The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-08
~ TIE SEAL POOL.
Jip Displaced in the Popular Esteem by
the New star, Fra alde.

Frankie. the seal from the st. Louis
worlds fair, now at the New York
AQUARIUM. is proving great attraction
here. The pool in which it is kept, in com
pany with Jip, the seal already here when
it came, is always surrounded by visitors.
The new seal Ia most lively and intelli-
gent creature, and 1t is conspicuously agile.
It loves to Jump up to lie upon the
coping stone which. surmounted by low
ornamental iron railing, caps the walls of
the pool. and II makes this resting place
from the water with the greatest ease,
taking a flying start from ten or twelve
feet of and coming through the water
like streak to jump for the coping at the
end.
Sometimes Il will try to climb up on the
coping stone, which is foot or a foot and
a half above the surface Of the water, with
out any flying start. II gets its forward
iippers up on the stone and tugs and tugs,
but II can't quite make it that way. And
then 1t will drop back in the water and
paddle out 10 the right distance and wheel
there like a horse at the post for its
flying start
With that start It lands itself on the stone
easily. And then sometimes, apparently
Just for fun, or 10 show what il can do, it
will 20 back, from one end the whole length
Of the pool and up on the platform. on which
the seals often rest, at the other end. And
then it will turn and point toward the water,
with It's head over the top OF the incline.
Then. as though 1t had got the word
from somebody IL viii slide swiftly and
silently down the incline into the water
and swim the whole length OF the io@!
like streak and jump to the coping at the
other end, while all the people standing
around look on admiringly and some muir
muir applause.
Frankie knows the man that feeds II very
we'll, and will como 1T his call from wherever
in the pool II may be. Let the seal be up
on the coping stone at the far end Of the
pool and let the man stand at the platform
end and call Frankie! nnd the seal drops
off the stone into the water and comes
a-scooting 10 slide up the incline and make
its way on the platform TO as close TO the
nnn IA IL can ret.
II the man should go from the end of
the pool TO stand at some point at the side
frankie, when be calls, viii follow along
raising it's head and shoulders out Of the
water as il goes and looking up at the faces
of those Il sees standing by the sides Of
the pool, until il comes to the man It il seek
maybe put its front fippers up over the
low railing in front Of him, and put its head
over, too
How sweet" some woman may say
at this. for IL ia a very pretty thing for
the seal 10 do, and then the seal has very
shapely head, and. like all seals II has beau
tiful eyes. very beautiful eyes; and in fact
All the people around are excited 10 won-
der and admiration and delight.
Jip the old seal and Frankie, the new
one. get along together very comfortably.
They have their little spats now and then.
hut really these are more playful than
otherwise. and they get along very nicely.
But Jip can't compete with frankie as
an attraction jip is nice seal, livery
and playful and all ;hat star performer;
but Il doesn't shine now as he onoe did in
the presence Of the sreater stdri Frankie.