The morning news., 1897-08-20
TURTLES At LOGGERHEAUs.
Fought -Four Rounds for ChnmpIon-
snip of the Aquarium.

authorities when il O-,s hacor,ino brutal
ana one of the sbellhaclss bed fbo other
almost beln,ass Naitber of tho ,,r,har
ants was badN- intrred ana hot6 uaro
swimming abont In lively foehion ,,astsr-
day but in s.narato tanlys
The turtles are logeerbeads and bail
from Cravasend Rov u-bara tbsv vyer,
caught on "Wednesday morning Each had
IFS own sanarata awallinq Gamma rtnent
Dac,a1 Win r,orsb ,,,,,ss ma nnl.,,s tbe,,
have met casuouv in tbe denths of ocean
they were STRANGERS when tbev were
dumned into the big tank in tbe aquarium
where y number of borsesboe crahs
disturbed bv their Intrusion. scuttled away
TO the sbadN. corner In tbat tanl, is nlrn
Nv of room for a dozen turtles of neacerll
disnosition but these two are moi of that
kind M sooner dla tbev stgbt each other
than tbev assumed a hostile attitude
First tbe bieeor loogerta,d xvbich is vol
lovisb brown v,eipbs 6rtv mounds and is
. veare ola or more tItcd nm advanced
his head evef the other and with it's
rirbt fore thinner made tbe signal which
i'm tbe sea code t,,eans.
what are Won doing here anvUav?,
Now IT was fttinp thai tho smaller fur
tle which is only a 1,ear ola s,ravish black
in color ana weigbs I'M twentv-0ve
noupds sbo,,ld ret,,,n "a resnoctf,l answer
10 his elders ino,IIrv Tnstend If made
tbrea or four diedainful noeeos sipnifv
',Tbafe mana Of ,,ou,. b,sinoee"
Unor tbat the ROW, foIIo,,, damned bis
hinners ee who sbo,ld CIV.
"bo ,,o,, ,la,, =, n, La,,l, to mo ,.,,, soft
sbellod mud6sbo Clin,h ant of mis- tank
hafor, ! hjt, d, cb,,,,lr l,,t 0f ,,a,,
Try ~, cbaIlaneod the erav ono with
a donhIe-Ainnor erast,re ara NJ mis- ali
tba Iittlo bn,.sosl,S,, ,L H., ii,,,,,, sto,d
linon their baads and be1d tbeir sharn
s,,ills ,,,,,.l Ii.t ~ 80 ,,.Laa
crah,e nnst,,ro 5nfo,.a ,,+',i,st LEV
itv Onl, tbe bis, T,tri,,,b ,,f tbo borso-
shoes stdled nm td The niddie and took
HE ,,la.a as gdie ,,,,lt,, "a - - o.
tbis tine a f,inI, ,i,cio ,f s,,o,tatore,
scenting tro,,lla II, ~ ,,,otor IA -ath
cred abo,tt Tho raiIt,o III ,,r,not,,,is 70
tired to tb.ir ,ro,.,,ors a,,d ~ eerbt h.
oan Tho ro,,nds u,oro tiftoe,, 9,inutos
ionp ar tberoaho,,ts ma ,bo r,,l,s n,o,o
10 lii bta clincb and iric1g ~, oetoy ana
bard ss con,,enia,,t
Round Tho ror,h,,or,s rrsboa ou+
from, tbeir corno,.s ana ,,,nt T., tho ,,,t5dio
of tbo tanl1 A. ~ t,,, i,i, -,
nm out If he wata,, .tho,, tha,, sa,,l, ayatn
Aftcr ranid intercbsnoe 90 i,Io,,,s Tiabt
and ieft foro a,4 aCt -, 90 i,,t ~
clincb which lasted ton n,t,,7tas Tba
brog,, ono soar,a5 g., ~ t,,.t,,. - i,t,o
its val, j., 1n , W p, 'He ~ In p
Tho Iattor ,+tonlo7 80 a., e., ia a.
,,o.s stri,.ir,, 20 .a,,,., - -, Ia -
ono of tborn ms b,for1 ~ ia oT ~
round tbo hie,so, t,,.tIa s,,,a,,1,i e. t,,.,,
mo its onno,ort go t,,t l,,,elSra 49, Ia
foilo,, ~ ~ o1It ~ ~ ~ eoul. @
dived twisted ana enennod abo,,t tue
incbes sbort of +ba nta,r,a -. W.
a narrovC .ascane for ne ton srbo,, oiiroh
GA again ana u,restied and dnoit,, az =
sionai from tho boreosl,oo ,.afarac 49,
10 tbeir corncrs annarentl,, 49, 49,
worse for v,ear
Round AT the first rush the prav
rose and the brown rassod ,n,lar a.
eu,ietl,I t,,r,,tno ~ -, - -
browns left hind dinner ana toro q 81, 80
IL loose Then tbere ,,as e,,cb n sr,trl oe
waves for t1,,o ,,i,,,,tos t11at ~ i,.i,,
crab losf control Of its loconotion ana
was soyonf about in tho u,birInooI 90 that
its snilra o,,,oored az i,tar,.,1s ,,,.ota,t
ing forIornlv from the waste Of waters
like a lone snar seen unon the bori1on AZ
sea. AS soon as II recovered il went away
ana tried 10 climb tbe v,an ,rbe nontest.
ants kent on wrestling untiI thev eot tired
when tbev retired 10 tbeir corners ubile
the crowd wbooped " with 't1 excitement Ut1 "''''e
Round 2 -Anotber rush onened nrocead-
mos Tbis limo tboy cIasbad fairt,, and
fhe smaller turtle was overturned but a.
90 me mn froy,, ,,,1or ara so,,a its onno,
mont yigbt ana Lore on tbe noeo r-ne bIe,
eye,. ono soo, horo a. doy,,n bou,o,,er ana
yinnod a epoaIi III c,,t of its risytt ro,, ei,.
nor Than tbav cIfpched rrba horeaehoa
- anoa taoi oa,,tin,,si,, -, ras,,,,,a its
d,,tios as rofereo h,t tae oor1hato,ts he
e,sn 20 roII ard tl,a roforeo bastii,, eod
7,,,5oyt1,, 40 ,,it,,,r Co., ar,, ,,,l,, ,,aai
,tro,l,, Co. tnr, 7,in,,tes % roIi,na anl
,,1,,,ilt, d,'r,re. ,,ltiob ,5,ea tha tr,,, @,,
- -, TO-, ,,a,st 20 ~ ,tnao ~ ei,ters
'tfa "a ~ top LIZ. ,, s ''' ,' e as.,Se,
49, Iii - o,, 49,, ,,,,,Ia 80 ~
80, % - ,1,. s.'s
,'''Ia '.nnt,,,i,,' oie si.n
- -. 'N' ~
'''r I5 VS. ~, -. a, 80, 49,. i,
,e,ti. 80 ,ht. 80 Ia.h ',,n,,, y. ~
,93 - ~. ~ IL - ~
'ie ,y,,,n -. - ~ ~. ae
1isausaI,'Sse' e ~ Dlomi so' on e! ,op
anu "a 'eu ~ - p'A~o,Ie.'' ~ t"i,
wHlen - 'lo E~uI'iei ~ an 9po.' ,"o 5, 9ilei
och poch solaI P'eN ~. us' I ie say oIseu, u
put us zoe sot II py lnS top ol 'ne il neau
HHu cIuhs. ~ tlil9 Po'i'' d '"i00 "i"He
from 'ie specldtVIs,
~ 1nohHy' looh-a', ~ plB ie,iet ,
sot Ge ltlIe one hdlieu ny ue coiiiD' lie u
40 MN now
~ iedch'u tHe t'iS VI Mt oPehc't' oh'
OF the aquarium eNperis' Down ne
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