The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-29
BISON HUNT IN THE PARK.
CRoWD cHASEs 4 RUNAWAY COW FOR
IN HOUR.

Mounted and Foot Police, Keepers and tho
Populace Join in n wild West Pursuit
Up Hill and Down and Into the Lakes
Tho Beast LasEued mt Last in the water.
A Central Park bison asserted her lndepen-
dence yesterday and ran away. For nearly an
| hour Director Smith with a number OF his
keepers. Cart. England with forty or more DO
licemen mounted and aioot and a thousand or
more volunteers chased the beast up and down
| the southern end Of the Park. Once II wan
dered out into Flfty-ninth street and tho street
was cleared.in n jifIy Of everything except the
trolley cars. The bison was ut last lassosd
| by Keeper Billy Snyder In the small lake on
the east side o: tho Park and was led home,
kicking and plunging. by triumphant mob.
| The four blsons. the big bull, two cows and
the. calf were being fed by Keeper Phil Holmes.
when the chdless one OF the two cows made
| her dash for freedom. She butted Holmes out
| OF the door. tiotted ont toward the walk that
| runs along In front Of the cages and Jumped
| over an iron chain into the walk The wo-
| men and children near by set up a great
| screaming and scattered east and west. The
| buffalo: rcEarded.them not at all. but climbed
| .he stone steps to the grass pot where the
black bear Is kept In little cnge all by him
set. The grass was good, the shade was
grateful and the cow put down her shaggy
| head and browssd peacefully.
| Meanwhile Holmes. after locking in the
| other DuIaoes. ran % the arsenal and re
ported to Director Smith. Keepers and police.
men were summoned from all sides. Among
| the first to come were Shannon. the head
| keeper, who has been at the menagerie for
nearly twenty years. and bueeye Billy Sny-
| der. who Is afraid OF nothing that runs or flies
or crawls or swms except the director OF the
menaGerie Snyder brought a long lasso. A
crowd OF men and boys had gathered with in
| credible rapidity and was edging forward
toward the teedinG buffalo with shouts and
! flourlshes OF the arms. Almost at the very
moment when the keepers arrived and we're
preparing to lasso the animal tho demonstra-
tions OF the crowd frightened her. and, putting
down her head. she plunged through the thick
| bushes. trotted over to the marble bridge and
wandered out on the baseball ground. where
the sheep were feeding. SNYDER an shannon
Shepherd to let the bison feed wth:the sheep
until she Quoted down. aud then to herd The
would 60 along with them.
The stratagsm worked verv nicely uni: the
we're at the very door OF the fold. Some OF
tho sheep were already in; The impate en-
fold. set up eleer and made rush as II 70
drive the animal in with whoop and hurrah;
The big COW swung w around at onSs and I%ped
headed by the keepers and the police. who were
in no pleasant frame OF IN ind toSard the popu-
bison led them down the drive to tho Park Ell
trance at Seventh avenue and Fifty ninth
Folks in Fif:y ninth street heard the ap-
preaching cries and cheering and were hurry
out Ssn th the 'sS TSH S s aS Sat
and Eighth avenues faster than they had come.
The electric car moto1rmen set their gnpEs t2
heavily westward. sometimes on the sidewalk.
sometimes in the street. Passengers on the
in the hunt after the Biz brute had passed
them and n co1 pHS nGrS1Sn r5S G1UT S
street In wild confusion.
Reaching The corner OF the Park at Eighth
and hG hs
her than the asphalteG streets fllled with men
and boys G0mng from m t Vest and s9qs and
entrance and made Tor the middle II the Park
horseman from the birdie path dashed over
with which he ana his hors. entered into ne
who watched them. He, rode all around the
mounted policemen and headed the buffalo
within reach Of Snyders Iasso. After the chase s
Director Smith tried in vain to find out who
this man was. to thank him and congratulate e
:, Spt,,yery long after turning into the Park
nose and eyes and horns showing above the
water. Some of the unofficial pursuers threw
police and the keepers. Whenever she ap.
preached the edge SNYDER took position &c
throw his Iasso. but was never quite near
: Capt England took great comfort in the ami,
sad 1a max. h s@~a G9G 9s RfT' S
height Of his rejoicing the bison came out Of
the lake with = snort and a shake and lum;
up the pursuit. This time he big beast m ad,
picnics and began to feed again theTe=A:
the crowd Gang up policeman pulled out
Smith. who was not a hundred feet away
dropped the bison hunt then and there and SCI
to h IN tbs the bo Tss
':rhank goodness" said the director. ."h,
was as bad shot as he was darnei fool
There was no excuse for anybody's shooting
u The shot t. started the animal of on the longest
run Of the day. She went cioar no to seventy
nth street on the west Stje and across to The
her a welcome sanctuary. but an, untrust
worthy one: SNYDER ran up and down tht
hs he
the twelfth throw did not succeed he would
, take OFF his clothes and swi m out to the beast
as he Pleased. m. twelfth throw. however
landed the moose fairly ever the hisnn's horns
! lnd:as II drew tight forty men and moro towec
, NJ The only bad temper the runaway showed
r n captive She snorted and rushed and balkec
; and prancsd al! the way to the menagerie. |
, avalled her nothing For tho rest Of tho day
crowd three deep stool around the buffalo in
closure and stared at her.
; Some body In the crowd that followed thu
I captive to her cage proclaimed loudly tina
under.an old law SNYDER had earned a ST.
bounty by lassong the beast. Snyder there
upon was much envied by the pc licemen anC
the other keepers. He would ike. however
to have the law pointed out to him on tn,
statute books before accepting any conGratu
atons.