lewis
j. Ohnimus. the animal expert, were Oh
hand yesterday morning with lot OF
Workmen and a few early park visitors.
All were curious 10 see how the SrlZzly
would act when turned loose in little
bit Of a forest and left free 10 be himself.
The bolts that held down the door were
loos ened and then everybody respectfully
Withdrew TO the outside. A pulley rlgged
up above the cage door and worked from
the outside. raised the door. When the
rusty bars slightly started Monarch knew
what il meant and gave the operation his
undivided attention. He tried to get his
claws under ana nelp IdlSt II.
Soon it went up and Monarch strobe
out He stepped on soft earth for the
first time in five years. lie walked a few
feet and stopped under the oaks to look
slowly around. 1t was a sim, glorious
autumn morning. and through the foliage
the sunshine fiecked his shaggy new
winter coat of brOWnsh black. The dig
cling pleased him best. After spadng up
q third of his pen he began digging
oh x.riha al no e.
COPING. The danger of his digging c'pse
to the coping had been fOreseen ana 10
prevent escape i'm that way several labor
ars with teams had hauled great rocks
from a quarry. These loose rocks were
from two to three feet long and weighed
from 200 pounds upward. He displayed all
the sayagencss of a grizzly in the noun
ta.rs several times by making wicked
dashes at people who were near the
fence
There is one thing that ! don't agree
with Bret Harte in" Mr.. Ohnimus re
marked. land that is calling a grizzly
a coward People who know grizzlies
have more respect for them and don;
wink at some stories about them
"Oh, well, a gunshot would scare him.
All animals are afraid Of Il gun" said
a wise bystander
well let's see" said Ohnmus. and he
drew 44-calibre revolver as he stood
close to the fence with the bear eight
feet inside. He fired Il shot, the bullet
striking the sand two feet from Monarch.
and like a fash the brute flew at the
fence with a savage groWl and a wicked
fierceness in his eyes. As he came against
the fence close to Ohnimus he delivered
a blow that bent one Of the inch bars two
inches. He at once went back 10 his
digging, and Ohnmus fired five more
shots.
At the first shot Monarch looked around
an instant and resumed his important
work and the remaining four shots he
paid no attention to whatever. He showed
himself TO he wonderfully quick. and
every few minutes he would take Offence
at somebody's presence by his enclosure
and become a cyclone Of fury in his rush
at the fence. against which he would rise
and deliver a clip with his right-San
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