The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
GREAT BONES In CHICAGO.
SAID TO BE THE BIGGEST THAr
EYER HAPPENED
They belonged TO n hin sAur supposed TO
H,ve Been Ssventy-nS- Feet Long end
Tyenty zone Feet Tall Dino-Aur Hunting.

From me Chicago Tribune.
In tho Field Columbian Museum In jackson
Park experts are putting together tho frame
work " the largest animal rctnain' which
ayc been found. II t. the skeleton ~ tho
giant dinosaur. the largest In existence. which
Prof. Elmer s. Riggs Of the museum recently
uncovered In western Colombo. lrCn cnl-
culiulnns made from the Incomplete skeleton
II Is figured that tho animal represented by
tho Two thigh bones, the vertebrHc, and tho
six ribs was sevonty-nve feet Ions and twenty
one feet high out Of these the skeleton will
be comrleted and put together.
Hunting the dlnosaur In the year 1900 A. d.
Ia a different sport to what II would have been
In the time when the Rocky Mountain region
was n marsh and when these tremendous
vegetarian bird-lizards thrashed the sl!my
lakes into muddy foam. Prot. RiGg- found
tho pursuit TO be pastoral by conf nf,Non with
this antediluvian possibility, The animals
habitat, through geological changes, Is hard
to trace. and when the likely SPOT II discovered
the search may be a good deal Ike trying 70
dig a voodchuok out Of a holo that Isn't there
Prof Riggs has a story Az" { hs find.
A year ago last spring. while the professor
wa, making preparations for his usual -ummeT
tour after specimens. he turned his attention 70
a locality In Colorado which long has been q
good field for fossil hunters. Corresponding
with a Colorado ma about this place, the Vest
ern friend mentioned A field which he sAid was
more accessible and newer than the ono which
Prof Riggs had In mind, II had been dis
covered by an amateur sctentt1o club In .
nelghhoring hamlet, but they rad not recos-
nized It's Importance. The Information given
in this correspondence was meagre and Prof.
Riggs did not ray much attention 70 II at the
time, for he decided 10 go 20 Wyoming that year
instead OF to Colorado Prof Riggs passed
tina, summer looking for fossils in Wyoming.
Last winter. however, when he began 10 think
OF plans for hi, trip In lsno. he recalled the oor-
re-poudence with the Colorado man and com
INUNDATED with him again
II was In June. 1917. that Prof Riggs, 40
comranled by three companions, struck int
the mountains from the little Colorado village
which they had made the base OF their opera
tlons, and In which lived tho members OF the
local scientific clnb which had frat marked the
region Of fossil remains which he Intended 70
eNulore The professor took a camping OUTFIT
tool, p~ovl.ions fos several weois' and u cooS
Meek after weeR ,i tranI ing over the lNls
and mountains followed and inl9ggh ne ,s-
where tho CAMPS were Pitched IRON time %
time the Marty searched Fossil remains vers
found. some good specimeHs had been Sc
cured. and the three months " hich Prof 1883
had allowed for the ttlU WIS almost gone when
one dav n. W. Meinche came to camy and said
that lie had discovered tue end q what APP
reared To be a dino~lUr bone TrotLudIhE nom
TIE debrL, near ne S9;" a. 9 Irak SOP G.s.
OF; f the s srSs : lad ar.t s%iitTac,ed sf,
70 Their source, md he had found the big bons
lmbedded In the hillside
The rcyt dav some q the rarity, went 70 the
spot and Laid bare tue thigh bone q n dirCssuri
The end had been broken N, ard the size %
the original bone could not he drterplned ao-
e~lrately, though 1t wa seen to be q urge Cne'
Prof Pigrs Ind h,an waiting on Hnril ct ira,
and he decided 10 finish hi, work at that ! lace.
Therefore the new mine wa, aoind"htu 10.
finished the professor thought he would better
make a more exhaustive seuich rear NJ.
Gin, it was only a short tine until some q NE
vertebrm were uncovered. and, IN reAca'Htlns
70 rero"e these the ribs and. finally, tsrtLer
fond :" "'
40 Tint It could be measured that TIE lmrortano9
of the find was no = certain. lie tength OF
tho thlGh bone OF PROT, Norsn's mo. aur was
8 feet 2 inches Mr.. NeIncke's find measured
news Of the discovery rcached ne vtllass
despite efforts ia keen II scrret. AMI hrs' among
tHose who vi-ited TIE mine were member of
me scientific club Of the little town, who had
travelled over that same teru'9y repe"te,iy
residents Of the village In larro numbers, and
the irre9s were considerably hampered by tho
The homes were packed carefully In cement
and burlur and removed by wagon 10 The Tail-
way station, from witch they we're started 70
their destination ~ Jackson PAX TIE work
OF mounting Item and getting them In Shape
10 be placed on ex' hilton va. been IrorreS'ing
tnvo-ablv. bni II will be week before the re-
sfo~a" Il ele'on crn be rlpceC in - . museum.
Scientists have not been agreed az 10 ,iiss
what cl,ns-thclu.n shmuld be made o. we d,nEnS
Of the blind men who di,t. reed as 10 The form
Of the ele0hant. some OF u animals wer9
were aquatic and some terre trial some letned
to lizard form'ti"n and 3ther- are supposed
to have had ar cavirlHi 10 'her ooneS' sus-
Authoritie' are agreed, however; that this
animal Wa the Target which roamed We earth
hnbitod by uonster, Of fHbulouS 4i2e and un-
couth shano'. number Of discoveries OF
nc men. some Of thc'n specimen~ Of enormous
size. hit Prof. Riggs dln1snur 10 the Rrgese
q them al, al TIE TSeo t iSS r,r sone o l1 tee : yar,sn Ss
Is fftee1 inChc7 In diameter and fourteen inches
n lenEth o,. TIE ri oe. ere Et,5 miH' p peT, n awe i9Snss
had made the most important preyiouS dis
coveries 81 dinoSaur remain, and FRI Mar~h's
bee sl3tr.d ave Feet ilone aNi cig cen reet hlsh'
The scientific name cf the dlnosarr is BroH-
to.,"yu 'yres'f The = Trin9i II "r ne snn5
oholk ,tr0ta, II had a bod r"semhlins .
The forelers were much shorter than the hind
about onc-third Of the total length OF The onE
IAliA NINlAA w. w az W. H's LN.HH HAN' ~
10 this trunk Was a liznri-iike tail ecuHlling
the BODY in length. This tail was thick and
muscular and, like TINT - the kangaroo. prohs-
III, was used To support III" bod whom II was
raised uron the long. powerful hind legs.
Tho head 81 the animal wa- ludicrously
small IN proportion 70 the remainder 81 tho
bod. and, according to the calculations Of
scientific students. Il was not formilnhln In
appearance. il was ut the end Of a snake
like neck ~ long as the tail. The teeth were
unified for offensive or defensive warfare,
bU, were adauted to grinding tie troricl
growth- which covered the earth, on which
the dinosaur fed.
When tni. strange animal lived III" eastern
ro~tiou Of tho Nn~th Aru" .~un continent had
begun to show the formation - the Arrnla-
chan ranccs, Nut tire Rocky Mountains had
not vet made thrir au"ouraDce, The region
now OCCURRED 10y lofty PEAKS was then u vast
chain ~ fresh water lHgnons and marshes
aupno-tirc u trorlctd growth similar TO that Of
tho CoHl arc.
When death overlook tn"ee c%rcaturea some
Of them rAuk IN ~" mud II the ma~Shrs and
lakes and thoi" ca-'Hs. os we-C covered - coll
dar oeits which hardened into rock, while the
iutcldcd bones woe rot'if cd. During the
age which .'ollow,d IN" Couvuleions which
cracked and II ted the sU-fice Of the cath
rushed IA" Rocky Mountains m ont 81 tho
and marshes AID tho diroeaur's bones
ra ID VArt Of tn.s -H..f4G, 49,. uN.