New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-20
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sH.KEs ARE GREAT FAsTERS. FIT HAVE ''"o"
APpETiTES PERIODICALLY
From The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune


From The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Snakes are not big eaters That Is 10 "dy.
thcv do not cat frequently. 1ut when they se.
,CoJ ard ready they can DO the subject OF food
annie justicn. At least the big boa coi*tr',lo'
in The 200 showed his capabilities Sa'uruay'
when after a fast Of his own choosing '"r ''i'e
~. four morihs ne concluded 10 eat "A into. JUST
n kerp him in good condition for IN" summer
season when he VIII take me road WIN w
Robinson shows. for this great snake III an
about twenty-five feet lnrG without stretching
himself Is the property ~ tn" Rc5insons Ih"E
havo Le.u caring for him ut IN" 100 some iihle'
the only item Of rent being his Heei. ana '',a.
is you viii see. Is not much as ne "a" "i "u
two square, or rathcr iou'" "'''''' ~ go
eight months. ,, 49,.
AZ different times they Fave tempted him but
he turned from cod even when offered IN I'VE
shape and said in snak" talk. 40, thank you.
Eut rcoplo who have fooled with snakes know
that they will come to their appetiteS II you
only let them alone. On saturday 'aSt' "o
STEPHAN tried this snake with some water III
big pan r.. dabbled III II a Iltt!' ana thch
drank th.. whole allowance. Maybe. If h" was
50 thirsty he would also eat and the expert
Uent made.
Ia anticipation u the feast two puppy dobS
lad been provided weighing about twelve or
fifteen pounds each. Tho were not high-bred
dogs just plain dog and spaniel mixed. fcr there
IS no necessity for feeding snake Thoroughbred
dogs When his lengthy majesty is hungry ne
will eat almost any kind of an old dog. About
/ or : O'Clock in the afternoon one OF the pups
was put in the cage. Now. there was no struggle
rCr any frantic efforts On the part 81 tn" dog
to escape. He huddlcd To- himself in a t!md
and backward way if the game WASH To ms
liking But the boa felt differently. He reached
out in y minute or two and embraced the pup
Then lie took an extra wrap or two. until the re
was nothing to lc seen but trace Of a dog
tangled up in Tie folds of the hJgH boa con
stric:cr There was a squeal from the pup, but il
was not protractcd Then there was the
crunchnG If bones and the act Of killing was
all OYER. though there "aS no break i'll IN" pro-
gramme Of the victor. He opened his cavern e
. mouth ard the remains II the pup went to
another cavern properly prepared for him.
About this time Mr.. Snakc coed himself Up
if for a long winters nap. but his Keepers
concluded, while ne was in the mood. to give
him enough to last him for Il few months. any
how. SO at O'Clock. or thercabOut. another pup
was put in the cage and watched. II was cV.-
dent that the boa would go on with his meal
FOR be now interested in the proceedings
Within A half hour he reached II a snake can
reach. and gathered PUPPY dog No. 10 the
folds. and in the same way AZ in the IaSe OF
No. the life crushed out Of the second
victim. And ia the way. and over the
same route. the second puppy went 10 4 cavern,
but not to the same one. The first had moved
further along il the snakes peculiar anatomy.
leaving plenty of room for the second install
ment Yesterday there were two big protuber-
anccs In plain evidence showing the exact status
Of the pups. and they will be there for a few
days yet
Yesterday John Robinson was at the gardens
and ne was glad TO hear Of the snake feeding.
He wants him tn eat some more while he is in
the mood. With this in view. he will to-day
send two more puppies to the Zoo. hoping that
the snake will gorge himself well and good
Since his meal the boa has been rather quiet.
Like a man who has GOfSed himself. he seems
inclined to sleep it or though ne has by no
means been entirely motiOnless He knows what
is going on all the time ard he is not in any
better humor simply because he has been fed