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Ahai and the TiCn Shan mountsins to the
north of Chinese Turkestan.
The brothers Grum- -Griimailo. who have
had the best opportunity to observe the
horse In its wild state, say that il lives in
the level districts and goes at night to the
pasture lands and drinking places. At
break of dav II returns to the desc where
IL rests until sunset.
When there are nursing colts in the herd
the animals always rest in the same place. hut
this does not appear to he the cass when tho
foals become larger. They usually walk one
behind the other. so that the region where
they live is covered with deeply trOdden
tracks.
They neigh clearly, and the sound COR
responds exactly with the neigh Of the do
mestic horse. There is the same resem-
blance between the snOrting OF n badly
frightened wild horse and that OF domestic
horses when scared
Tho MOngoians have made many at
/. teInpts to tame the wild horse, but in vain.
All efforts 10 tame the animals that have
been brought TO Europe have alsO failed.
Thus far the horse will not submit tO mana
is afraid Of him and cannot be rendered.
scrviceable. Though now accustomed tn
The sight of human beings, the captives ara
very badly frightened il : erson or reaches
nearer than within two or three rods Of them.
Still some facts are known which indicate
that there is hOIe that those horses may
eventually be tanned. The explorer KOslov
about forty years ago saw colt of siN
months belonging 10 a chief in the Cobb that
had been SO far tanned az to walk Leaceably
in bride. II would rermit itself to be led
up stairway to the floor above. and even
allowed the seven-year-old son of the chief
to sit on its back.
IL is practically impossible to capture
adult animals on their native plains. The
Russians followed the comparatiVely simple
Mongolan!methOd OF getting possession Of
some OF the horses.
From time to time they could see from
afar that young colts had been added TO the
herd within a day or two. They thereupon
pursued the herd on horses until the colts
became 10 exhausted that they could travel
no further and then it was easy to capture
them
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the kindness Of DR.. HOrnaday the photo
graphs printed here were obtained.
Owing to the disappearance of big game
through excessive hunting by natives and
whites and also owing to the stringent
game laws prohibiting the killing Of these
creatures no sportsman nowadays can
hope to secure an extraordinary sized
specimen Of any kind. The maker OF this
collection. f.. s. Reed. an English sports
man. formerly residing at Victoria. enjoyed
exceptional opportunities in pursuit OF
game.
Instead Of making hasty and haphazard
excursions during the favorable seasons.
as is done by the average hunter, MIR. Reed
made a systematic series OF prolonged
hunting trips. camping several entire
winters with a retinue Of Indian trappers
and scouts familiar with the haunts and
whereabouts OF the great forest denizens.
He covered and traversed the best game
districts OF Alaska and British Columbia
about ten years ago, when large animals
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JIM I919O -SE~SIP -F<E%z0S I>e0~Z Z.tSE
EIEN<aZ IPEJVZIN.S U1Ev92S. >Tz<sS s. 'trS.

IN color as we'll as in the size and curvature
Of the antlers from other species, and has
been named Rangifer osbOIni in honor Of
Prof Henry r. Osborn OF this city. II is
estimated that this magnificent creature
in life stood in the neighborhood OF six
feet at the shoulders.
Another Of the record breaking trophies
Is the skin and head of a giant kadiak bear.
whose enormous length and size can I've
imagined from comparison with the two
six foot men standing ON each side. Paul
Niedick. the German hunter and SPORTS
man. regards this as the finest Of all bear
skins and worth 81 .OOO. This monster
in life stood nearly six feet in height and
WIS ten feet long and weighed some 1900
p ounds.
One Of the peculiar habits of this mas
sivc creature ia Of interest. the ingenious
manner of catching salmon for food. This
is done as follows:
A. soon IA the salmon begin to enter the
stream Brnin makes fishing his chief busi-
ness, az they usually ascend the stream
in large numbers for the entire summer
and the supply is practically unlimited
BY rolling stones and pieces OF logs the old
she bear dams up all but a narrow channel
through which the salmon have to pass.
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A the reputation Of the polar geese
spread in scientific circles many offers
OF $500 each were made to the Park Depart
ment for eggs that were likely to hatch.
Secretary Willis Holly had to hire an extra
stenogra pher to handle the correspondence
relating to them and also deemed IL wise TO
equip the cage with burglar alarm system.
IT scientists were going 10 bull the polar
goose egg market at $500 per. Secretary
Holly figured that should the geese prove
any way industrious they could easily pay
the running expenses of the department.
Not satisfied with the burglar alarm,
Secretary Holly bought the biggest brass
paddock he could find and fastened it on the
door of the cage. Then he gave orders for
three watohmen to keep watch each on one
Of the geese in order that the eggs might
he bhRged before they were stepped on.
The nests were made up daily and various
kinds Of goose diet were tried. but there
wasn't a sign Of an egg. Even the ex-
trAOrdinary suggestion of Prof. LOhest OF
Antwerp that the geese be fed on salt ftsh
and powdered oyster shells WAS tried but
nothing resulted except three cases oT acute
indigestion.
Although none Of the geese stopped TO
laying. naturalisis and Ornithologists. both
American and foreign. came 10 the park
in great numbers. Many Of them we're so
surprised that they couldn't express them
selves until they could go back home and
think IL over. One Of these was Prof. Cole
OF the Smithsonian or some other institu-
tiOn. who wrote 90 Secretary Holly
On receipt of Dr. Smiths photographs
and description OF these rare hyperbOrca.
went to New York expressly to A tisfy my
self, and was perfectly amazed to find that
they are without doubt genuine. Last
evening took the matter mp with a certain
high public official here. who is a great hunter.
lie recognized the photographs nt once
and said he was surprised and pleased to
! find that be had shot a whole flock of them
on top OF mountain in Colorado. lie says
/ they are excellent eating.
! An eminent Connecticut authority who
| asked that bis name be not mentioned for
/ business reasons sent this letter
After spending a most enjoyable day
! with DIR. Smith in making sketches and
examining the Polaris hyperborla, ! went
home 10 look over my notes ta<e.i in 1901
| when spent the winter ~ tho Hudson
| Bay Agency | am now satisfied that the
geese ! saw that year we're Polar D. snow
| geese.
! Il remember well one night in November
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with the advantage that nearly all the
captive horses and a number Of skeletons
are in their hands. Very few of the English
naturalists believed that they were true
wild horses, but looked upon them either
as a kiang, hybrid, the kiang being a species
of the ass, or as the offspring Of escaped
Mongol ponies.
The Russians, however. have settled
the question. They have proved by the
methods Of comparative anatomy and in
other ways that the Prjevalslsy horse
has no relationship with MOngol ponies
or the kiang but is valid and distinct
species of the genus horse. without rela-
tionship to the ass, though it has some
features that remind one OF the Asiatic
asa: but even in these features, as the tail.
for example. the resemblance is closer to
the horse than to the ass.
The results ~ the invcsti CATION were
prepared for publication 10y DIR. W. S8lenslIy,
director Of the geological Museum OF the
Imperial Academy OF Sciences. 81. Peters
burg The book has just been translated
into English and published in London under
the title "Prjevalsky's Horse
IL contains a number OF pictures Of the
captives, one Of which in reproduced here.
The frOntspiece shows thrce-year-Old
stallion and two-year-old mare which are
the property Of the Car.
The animals were msre colts when they
arrived in Europe and were not preposse ss-
ing. for they did not take Kindly to the novel
conditions, were out of condition and had
ragged coats and awkward gaits. They
have now reached maturity have bePn we'll
cared for and are good looking animals.
Many na'uTelists now hold the opinion
th9t the domestic horse Of to-day was
m1inly derived from three wild species
which have been named the steppe. forest
and plateau varieties The PrieValekv
horse is a representative of the steppe va
riety.
For lack of data DR.. SalensSy has not been
able to determine what relationship may
exist between this wild horse Of Mongolia
and domestic horses. The animal is an
inhabitent Of the Dzungaria and koc . dis
,ricts Of the Cobb Desert It's N tat.
which is not large lies between the C--eat
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The cubs do not attompt 10 fisb, but stay on
the bank and receive contributions.
She holds her arms down AZ her sides.
with the paws spread. and when she feels
the saIrOn coming up she clutches one with
quick sweep OF her paw and doftly throws
il out on the bank to tho eager waiting cubs.
After supplying her offspring she puts
several in her mouth and wadSs ashore TO
cat them.
After she has obtained plentiful supply.
some fifty or more, she sits down TO enjoy
her repast Only the two sides are eaten.
thc heads being left The cubs are not so
particular and consume the VIII ole fish.
An immense walrus hoad with ivory
tusks two feet long. 3fOrdr an impressive
glimpse OF this fast vanishing and peculiar
sea creature. One Of the striking points
regarding the large head IL the extremely
small mouth. as the animal * vegetarian
and feeds on soaweed, molluskS and other
sorts Of soft stun.
The walrus is an important and highly
priced source Of food for many of the
Alaskan EaVIimauX, and when the suocess-
lNIl hunter brings home ON his back head.
the favOrite part il al OrCls feast for his
family. The large head here pictured in
said to have been obtained at Muller Bay
on the Bering Sea side OF the Alaskan pen
insula Here there * a vast stretch OF
beach left exposed for several miles, which
she animals frequent to bask in the sun and
tleep.
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LORE OF The ARCTIC GOOSE
UNNATURAL HISTORY ABOUT
THREE PARK roo BIRDS
On April . Next science MAY Reveal some
More Facts About Chen HyperDOrea
POlarts the Meantime Secretary
HsIly's Quest for LEGS Ii Relaxed.

Plans are being arranged for the annual
meeting OF the Society for the Suppression
Of Nature Swindlers. TO be held in the Central
PARK Poo early next April 80 far only the
programme oT the Arctic geese section is
in condition to print largely because it
framed itself up without any assistance
from the committee hecause Of recent dis
closures at the Too.
The programme Of tho Arctic geese
section, which has its session on April I,
has been tentatively arranged "a follows.
10 A. M-IIow We Discovered the Chen
hyperbOrea pOlaTis. or Arctic Goose. in Cen
trsl Park Lake BY DR.. Smith. head ornithol-
ogist OF the Psrk Department
Discussion for one hour.
IaM Luncheon: roast goose.
IP. M--Thc Place Of Central Parks Arctic
Geese in OrnitholOgical History BY Prof.
Mills Of the Museum Of Natural History.
,P My Candid Opinion OF an Arctic
Goose as a Source OF Trouble. with Side Lights
on Japanese and Mongolan Pheasants BY
Willis Holly. secretary of the Park Depart
ment.
M.-ShaIl the Privileges of the Park be
Denied in the Future 10 Geese Fanciers from
New Jersey?-By Clarence McGmrk. head
policeman.
4P. Recollcctions of a Nature Faker-
BY W. r.. d. Stokes.
SP. M.-Discussion for one hour. with
adoption Of resolutions on geese !akcrs.
SP. M.-Bu6et lunch. with duck ON the
side.
SPIN Reading Of testimonials on Arctic
Geese, written by persons who have met
them.
Persons who do not subscribe for the
leading nature journals of the North Allan
tic region will doubtless reCmre Some ex-
planauon OF why the Arctic goose. rare bird
es u is, should Ire chosen by the great bird,
heast and fish experts of the Society for the
Suppression Of Nature Swln1lers 10 lead or
at the annual meeting. They have had no
mixing OF the emotions with which the
Central Park Zoo authorities have been
struggling for the last two years Will"
under the impression that For the first time
in history three Arctic geese on their an
nIal night from the North to the South Pole
had aliGhted for food and drink and, by rare
luck FOR the roo. had landed in Centra' PARK.
The details Of DR. Smiths discovery o. the
trio OF Chen hyperbOren LolaTiS or ArC'tc
aeese, are given in the follow ~ report.
made tc the Park Department on Move miei
10, 1906
To-day my assistants and mysC.f tospthcr
with PrOls Mills and Andrews of the Museum
Of Unnatural History. captured three vild
Dolar geese. They were seen st about
o'clock on the morning OF November ~ ny
one Of the Park watchmen to leave greai
flock OF geese which were flying high above
Central Park. They cirCled around aud
around appearing to wabble n Dit ana nnally
landed in Central Park Lake
These geese are perhaps the rarest birds
in captiyIty and we now have something
that no other ZOO has got. Polar geese nave
never been known 10 alight before IN their
nixhta from the North 10 the South POie MOI
sveu for food. and how these rare specimens
happered In stop in Central Park IS aome-
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thing that we haven't been able TO determine
These geese are exceedingly wild at present.
hut We hope they will soon become dOmesti-
cated, Idesire that IN approximation be made
house for them near the Arsenal, where they
can be more easily examined by the public
and by naLuralists and get better care.
An appropriation Of $500 was made at
once to build a home for the rare specimens.
II was erected in front OF the Arsenal. and
across it's wire front the following sign was
painted in red letters which could be dis
tngu shed from Fifth avenue:
Chen Hyperborea PolorLs-Polar or snow
geese Presented to the City OF New York
by DIR. Smith.
Not long after the geese had settled down
in their new home and had lost all desire to
resume their journey TO the South Pole
Major Dunham, United States Game Com
missioner for Alaska at least, that is what
DR. Smith understood his title to be-hap-
pened TO I've riding along Fifth avenue on
one Of the moving billboards He saw
the illuminated sign on the Polar geese
cage and dropped on TO investigate.
Wonderful indeed" said Game Com
missioner Durham, speaking TO DR.. Smith.
who has come to be called Father Of the
polar geese"
DR. Smith was giving his afternoon lecture
on the exhibit.
"They are certainly the real thing" said
Mr.. Dunham. Il never saw b'It one be-
a Japanese sealer out Of Bering Strait over
TO the Siberian coast
"Out on a cake Of ice in the middle OF the
strait, only about 1000 feet away, I saw
one. This bird had the peculiar hump on
It's bill that you will notice these geese
and no others have. ] hurried back to the
Alaska shore and got one Of my EsQuimau
deputies TO investigate. He said II was a
snow goose on its way to its wintering
place at the North Pole.
aaLaA tho EaniIiunam what the hTlrOn
on its beak was for and he told me that the
goose filed this hump full of oil in the sum-
mer time and in the winter il squirted the
oil over its feathers to keep them from
cracking and dropping OF when the theT-
mOmeter got down to i6O degrees below.
Thanks. awfully." said DIR. Smith. u
have been asked many embarrassing ques-
tions about that hump. | shall have some
plates made Of the geese at once and will
distribute them among the museums anc
| colleges Df the country. together with
some interesting observations on polar
| geese"
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collection from Victoria, r. c.. will he on
exhibition in the near future in the grounds
Of the New York Geological Society. These
magnificent trophies. which are not likely
to be duplicated owing to the approaching
determination Of the big game. are 70 form
the leading feature OF the national cOllec-
ton Of heads and horns now being gathered
together.
They we're secured through the efforts
Of Director W. r. HOrnaday OF TIE New
York Geological Society. Their owner,
Mr.. Reed, was. in England when negotia-
tions to acquire them were opened and
had for a number Of years kept his collec-
ton OF heads and horns in the Union Club
Of Victoria, where they we're seen only by
q limited number of sportsmen and Privi-
legged persons.
DIR. Hornaday obtained an option on
the trophies, and though $1,000 was the
price asked by Mr.. Reed the collection
was secured for 5000 in view Of the object
for which il was desired. This sum and
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Two ARRIVALS FROM ABROAD.
The Contrast They Presented Made Them
Noticeable Even on broadway.

Two travellers just arrived from Europe
we're noticed on Broadway a few days ago
at almost the same moment. Neither
would have been noticeable but for the
contrast they presented.
A carriage turned into that marvellous
thoroughfare from one OF the short down
town streets. and the driver was making
his way slowly but siilGully uptown amid
the crush OF vehicles. Next to the driver
was a steamer trunk such as an experienced
traveller would have, and il was plastered
with labels Of European hotels and trans
pOratiOn companies
In the carriage sUt an elderly man RIanc-
ing over an ear!v edition OF an evening news
Dnper Ons would guess that he had seen
90 the passing OH his baggage at the pier
and wls going TO Eis hotel to dress for
diane.
o. the sidewalk. JUS, as this carriage was
passng. man in a black slouoh hat and a
suit Tat lOoke5 ike brown corduroy was
making his way northward. He seemed 10
be doing his 1est to see the tops OF the tall
buildings on the other side, while he carried
on one shoulder a bundle in the shape OF
long roll done up in oilcloth.
Pasted to this roll was a strip Of vhits
papsr something more than a foo. long
on which was printed in big black ktters:
"Disinfected."
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$500 additional for its transportation IN
New York was contributed 40 q gift BY
Emerson Mosiillin OF thin city. himself a
hunter and spOrtsman Of many lands.
The deal was closed at an Opportune time,
for a wealthy German sportsman was about
Offering DOUBLE the figure. or $1,000, for
these specimens 10 take to Berlin FOR his
own private collection.
The great array Of heads Is now tern
pOrarily installed in one OF tho rooms Of
the lion house Rt the Zoo and will bo placed
on permanent exhibition in one OF The new
buildings now nearing completion. Through
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shoulders. II was killed in the wilds of
the Kenai Teniusula southeastern Alaska.
Five other moose heads. all Of splendid
size are also i'm the collection.
Another star specimen ia a superb carl
bou head excelling all others known, from
the Cassiar Mountains. Madison Grant,
secretary Of the Geological Society and
an authority on these animals, states that
il is the finest head in the world.
The beauty. length and size Of the antlers
are astonishing. The left anilers reach
TO the unequalled length Of fifty and a
half inches. the right to forty-eight inches
The total number of points is fOrty-five.
This is a new type Of caribou. different
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gether Of a collection OF heads. horns and
skins Of the biggest game Of North America.
such as probably never can be brought
together again.
One OF the finest and most striking OF
the big specimens is the head OF a giant
Alaskan moose. with the most magnificent
antlers having the enormous spread OF
over seventy-six inches. II is considered
the record head Of the world. The
massiveness and beauty Of the antlers are
wonderful.
An idea of the comparative size Of this
ex-fOrest king can he judged by the figures
of the two men alongside. In life the great
animal stood approximately eight feet at the
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were in abundance on the Kenai Peninsula
and other parts of the Far Northwest.
In fact, Mr.. Reed had his pick at the time
when the moose and caribou were in their
finest condition as to antlers and OF the
huge brown beavs, mountain sheep &C.
at their its best. From these elaborate
hunting campaigns no animals head was
taken and preserved that did not reach
certain commanding proportions eclipsing
in size any then known.
These were carried thousand miles OF
more on the backs of the Indians. by dog
sledgs and canoe and by a specially char
tered sailing vessel back into civiliza-
tion. This res6lted in the gathering to-