The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
B DAMS SOB RULES,
ANGORA HERD m CENTRAL PARk
HAS A KING AGAIN.

THE RtR widow or the Late CaAlef BehHa y
Butted FFom Eler High Estate end
Forced % AeknogYtedge ebe WarIaer
MIood Of the Scion OF . Cuban Mar Heso.
Thers's a nav ruler In the AnsgNz don1Alp
Of the Central Park menagerie, ndCoASoLH
the son Of Billy Be Damn and OF One heNp'
10 his name, At last he has succeeded -
the authority which Of right belongedtoh iE,
but which was withheld up 70 last Sunday
by a usurplng giaDtess Of the flock, who
Is referred TO by the keepers as the 81
Widow. In a hot fight that came on IN
their village he defeated the widow. who
was forced to acknowledge him 10 chief.
The outcome Of the fight caused pleasure
among the humans who take an interest
in the village, for the keepers say that
Corporal Is the most remarkable Instance
Of filial devotion that they ever saw among
animals. His mother Is old and feeble,
but the two are almost inseparable. When
the mother lies down On the ground the son
stretches out alongside OF her and waits
until she gets up. Then he walks with her.
protects her from the attacks Of the other
members Of the aock and viii surrender his
own food to her until she gets enough.
His own mate and their offspring. now
two weeks old, are left by themselves In the
village while he takes care Of his old mother.
He ID 10 months old, but hasn't vet reached
the full size and strength Of his race. Ther
10 warm soldiers blood in his heart, as be-
comes the worthy son Of that fine old war
rior. Billy Be Damn, who participated In
the battle Of San Juan and went through
the rest Of the Cuban campaign with the
Scventy-hrst Regiment. 1t was said that
he was the only goat that took part in the
battle. His rank was that Of mascot to the
boys Of the Seventy-frst.
Trouble arose in the Angora village when
the veteran soldier was sent there TO find a
home rs compensation for his devotion
to the flag. The Angoras are the most
genteel Of goats, with large masses Of snow
white fleece hanging down in silken ringlets.
They IN very particular In regard TO their
sooial standing and look down upon the
ordinary short haired goats as inferior.
Selim was the overload Of the flock q
soldier, and 1t annoyedhim to have ordinary
goats brought into his bailiwick, He
started In TO fight right away.
But Billy wasn't alone. Along With him
swas another fine old soldier, Bottles by
name, who had followed the gallant Sixty
When setm saw Billy making eyes at
some of his 6ock he was furious and in
sisted upon fighting. Billy was willing, and
Bottles pitched in to help his friend, and
the two Of them licked Seiim. There were
many fights after that, but the two masoots
always helped each other and so they had
q long string Of victories to their credit.
Billy was the first Of the ex-soldiers 10
pass to where the din Of battle and the
clash Of horns are not heard. He might
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generous feeding at the hands Of a hero
worshipping public. Bottles was left to
mourn the departure Of his brother warrior.
Alone be was no match for Selim and in
their next fight he was sent tumbhnR down
the rocks. where be lay helpless; He was
time when taps would have been sounding
in camp there was q ~twitching Of his stumpy
tail and he was gon to join Billy.
Selim didn't live long after his victory.
Ppeumonia got through his thick fleece
Corporal was the only male left in the
village. and by all the rules Of eucoeasaon
tn the animal Hngdom&e should have been
chief. But Selim's biggest widow was
ambitious for reigning and because OF her
OF the food, grabbed the daiHties thrown
In by visitors and butted the other mem
bers Of the village out OF her way.
The Corporal tried 10 assert his authority
at intervals as bis growing strength tempted
him, but the giantess easily, knocked him
OUT. His mother was too feeble 10 help
him and he lacked the sympathy Of the other
meaabers Of the flock because he was not OF
pure Angora lineage, as the keepers ex-
planned.
Sundays fight came about when the
usurper attacked his mother and knocked
her down. The old one was picking up
pieces Of ginger cookies which visitors
had thrown through the fence and the
giantess wanted these things for herself.
Old Mrs. 0ne Horn has a game right leg.
She let out a moan OF pain when the giantess
knocked her dow at the bottom OF the en-
closure. Her son was at the top Of the hill
at the time and saw the assault.
1t a easy 10 judge of the rage that was
In his heart rs he started down the hill.
Leaping over b rocks and clearing about
ten feet at o jump. he was at the giantess
before she knew what was coming her way.
He crashed head On into the mass of fleece
and knocked her against the fence. No
sooner was she upon her feet than he threw
himself again at her and jolted her to her
knees. Before abe could get up he butted
her in the side and knocked her fat. Then
he tried his horns, but the fleece was too
thick.
The Riantess was clearly bewildered by
the whirlwind attack. Corporal knocked
her down as often as abe got up. and she
finally decided to lie on the ground 30 as
TO avoid punishment. When she did net
UP the arrogant spirit of the usurper was
gone. The next time she met Corporal in
the village abe meekly sidestepped out of
his way. and for the rest of the day she
Of the hock. HSeeras certain that the old
mother will not again be attacked during
the short time she has to live.