The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-22
KEEPER PULLS 4 LEOPARD'S TOOTH One of Longworth's Pair Had Two Sets of MeIars THE ANIMAL C0LLAPSES For a Time 1t Was Believed That the Shock of the Dental Opera
 tion Had Killed the
 Patient.
From the New York Evening Sun.

the Central park menagerie, totally col lapsed while undergoing a dental opera ton Wednesday morning. It was thought for time that she was a "goner." In all probability it was Billy Snyder's knowl- edge of surgery, as gained in lessons upon first aid to the injured that saved her life.
 The lepoard was named in honor of President Roosevelt's daughter when born, nine months ago. The parents are Dick and Kitty, the former receiving the cognomen as a compliment to Tammany's former boss. Alice has a twin brother of the name of Nick-when the menagerie folk are not in hurry they call him Nicholas Longworth, so it will be seen that there are more republicans than democrats in this leopard family, the mother, Kitty, not cutting any figure in politics.
 Alice and Nick have been great favor ties with the public, probably because young leopards have been comparatively rare in captivity. It is not an easy mat ter to raise them to maturity, animal ex- perts say. Although only nine months old they are of large size, pretty to look at, graceful in every movement and as savage as though they had been born in the jungle. Nick throve in health and muscular development. He promises to be soon as big as his daddy.
 Alice, however, has been ailing for the past month. She occupies a cage by her self in the lion house next to her mother. It was noticed that she had difficulty in eating the meat that was put into her cage daily. The meat provided is the best that comes out of Chicago and no fault could be found with that. Instead of waxing strong as her brother did she hno tn 1nca ioh md hci6- ed. The keepers were anxious to raise the pair of young leopards and break the menagerie records in that respect, so this one's illness caused worry.
 Their worry didn't stop Alice from getting worse, however. She no longer jumped about her cage. played tag with her own tail or indulged In the playful ness she had been accustomed to. Head Keeper Snyder watched her, closely to see if he could discover the nature of her trouble. All he could learn was that she had lost her appetite, and he knew this was only symptom of what ailed her. Never in the history of the menagerie did an ill animal excite so much solici- tude or have so much care bestowed as did this leopard.
 Birds to Tempt Her Appetite.
 When her appetite was not equal to Chicago beef the head keeper got deli cacleS LOT ner. OuL or HIS own pOCKel he got a pair of squabs for her to see if a change of diet would have any ef- feet. These were given to her bit by bit on a fork. Yes the wild beast was fed from fork through the iron bars and took the pigeons, morsel by morsel, and showed that she liked that kind of food. Not only squab was made part of the diet of the sick animal, but the head keeper bought rabbits and guinea fowl In ba at ali off most acceptable to the patient and she began to pick up In health and her body became rounded again.
 Then discovery of the cause of the trouble was made. Alice had two sets of teeth. Keeper James Coyle was handing in pieces of tender rabbit on fork when worries In the lower jaw. Too many teeth invories In the lower jaw Too many teeth are sometimes as bad as none at all and the head keeper knew that even q wild animal can't get along very well with more than one set. He didn't know if the duplicates were in the upper jaw as well as the lower one. for 1t was only by chance that he could see into the animals mouth at all.
 The way he figured 1t out was this The temporary teeth had not been shed &C., cording to Natures programme and the permanent teeth had come along as per schedule and sprouted. The temporary, or puppy teeth were inside the permanent ones. Leopards and other members of the cat family shed their puppy" teeth and get permanent ones wthen they are months old. the head keeper says. It seemed as though the puppy teeth were going to cling to Alice if she had to die for 1t, and this was something the keepers didn't want to happen Alice must te saved and 1t seemed that noth- ing but dentistry would do it.
 A Dental Operation in the Zoo.
 It seemed sure thing that they couldn't get an outside dentist to go into the leopard's cage and do the teeth pulling, and they couldn't very well take the animal to a painless parlor, so Snyder determined to do the job himself with the help of Keepers Bob Hurton and James Coyle There was no laughing gas handy to take away the pain from the patient when the men got ready for the operation before the menagerie was thrown openAto the public Wednesday morning.
 The head keeper went into the cage with the catching bag and soon had Alice captive. She growled and hissed and clawed and struggled with all her strength to get away, but it was no use. Snyder caught her by the head and held her fast until her feet were
 
 not scratch. Then Hurton took firm grip on each side of her head and Snyder got to work with the forceps A stick of wood kept her jaws apart while the head keeper selected the superfiuous incisoys for removal. Alice gurgled and squirmed and rolled her eyes as the teeth were drawn out of her gums. jThe amateur dentist worked as quickly as possible under the circum- stances and had nearly finishe ed the job when the animal collapsed.
 Her struggles ceased, her muscles re- faxed and she lay limp in the hands of the men. The head keeper saw that something serious had come over the animal-the pain and excitement and fright had proved too much for her. He stopped the teeth pulling and took the stick from her mouth. The jaws remained open. He drew the animal from the canvas. Her head dropped to the floor and she lay stretched out on the boards as if dead. The keeper put his hand over her heart, but could feel no beating. There was disappoint- ment over the thought that death should be the result of all their efforts.
 Revived With Brandy.
 Now, Snyder has been with wild animals for 25 years, and knows a thing or two about them. He pressed the animals abdomen with both hands opened it's