The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-06
ELEPHANT HATTIE ON SHOW.
ALL SHE KNEW LAST SPRING WAS
TO GRUNT FOR THE KAISER.
Makes Friends with old Mother Jewel by
INTERVIEWING OF Trunks Before Crowd
I'm Central Park-L0rd Knows iwhat
They Said--PrObabIy, "It's Fine Day"

In central Pnrk-LOrN hnOW1 bWmAa
They Said--PrObabIy, "It's n Fine Day
Hattie, the three year-old elephant in
| first public exhibition yesterday OF her
! American education to as large a crowd
of spectators as could get within seeing
distance of the yard in the rear of the ele-
plant house.
When the young pachyderm came from
Germany three months ago, her education
consisted in letting out a grunt when her
keeper cried -Hoch der Kaiser!" Since
her arrival here Billy Snyder, the elephant
man, has been giving her daily lessons,
early In the morning and in the evening
when there are no visitors to distract her
attention. She Ia an apt pupil, the elephant
man says, and will finish her education in
a year, which is pretty good time for an
elephant.
Hattie and Jewel, the big elephant in
the adjoining stall, saw each other yester-
day for the first time when they were taken
out into the yard. A partition sheathed
with iron separated their stalls. Director
Smith ordered the beasts to be taken out
for an airing yesterday as it was the first
real warm Sunday. Jewel had not been
out OF her stall since last summer. and when
the bars were taken down she poked her
head outside the door, trumpeted with
pleasure and shuffied down the inclined
platform toward the patch OF greensward
at the other side Of the yard. She stopped
when she reached little heap Of hay which
had been put there for her to eat. and again
trumpeted, and picking up the hay In her
trunk she threw it over her back and shook
herself until it fell off, When she showed
a disposition to walk over to the crowd
at the fence her keeper put a light chain
on her leg to keep her in the centre Of the
yard.
Snyder and Keeper Peter Shannon then
took down the bars OF Hattie's stall and
invited her to come out. She was timid
and did not want to leave her quarters
for the outside world Of which she knew
nothing. having arrived at the menagerie
bunch Of hay which her keeper held in his
hand as he backed out, nor could any
coaxing induce her to go out.
Snyder dropped the hay and took her
by the ear, as some mothers do their I'M
ruly offspring and stepped toward the door.
At the same time Shannon got behind the
animal and began pushing She apparently
realized that she must obey and followed
her keeper into the yard, where the big beast
was chained.
The keeper was anxious about first in-
preesions between the two elephants and
watched them closely as they came to-
gether. Hattie seemed to be scared and
Indifferent to the presence of Jewel;
Jewel showed great deal of interest In the
Younger elephant and stopped eating hay
and put out her trunk and began feeling
OF the stranger. The trunk glided over
the little ones back and then to her head.
Then Hattie put out her proboscis and the
two trunks came together. entwined and
ATS all right. They're going TO he
friends. That's like the Arabs taking
salt together said the keeper.
Snyder then took his elephant hook and
tapped Hattie OH the back and called: AT
ention'" Hattie raised her trunk and held
it in the air until ordered to lower it. The
keeper then gave her another order and she
sat on her launches raised her forefeet
from the ground and squa'ted upright.
At command she got down Oh all fours,
then on her knees and then upon her side
She gave a grunt as she rolled over on the
grass and then got up on her feet again.
That's as far az her trick education has
gone we'll enough to show of in public.
She is learning other things, and as she is
very docile and intelligent will be able to
display number Of tricks in a few months.
Jewel, who never learned to perform, APP
peared to be considerably surprised when
her young companion lay down on her
side Jewel reached out her trunk as
though to help Hattie up. The fine peacock
In a nearby inclOsure assumed that the
crowd was there 10 zee his handsome plu-
mage and he spread out his big tail feathers