The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
NEW CAT AT THE AQrARIUM.
brought In Half Frozen From the battery,
II Develops the Touring Habit.

The cat now installed al the official cat
at the Aquarium i a medium sized black
tom with white feet With all -four feet
and its tail badly frozen. it was found,
one bitterly cold day about two weeks ago
by one of the Aquarium's engineers stand
ing just outside the engine room door on
the seward face Of the building
The engineer brought II in and put II
In warm spot 10y one OF the boilers and
Kept 1t until il was thoroughly thawed
out, and then turned it over to the care
of the Aquarium's attendants II now
makes Its home on the main floor Of the
building, remaining almost always in the
neghborhood of the great central pool
A. first the new cat was unable to stand
on It's feet. but finally It got so that IL could
twist and curve its tail in true feline manner
again and could walk Now. though it is
very far from having recovered its fun
strength and agility it can move about
quite freely
The greater part Of its time It spends
lying near some comforting steam radiator
on the foor but occasionally ii takes "A
walk for exercise. and when il does this
t walks almost invariably around the
central pool, gong slowly but steadily.
and always quite undistnrbed by the pres
ence Of the people
Starting out close TO the wall and always
hugging 1t closely. the car plods along
on its round until II comes to some visitor
standing looking over into the pool there
ara always more or less peope standing
about it-and there il will halt, waiting
for the visitor to get on, of the way, 70. it
doesn't quit the wall in its walk II It can
help IL II the person doesn't move pretty
soon the cat will go out around him, andt
turn In close to him to the wall again beyond
and once more huggng j! resume lis on
ward plodding
Whatever the reason for II may be. the
new cat likes 10 walk around the pool in
this manner and often it makes In this way
more than one circuit Of 1t continuously.
keeping on round and round. like walker
plugging along in a six day walk; walking
slowly its shoulder tips coming up under
it's skin plainly into view with every step
that it takes but just keeping a-pmgging
along. around and around, slowly but as
steadily as n clock
The diameter OF the great central pool
is 80 feet. its circumference about 40 feet
Of the pool eleven times without stopping,
making "A total distance OF la2O feet, or
exactly one-quarter Of a mile, which isn't
so bad for a cat that two weeks ago couldn't
stand on its feet.
The uniform time in which the cat makes
the circuit Of tho pool prompted the other
day a visitor who had observed II to bet
another man stogy that the cat would
20 around the pool in so many minutes and
seconds a bet which the second visitor
accepted. Then the second visitor got
somebody 10 90 around TO the other side Of
the pool and hold the cat up there long
enough 10 make the tirst man lose. But
he told the first man about II later and they
declared the bet OF
While the cat likes best tho walk around
the pool il varies this sometimes by follow
ing an attendant into the feed room. in "a
distant corner Of the building, where the
food for the fishes il prepared and there
meowing for something 10 eat, which il
always given 10 IT, for 81 course they feed
this cat well. Sometimes they give il
little strips Of cut up fish, and now and then,
TO please IT, few killies, all Of which food
the cat likes All cats are fond Of fish
Altogether. the cat that WIS taken in half
frozen is doing very well. and seems likely
20 pull through