The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17
MOVING TINE AT THE zoo.
SOME OF THE ANIMALS HdPPF nv
THEIR SUMNER QUARTERS.

Zoo In ,bc porL TIE animals that have sum.
mer homes IN ~ IN ar, bnppy and those TINT
arc forced On s,ov In onr mace from years end
10 yc,r.s ord ANS, ,Lo,r and do nothing from
morning until Moi, I'm, complain until their
keepers I'm sh,er drsnc,o.Ie, have TO 40 around
and threaten them Win n covbide. Moth.
Ing short Of this seems IN restore them to quiet.
The alligator family ia Pho birccst In the
Zoo. numbering sixtv.ninc and as thcv have
been wlnterine In n very snnll tank in the lion
house IL was natural that they should he the
first TO seek their summer ouart.rs. The
keepers gave their tonk. which IA alonrside
the summer homo of the hippopotnmi. n
thorough overhaulinp. and on n bright MAY day
they chained the grown.up allipntors and led
them 20 the big tank outside. Then they took
hold OF the small ones and carried them out n
great deal more carefully than they would
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the men set at work to see that the watering
place CT rap" cal,ph ana Mamma Fatim" was
Mamma Fotima could not leave her winter
bohv 1s,s but TINT pam coI,rh .nd crora,na
a. o., .a"ns VIZ. y ~ VIZ urunum"
The carpenters were up bright and early set.
ting nm AN iron rail fence Al ma m make n ms.
sageway between the winter quarters indoors
and the summer homo outside, About q
O'Clock n crowd began 70 gather around the
o'io'N 0iO"u 'es"n W sa'"ef aiou"u 'no
iron railing which encloses the tanks.
's'pose they should break loose. though
eukEe'lou ;" s"H '"tso peop'e "oumn = ao
a thing but fall over each other. would theyf"
mo, and II they do we'll make for the arse-
NO., = w. ,epi'e nor Von'ian'on.
Il wouldn't blame Caliph for trying mighty
80 .onu hot,.r dors ..tau,h oon,.u Inn Too,
.o,. sne ~, 3. nss ~ ~ a ~ ~ :" n. !uss
summer alone with his mother-in-law old
lady Murphy"
II bet that very man has been supported by
his mother. in law the best days of his life,"
ventured an elderly woman, with a vicious
shake Of her head Mt the man.
There is no telling what would have followed
II the carpenters hadn't come flying through
the passageway prepared for the Important
tied over the sides in a manner that would have
made = champion hurdler ashamed of himself,
pr ,ne e re t a EeeIer S ia bl uee o orowJii came
sprintinR out, and Grandma Murphy followed
him. a close second. Right behind her was
the left. but made straight for the water, div
ing In headfore,nost with a snort of joy. They
salt does when he takes "A plunge into the sea
after a long absence inland. and they remained
think that they had retired for a nap after their
short journey. Presently Caliph came up and
BEGAN to cavort around on the surface OF the
water with an underhand stroke, and Grand
ma Murphy. not to be outdonc. commenced
= float: The keeper served the first course Of
and they bohbtd around after the fruit and at"
Il with evident relish. The lromedary over
the way came out into his yard and pccred over
Ills fence in a curious way, and the Southdown
sheep up on the hill stopped their gambols to
snnnsh 'H of n ths wn srs: and Ai'e wen. @wh np o oney yb S%r
platforms. Caliph shook himself and stared
around at every one supercil!ously: -.
McKinley's." yelled n man in the crowd.
And it's q sisht stronger expression than
swe.ed another man on the edge of the crowd.
Caiiph seemed to understand. for he snorted
G fa%H + Sy "t Mu E = T @sain b lnio n ths 5ePk sl6 59I
Gus swim or founder, and at last came out
with great a%ppetites for the rest of their mid
Col. John w. Smith. the director Of the me-
nagerie.. says that they, have things so ar
animals have TO be moved during the hot
weather. Fol, exnmplc. the lions, tigers, leop-
lion house. When it agows warm a sliding
door in the pack of each cage Is opened; and
every, animal can walk through Into a large
they can wander at r,ill, not only in summer.
lures AID eagles are NJ present in a temporary !
cage while theirs is being repainted and gen
eFf Thsr SSe nre t%o keepers in the lion hou,o
one OF them. John Winner. is a newcomer. but
he knows his business. for he has handled ami
mails for thirty years and has never so much
as received a scratch from one of them.
And that's more than folks who choose
other folks for friends can say said Winner. !
as lie ran his hand over the face Of II snarling
tiger cub. Il have charge of the cubs and
also the five new ostriches that have Just
come. Step out and take n look at Them
No fewer than forty small boys take a step
every time that Mr.. Winner does. and they
lowered around the big cage as he talked.
These ostriches were raised in California;"
explained their keeper. "and they are pretty
lively birds. They don't scrap much among |
themselves. but let me go inside the cage and
they all try to give me IA round at boxing. |
They are terribly, strong in the legs. too. ind
when they stretch their heads up stand six
feet high. You wouldn't think II to look Mt
'em. but they weigh from $50 to 200 pounds.
There were eight here last fall. and when one
of 'em died 1t took two men to carry the corpse
off. Three of these are females and two males. !
and they've Iii got powerful coed nppetitcs. It
seems as. II the stomachs of these birds are
lined with rubber: the more they eat the more
they can hold. / feed 'em u sight of carrots,
bread. lettuce. corn, and such things, and then
they'll turn round and swallow pieces of
gravel as big az the ends OF three of my fingers.
and us for oyster shells. bless you, they gObhlc
'cm down by the peck. DandeliGns suit os-