The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08
ATTACKED BY AN ANT-EATER
TEE QUEER sToRT or A TRIxNeULzR
FIGHT ON sBIPBOlRD.

pound East Indian rat occurred early on Tues
day morning on the White star steam ship
Tsuric. which arrived yesterday with 300
animals on board from Sir Charles wombwelrs
English mensaerie. The rat was killed. the
tanner was badly wounded. and the ant eater
bears marks which show that the row was not
altogether one sided.
Nevertheless. IL was a complete victory for
an animal that commonly confines It's attacks
to ants The old-time theory that the ant
eater is coward was completely refuted BY
the events OF Tuesday on the Tauric as they
are related By alleged eyewitnsssea
The drawing OF the ant eaters three-inch
teeth-this one has teeth the press agent says
would hardly have been more difficult than
The Sun reporters work In securing the
facts OF the battle. The press agent Of the
show being English. the keeper French. the
ant eater dumb. and the rat dead. there were
seemingly impossible barriers until careful
search revealed several live people with the
true show instinct
The English press agent was approached
first. He wore checked Yachting cap. smok cd
cheap pipe. and carried large notebook. in
which the weather record OF the voyage was
Transcribed and the accurate measurement Of
the angles to which the ship had rolled.
Tell me-" asked the reporter. about that
nRht with the ant eater"
oh. I say. now II was nothing at all"
Think Of that from . press agent for an
animal showi
Was there . eight. snyhow7"
oh, come. now. There was BIT OF sorap.
in which one OF our men was hurt But say.
what fine weather you're having In New York.
1ou know We had q nausty trip; and say. will
you mention in the paper our thanks to the
ships CAPTAIN ?"
But how about the ant eater and the man
and the rst1 Who started itP'
oh. the Eight; Il was nothing and soon over.
Don't forget to give our thanks to the ships
Officers"
But how did that light wind up ?" persisted
the reporter.
oh The man Is BIT used up; hos in the
hospital and the ant eater was pronRed- The
out"
How about the rat1"
The rat Is dead. but. I say, you must see
Sir Charles Wombvelrs animals. They are the
best you know. New performances and all
that" t..,
The reporter here thought he saw sign OF
returning animation on tho part OF the press
agent, but he was mistaken. The agent stlil
insisted that the fight was nothing and soon
over Press agents in America and ,Eaa-
land are so different II was only wheu
the reporter talked with Frank Modock,
the American representative OF tho show,
and with several keepers. that 1t was posi-
BILE to gather q connected story OF tho fight
Jack Snout-the animal was cd until
yesterday-is Brazilian ant eater. Weighing
sixty pounds. He is tho largest ant eater ever
owned by the Wombwell show. and 10 highly
priced because he Is very healthy. Ant
eaters that live for any time outside their ma
tive haunts are rare indeed. They become
homeeick and refuse TO eat even ants. Al
esy ant bSar tSs Amt
appetite is worth several hundred dollars
mored. and even playful. until he fought with
agent limits that this is the firat instance he
has heard where an ant eater attacked man.
come attached to Jazz Snout and they 20. 0 to
be fast friends He entered snout's cage
cages covered with yellow boards and Iashed
with others in a semicircle to the Tauric's
In one compartment of the cage was kan.
fat and usually harmless East Indian rat lived
Ms comrades brazilian blood arose, in wrath
thing to do with Jack SHOUTS iii temper. ''''
:, For four DAYS the ship pitched and rolled 20
cages overheard to steady her. Then the wind ind
shifted and the CAPTAIN changed his mind.
cage Of the .Brshmin bull and knock ed that bat
sacred animal through the wooden bars and
out on the deck He fell between !, t y other
On Tuesday Keeper Canoz made his usual
morning visit to the cage OF Jack snoqt la
for some cause. but he went into the cage with
BROOM and was sweeping the floor when
him Jaess gait Is awissrd h for ' he Sa !S
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OF Mesh. a scattering OF clothes. and ysIi 81
Frank Hall and several assistants to the
scene.
with the broom. JACK was chasing 'f him rom
one end OF tho cage TO the other. and the Fast
Indian "a. wa. sG%saliog IN the s"r9s The
lion tamePs legs. Csnoz, By hard work. kept
out of Jacks way until Keeper Hall and his
and Kept him there with DitchfOrks until the
tanner could get out
elongated nose cut circles ia the air. snortins
defiance; whilo his claws scratched the steel
the Gut me
for the corner where the big East Indian rat
was !quaking with fright.
crushed his compapion. A twenty six pound
rat raised In New YORK would have made
inolisnsive. This rat cost 500.
Keeper Canoz was taken to the stewards
room, where his wounds were cauterized and
dressed. There were two holes In his right
leg. each about two inches wide and an inch
In depth, The flesh was taken out as neatly as
though the work had been done with chisel
and MALE
Now. II the press agent of the Wombwell show
Is TO be believed. Jack Snout belongs TO a
hitherto unknown class OF ant eaters The
agent says that Jack elawsd out tho flesh with
his teeth. which are three inches long. On the
other hand the natural htatOFlaa ~ hat q ha
brazilian ant eater has no teeth. but licks up
his food with a long tongue covered with glu-
tinous saliva.
lie has long sharp-pointed claws with cut
ting edges. but these claws are useless as
weapons OF offence or defence and are used
say that ant eaters are very inotfensivo AMI
mails. and an easy prey to the most insignia
cant foe.
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