The sun., 1901-06-29
PARK STOCK SOLD CHEAP:
NICKEL RISES ON BIDS AT TnA
ANNUAL AUCTION SAIL.

sYoud Think This Crowd Was Buyins rec
auts." Says the Aacticnser--An Event u
the Menaseris and the Catchins Of the All
mails Was an Interesting Feature Oh IT,
The annual auction sale Of supsrhuous
animals was held In Central Park yestsrd day.
and this time 1t was q real bargain sale. A
Dorset ram. six ewes. Ave ram lambs. . pair
of white falow deer. two pairs Of red deer.
two zebus and 400 pounds Of wool were sold
and when Director Smith counted the pro-
ceeds he was very much disgusted.
To sell tho animals they had first TO be
caught and the fallow deer gave lot Of trouble.
The usual method OF catching deer is TO lasso
them. But the buck that Mr. Smith wanted
to get rid Of particularly had the velvet still
on his antlers and II a lasso had caught on
the antlers, as II might have done. and the
buck had tried to break away. some OF tho
velvet would have been rubbed Oh. And
when the antler once begins to bleed there IL
no way Of stopping II and the buck eventually
dies. weakened by the small. but constant
loss OF blood They have a way up In The
Bronx menagerie OF catching deer with ton
mis- nets. carried by two men. Beaters drive
the deer wanted ayalnst the net. which 10
cannot see for fear. and the moment It touches
the net the two men run In Q circle past each
other. closing the net about the deer. The
rest Ia easy
Director Smith does not have any nets
for such purposes because the occasions
to use them In the Central Park are 90 rev.
and Yesterday the deer scented danger ana
would not let itself he driven into the deer
house Nothing remained but to capture
the animals by sheer agility In the open.
Seven keepers took hand. forming q line
across the paddock occupied by the dozen
or so Of failow deer belon ging to the mon.
agerie. As the men approached. the herd
sought shelter In a corner OF the paddock.
The closing In OF the line OF men soon com.
PEELED thsm To make a dash for liberty. That
was the psychological moment which the
leaders. Keeper Snyder and shannon, had
waited for As the white buck tried to break
through the gap between Snyder and the
mex; man. the former threw himself at the
animal and had the luck to catch him about
the bodv. Man md beast TO led al ny in
close embrace, carried forward by the inn
petus of'the bucks rush, but Snyder hung
on and he was the first 10 rise, pressing the
to prevent the beast from. Kicking him;
| There is \ special way OF catching and hold
| ing every kind Of animal The, man who
knows most Of them Keeper shannon
secured the white doe without much trouble.
Ihe auction at the shecpfold began at ii
O'Clock lnc sale had been advertised In the
| on Record, but the number OF bidders present
| wa, a distinct reelection on the value OF that
| publication a. an advertising medium. There
could not have been, more than siI Of the
wondering why tney had come
The tnrce-ycIr-old Dorset ram, king OF the
herd was put NJ first The auctioneer an-
mcl- OF it' kind The little group OF men
surrounding MIN looked long at the pepper
| corn eyr~ heakcd rrobo 'ci, and wonderfully
| curved horns Uf the ram Then hsslttt,ng
voice offered $40 as stlrter The auotioneer
| profes,ed deep indignation. but took up the
| bid iust the same Another man rfsel 1t
II dollar The first bidder went that much
more again. and 80 on until tho 500 ram was
! knocked down nt SO to President j j kettel
OF the Nineteenth Ward Bank, who owns
| 2J.o con nCrCs OF land In Tennessee
| The nuctio1ocr said that the crowd was the
me1ne5t he had ever rlisei his voice In and
| Director smith concnrred. Once they got
| down to rails lng the bids nickel at time.
In that way the price Of a ram lamb was pain
| fully screwed up from s. to st10. The arc-
tioneer nearly collapsed under the effort,
but revived when man raised the bid on
| the fallow deer s2 by mistake The fallow
deer really caused the only, spirited contss,
that occurred They fetched s8?. which
was not so very far from their value The
sold Ss all the way from down to
| The Ave ram lambs, cute, dirty lite fell
lows. with legs as thick as logs. increasedthe
proceeds Of the sale by s?A 40, One pair OF
red deer was called back by Director Smith.
who said he wouldn't give EN- away. The
other pair sold at s2i The ,zebras were ex.
pected to fetch high price. but they went OF
| sal only 10 Mr.. Kettel
You'd think this crowd was bidding on
| peanuts" remarked the auctioneer.
The 400 pounds Of wool sheared on III
foSk Wonih ny ago wss 'oIf at
sale netted s2ti Is. All the animals disposed
OF were born In the Park.