The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-08
CONDOR NOW THE MONARCH.
Hut n Piucky Eagle Puts Up n Fight
Worth seeing.

The question of supremacy in the eagle
cage In the Central park menagerie was
decided finally after as furious and de-
structive fight has ever occurred
among any of its inmates As a result
o. the battle "Canuck." the bald-headed
eagle, recently brought TO the menagerie
from the Thousand Islands. is now In the
bird hospital in the basement OF the
Arsenal building. His left eye is swollen
to an enormous size and to all appear
ances is lost while large tufts Of feathers
are missing from several places on his
back.
His antagonist. the big South American
condor, which was brought over here
some time ago from Germany, is appar-
emily uninjured. and now holds undls-
puted sway over the eagle cage,
The condor which is by far the largest
bird In the cage, has been accustomed to
rule over its other inmates ever since his
arrival there. His outstretched wings
measure eleven feet from tip to tip and
his strength and ferocity make him A
good bird 10 let alone as an emplove
says. Up 20 the time Of the arrival OF
the eagle short time ago all the other
inmates OF the cage apparently realized
this. for they treated the condor with all
the respect due "A monarch. 'Canuck ."
who is only about half the sise Of the
South American bird. evidently had de-
signs on the throne himself From the
first his attitude toward the condor had
been unfriendly, and on several mornings
when he was presumptuous enough to
battle IN the pool before the condor had
finished his additions a fight seemed Inn
minent
The condor had made II rule that
whenever he perchcd on one OF the piles
OF whttewnshed stones in the cage all It's
other occupants must move away Yes
terdaY morning he few to the ton Of ore
81 tho piles on which the haid-headed
eagle was perched. The eagle did not
move. when the condor tried Ia push
the eagle away be drst resisted passively
ana then. turning, struck at the condor
with his hoax. The condor then made a
rush nappipE his great wings but tho
eagle did not take 10 flight He struck
back nercSlV with wings and beak and
though evidently outclasscd by his
heavier antagonist made tho feathers ~
After the FIRST rush the condor drew
back with q mouthful % feathers. aud
spreading out his wings rushad AT the
eagle again. As he reached him HIS right
wins struck him with tremendous force
md landed him several feet aWav There
was no need for the condor to run after
the oagic. for ne was back again IN a
minute. striking hercrlv with his beak
Tho crowd ~ spectators which had
gathered around the cage saw that the
eagle was oyermatched. one % his ewes
was closed and he was bleeding in several
places. The spectators Svnpathired with
che smaller bird on account OF hts pluckv
resistance hut their shouts had no eject.
Rrd hath birds were in the midst ~ a
cloud ~ whirrlns wings and iylng feath-
rrs when Keeper Feter shannon entered
thc cage We tried 20 shoe the birds
Pnart but they only fought away harder
than ever
"Stcn the GEht Help the little oasle
Smash THAI big fellow" shouted the
crowd
The keeper caught tho eagle BY the tail
Hua dvoW him hack few feet bat be
dashed a hls Nir opponent again. leaving
handful - feathers Ia keepers hand
Ar thc risk ~ wound from one az the
beaks or q stunning blow from one - the
condor wings. the keeper rushed be.
tScea the birds ard separated them he
eagle was carried aut, blcsdiae and bat
tered. but sul tuli o; hght while the
condcr NRs Irft E~tisputeA monarch OF
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