The sun., 1900-07-17
WILD BRONX BEAR HUNT.
PANIC Ar The zoo - -ANBULANCES
AND POLICE CALLED.

Director Hsr.aday and Curator Lsring Badly
Bitten-Rsnaway BFuin Cleans Out the
Restaurant and Drsss Three Policsmea
Aoross The Bronx-Had TO shoot Him at
Last - Save Hernaday From His Jaws.
After shooting Him Thsy Ate Bear steaks.
For more than two hours yesterday afternoon
Bronx Park had a wild bear hunt: In fact, the
widest kind OF a bear hunt On one side was
big black bear. just arrived at the Geological
Gardens and not yet sufficiently accustomed
TO life Of captivity to regard II with eaua-
nimity; on the other side was the entire force
Of the Geological Gardens. led by Director W.
T. Hornaday. himself noted hunter Of big
game. fifteen policemen from the Bronx
Park police station and number
Of outsiders who volunteered for ser
vice. but who. for the most part. fed early
In the proceedings. When II was all over the
bear was dead. but the other side had suffered
severely. Mr.. Hornaday s left hand had been Bit
ten nearly of and his left upper arm was severe
ly lacerated. Curator Ioring got bad bite ON
his left hand. Michael Cans. son Of the keeper
Of the Bronx River lunch house. just outside
the gardens, was chewed and scratched about
the arms and shoulders several park laborers
were bruised and battered severely and three
policemen were so filed up with water in a
remarkable aquatic Saat anu,nasred bv The
bear. that thew almost cboked 70 deatb. Rs-
sides this the animal chased two vomen into
the river and comnletelv vreched the in.ids
Of Gans's lunch room.
The hear arrival at tho rardens NJ A o'clocl
having bean convened tbithar in a o.ga or.
ried on n trpch He w,s n hig tellow a, N. hI.or
variety which was onoe common In this ns,t
Of the country hut \. INV vsrv ,,,s onIy a
sev hs,ne Ieft IN tho Ad,,ondsot ,so,on q,
ths State A. th. tr,,ck oor,. .lou,v .,on.
the hear orov,ad and mov.d rostsssIv IN his
carr. sivinp plenty of svidsnoe that be va.
IN had humor Kssner uosv ~ N. h.o, me-.
sav this and toId Iahorsr Nsv,n. vho b.d
broupb the animal there that th.v ,.rs COIN o
70 have trouble With him mia. th.v r,ers v.r.
careful After soma consid.rst stior n ~. a..
cded that the best rrethod a, gstt,no hin, int
the nit occunied nv m. other blscL haars and
the .Jananese bssr Was IN ARRANGE a oongv.v
Of plankinp and Lead him down NV the chain
Fastened 10 M. iron collar
Az nr.t Al, v.r, v,lI uns~, -. h,,d -, -.
chain and haul.d s.n,,v Ths h..r ,,,,r"S
on" a,,u nAuu se""y ,ho uea, 'Irnco
All went well until he had covered half the
distanoe. Than Hoev t,,rnsd N sae tha, m.
other bears were all out Of the way and to ar
range for the opening Of the barred gate As
.oon a. ha ,,rnsd ,hs h..- char..d s,s r,,na
- 40 .u',oN ~'o o0"i Nn""s0u ni' i'iuo'
or perhaps the door opening into another captv-
ity impressed him unfayorably. At any rate he
haIL.d Al ho,Lor a ,ooa .,,.a 49, !. ~.
ooiAe' ooo'"Aeu ocaf 10 uo
most SUCCESSFUL creature known. Forty able
bodied men on the end OF a rope can't move 4
haar ont ~ b;s tracks whan ha "a onos all,
ss.,,.J Ts,a us ""en =. ..",., :. ~ n,nny
settled. This Is not an ex xaggeraton; II has been
tried
M at,.mn, w.s rnoda to r,oro ,.,. s...
a''o'p' "@e ,iHue '" n,o'o 'ins "o1'
oecause there wasn't ume he looked over
the edge OF the planking a board slipped and
turned the chain caught IN soma wav and
pn,.,o .s,. .ne o'.a-n -, 'susa. ~ SUNS way anu
bruin taxing six-foot plunge might have
been hanged then and there which would have
saved a great amo,,nt of trouble worry ond
sI.eS.ss s... , " .ou' "o''y al"
oioodshed Out Tor the ioosensss OF Dis collar.
and the hear dronned with a ,bumn that ,nu.,
S,-. 49,. . 'N''
haVe shaken MIN up severely. but II was
freedom once more and he appreciated that.
Giving one warning urovl at Ho~v ma ~ IN I'd.
- 20 w ~
wise MN not 10 iohow' bruih set out at
swinging trot around the corner OF the pits
vh,ch hs,d b,s co ntiva hrs,hrsr oavo ,h.r, ~.
-. -. - ,.. -, -. - .n 80, w
oenent OF savage snari ana was up the steep
hillside In an instant. In that same instant |
hovever the .brill notes Of Hoev.s vhistls wsrs
80, a.. -, =, az. -. s p
siVihs inc aiaIin W the "no'e saloehs' Every
1t every other keeper and employee runs for
o.s..- =. .Ao .,, -. -. n,-.s.. -
ofoers 10 the Elk mousse "here Director horna-
day has his quarters.