The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-27
Sunday AT TIE NEW zoo.
90 200 PERSONS FOUND AMUSEMENT
''" HERE YhsIERDIK

c,ord stood -Four Deep Around the Bis
rIy,nx Cnge of Aquatic Birds and wa.
u.,, N,ytng with Dificulty Around
.,,,sotor Pond-Rambies of the Seals
Yesterday was q great day In the new
,,slny chi Park. The crowd began to pour IN
.,,b. three entrances nearest TO the centre OF
.a',v,s nopulutlon rs early "a 10 o'clock and
stsu, on coming in ever increasing numbers
Iii sunset II was u well.dressed crowd and
s.iarlv IL took the rough and unfinished
..,,,o,,a with the utmost good nature
,.,,h, guide hooks until the stock was ex-
.,ust.d, aud cheerfully made allowances Tor
.,.,ything that Is not yet as the GEOLOGICAL
socsty intends 1t shall be. The entrance
- ions arr yct far from completion and none
n,,be recording turnstiles Is In place. but the
VIA ,eepers record tho number Of visitors by
s.,hopical reg sters. The total number yes
to-day was $500.
rbs AQUA, Q bird house. the reptile house.
a.. hear dens and the wolf and fox dens
-.,s crowded with visitors. In front OF the
r,irs cage in tho bird house. the visitors
wave usually four rows deep. eager for sight
=, ,hs big harry family OF large water birds
wAlch stalscd about contontedly within. Every
,,r,s A lean rose and Tapped with whistling
ling, across tho pool and through the
.rray OF the fountain. the children said
All" This flying cage is distinctly a hit
With the public. Its fiaminGoes. ibises. storks
,slIcons. ducks and snake birds are all In fine
.o,diIon, and II would be difficult to got
tossther a lot Of odder and more interesting
brls The crowd was so great that both doors
oiths building stood wide open all afternoon.
In ths Hnrtils House the throng was even
IL. nat In la
s,oTI was well managed by being kept to the
right" from the moment OF entry. The building
w1ul have been perfect Jam me strsanl
lep' moving very wei until Il reached Alligator
fool, where nearly dozen lat and shiny all
gators literally roll in rank luxury IN 'front.' OF
Beautiful setting OF jungle veGe,a' ION a ,hi
seryiccs u. a keeper and policeman to induce
the crowd to move along. please. and give
o'aIthcnsh Thanksgiving Day falls on one Of
the regular pay days at the Park tho Zoo
Logical society," desires TIE sun to announce
Sa entrance on thnt day be ,h rsc TO s
ray ,isy o. his week. From the first II has
bec, the Intention NJ the society to make every
inII. on a Monday or Thursday the following
The new loos curator Of mammals; Mr. j. \.
bSmGic ItorcnstIes q the three hernor seals
which we're PRESENTED by Mr. j " Star!n. and
placed in the aquatic mammals lond. Tho
cen successfully accomplished with about
twenty rrar,a dogs in the antelope range. IL
Wa believed that by feeding the seals fro
ruently II would he possible to in CO them
20 remain In the pond with out erect
inc a fence around II. but from the
irSt the seas wandered On the
morning after their arrival one was found
nparthe Rock ing stone. another near the south
west entrance. They were caught and put
hack into tho pond. fed. AMI warned that they
must not de- II again. The second night they
wandered aga n. after which they remn ned at
home Ike good litila seas. Tor several days.
Curator Loring thought they were settled in
NE. unit Que night one Of them fopred three
quarter. Of mile. and bobbrd up serenely In
NronN Lake.
THIS was a little too much. After much
trouble and some tearing OF trousers, the wan
darer was caught and dumped into the Offers
Pool which Is fenced with iron and IL seal
proof seal No was lurcd out OF the POND
AMI likewise nut IN durnnce aqueous. No. 3
would not ~ caught and on the followin g
night TrnmCnadel north three-quarters ~ q
mile ross Bai I'd Court and It's rock quarrieS
and took up It's residence in Lake AgassS
where II now is All Offers oi fresh f'sh and n
good home have been rejected with scorn and
No 3is now fishing On his own hook. hut the
small boys who have Interviewed him say that
h. looks mighty hungry. and they think he
viii soon come h1cS 10 his comrades In the
Aquatic Mammals Fond.