The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-07
THE MONKEY HUNT
IF 3HE PARK AT GLEN ISL
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Finally Proved Superior To
 Simtan Cunning.

nan's:VEit Finally Proved Superior To
 SiHltEn Cunning.
 "A thrilling monkey hunt in the dead of Saturday night, on peaceful and beautiful Glen Island, in which the wit of man proved finally victorious over the cunning of the simians, is youched for by the press agent.
 ''It all happened by an accident to one of the cages of monkeys in the big zoo," he says. The keepers were transfer ring 20 monkeys from one cage to an- other, when the wooden supports under the cage containing the specimens fell over. The roof of the cage caught on the roof of the adjoining cage, wrench ing it open. In an instant there were 20 chattering monkeys of the Brazilian ring-tail variety on limbs of the sur rounding trees, sedately watching the men at work.
 "The big zoo occupies an island by it. self, and, the bridge being guarded, 1t was impossible for them to effect an es- cape, as the average simian is poor swimmer. A few futile attempts were made to capture the runaways, but the All4C AdSGdlOs WHGn climbed to the topnost limbs of the trees. and sat there making grimaces at the men.
 f'It was finally decided to leave them alone until hunger drove them down. A carefully prepared trap was laid, but the monkeys displayed rare intelligence in frustrating the plan. An empty cage was placed in view of the fugitives, and food, rare delicacies to the simian taste, displayed therein. It was anticipated that the monkeys would rush into the cage to devour the food, in which event the door would have been shut by a string manipulated from a distance. The monkeys watched the preparations with open-eyed wonder, and when the men had completed their task and ap- parently gone away held council of war. They all assembled in one tree, and their chattering could be heard some distance.
 Finally one litte fellow jumped from limb to limb, and, reaching the ground, looked about evidently on a recon noitring tour. The result of his obser- ,vations was apparently satisfactory, for. he cautiously approached the trap, and then jumped inside. The remainder of the tribe came to the ground and ar rayed themselves in front of the open door of the cage. There was fusilade of nuts, biscuits and other edibles from the cage. and as the stuff came out each monkey grabbed his share and nimbly jumped for the nearest tree. The keep CTS pulled the string when they realiz- ed that the rlng-tails had outwitted them. There was one prisoner, and he had voluntarily sacrificed his liberty for the benefit of his fellows:
 ''Then the keepers decided on another plan. They procured a few dozen CO., coanuts, had holes bored in them and filled the interiors with peanuts. It was expected that the monkeys would thrust their paws in and grasp the pea nuts. The opening was not large enough to admit of the paw being withdrawn when doubled Sailors have captured monkeys in this manner, but the un- sophisticated simians thus caught did not possess the intelligenc acquired by the monkey who has been behind the bars for any length of time. The Glen Island monkeys know a thing or two that would beat this game. When the cocoanuts were deposited they made jump for them and rolled them over and over until the peanuts fell out, when they grabbed them and made for the trees again.
 Finally the night hunt was organiz- ed. The men were armed with bulls eye lanterns and crabnets with long handles. They would turn the glare of the lantern full on sleeping monkey, and the light dazzled him. Before he could recover the net was over him and he was made prisoner.
 "One little fellow becam so frightened that he made spring out into the darkness and landed near lion cage. Tn his frantic efforts to scape he crawl ed into the cage, and in another instant would have formed a midnight lunch for the king of beasts, whereupon the monkey crowld out and quietly submit ted to capture.
 Another monkey managed to reach the elephant sheds and sought the pro- lection of Zip, the largest of the herd of elephants. Zip showed his sympathy by guarding him. A man was placed to watch him. and he ayers that at day stretched his trunk to small opening in the roof. The monkey then climbed up the trunk and made his exit through the opening.
 ''The hunt ended at daybreak with the capture of 15 of the monkeys''- New York Times