The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-17
CARNEGIE LION ARRIVES.
~ THE HARVEST kNOWN, NJ r
THERE IRE OTHER RO tRERS.
As He's TO BE al Ancestor. Thry1 II Choose
Ills Name Win care Lot O Vii.
celianeous Birds and Beasts for Bronx
park with Him OF the Pennsy I, ania.

That big and hairy lion which Andrew
CarneGie's daughter bought and gave to
the New York geological Park In The Bronx
arrived yesterday on the Hamburg Ameri-
can liner Pretoria with 10, more beasts
and birds for The Bronx
When she asked her father to buy the
lion Miss Carnegie specified that it should
be the largest and hairiest lion in the world.
The lion that came yesterday may not be
the biggest in the world, but he fills the bin
80 far az hair is concerned. His name
grows from his head, shoulders and fank-,
and flows over half of his body.
Miss Carnegie's lion came originally
from Barbary. Alongside his cage in the
the ships hold were two fine specimens OF
Nubian lions. They are no, 40 tall nor so
long 10y several inches a. the beast from
Barbary and they are two feet or more
shy on name. But OF roars al the ships
roll and pitch the Nubians held their own.
Director William T. Hornaday of the
geological PARK was at the pier yesterday
To meet his new pets. He was asked If he
would name the hairy lion Skibo or Iron
master
We are going to Use great care. he said,
pointing TO the three lions and two lionesses.
in naming these animals for they are 10 be
ancestors You've heard Of the man who
boas, ed Of his ancestors and told the other
man that he didn't have any ancestors.
Damn it, said the other fellow, I'm an
ancestor myself That's the way II is with
these lions. We may not know much about
their pedigrees, but there is a future"
The lion house in The Bronx, Mr.. Horn
aday said. will be open to the public by
Christmas.
There were ,wo deaths among the animals
on the voyage The clouded leopard. the
rarcst beast in the collection, died on the
| fifth day out from Hamburg But the SKIN
| was saved and will be mounted and placed
| in the geological Park. The clouded
leonard is found in Borneo and is almost
| extinct. There is only one in all Europe
| and one in this country. at Philadelphia.
| This leopard has no spots, but broad, IT.
regular markings.
The other death was that of the j,bir7l.
| a rare bird from Australia, with black
| bill a. long a. a mans arm.
| Another leopard arrived in good health.
| II was the chectah, or hunting leopard. of
| India The Indian princes USE the cheetah
| in hunting antelopes. The least Is kept
| lea-hed and hooded until the time comes
| for him to bring down his prey. The
chee'ah which comes on the Pennsylvania
! is the only one in this country. II came
! from the Berlin Zoolo gcal Garden.
Then there wore two deer from the eau
cas,I. Mountains They are about half
| way between our wapiti and red deer.
| As a result ri their arrival and 10 provide
| for lot more new species 81 deer yet TO
| come, the deer paddocks Al the park are 10
| be rearranged There are now nine speci-
mems Of deer there all told. When the col
| lection il complete there will be- thirty.
| There was u hog aboard from West
| Africa II is bright red. and Mr.. Hornaday
DESERVED It a. beautiful the only beauti-
| full hog in the world
| From Central Africa there is "A hunting
| dog. a cross between hyena and dog.
| II doesn't snarl. but solieals. has very thin
| hair. is the size Of wolf and j. vicious
| enough Ia be very interesting If YOU are
| outside the cage
| There was IN the consignment a valu-
| able nucleus for an entirely new collection OF
birds for The Bronx For these birds two
| acres Of land with running water in II is
| go I've laid ont Just west of the flying cage
as crane paddock Among the rare
| birds for the new paddock were Caurus
| cranes, two African crown cranes and a
| paradise crane which will give the pea
| cocks a close rub for first place on plumage.
| The lot, which was shipped by Carl Hag-
enbeck, also Included two Bengal tigers,
two black leopards. a iaguar, mountain
| sheep and goats, an ibeS, chimpanzee
| TWO spur-winged geese. two black -backed
pelicans, one Burial sheep, for,y-siS man
| DARN ducks and six India chickens
| This consignment was the second ana
| last nstallment Of lot for which Director
| Hornadav recently paid $1,000
| The Pennsylvania also brought twenty
! ono barrels OF polar-bear skins Tor Nilliam
| Iiegler, the hacker Of Arctic exploring eI-
| petitions.