New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22
MANY KINDS OF FOOD.
Tt Takes More than Eighty-t7eO to
Satisfy the Park An'm0ls.
BY NJ. w. Mount

r,h.o ,re strcnuous times in the New YORK
GEOLOGICAL Park Moving day for all the thick
skinned animals the lions and most OF the
birds in the great flying cage came aTouhu il
week and things have not yet Selteu uo" "
the season. Like the tenants IN HdlIeih H"''
these are kicking for hot air ana steam heft'
Animals in the park are accustomed " ~
comfort. 1000
skins are so thick that one would Ian'S 10
couId never penetrate nor ice chill the inner
Inning of the cuticle which require most "iiii'n
In winter For these creatures, almost any ohe
nj which would win a prize for superior usliheSs'
, enIondid mansion in carved stone and oeau'eous
dome thing has just been completed d' " N'
with its appurtenant elephant pfolieli'ue
some s147599. In the eleven great cages III 0
roonv house will winter five ELEPHANTS Hiio
tapirs a hippOpOtamuS. some glrales anu ni"S0
q rhinoceros Here these will compare hoteS
,,ro, the climate of India. Africa and the Malay
Peninsula: talk about the way in Wh1ch 6uito"
showed great wagonloads of hay up steep III
cline into the barn after four horses mad gwen
nm the attempt and how Luna, the sister ele-
miami of Gunda. had recently scared the entlre
park and everything alive in II by lnqulrlhg TOO
closely into the habits of the snakes III the rep
tile house They may pass few remarks rela-
tive to the tendency of some animals TO POKE
long noses into everything and Of others TO grow
their noses in triplets, as it we're Cages in the
elephant house have immense iron bars, and
comments upon facial eccentrcites may be
made with safety.
Putting four footed beasts and sea lions into
winter quarters isn't half difficult as hopping
around in the great flying cage to capture birds
that cannot endure cold weather. Upon these
eagles. owls, vultures and condors look with
contempt. They hang around the flying cage in
all sorts of seasons, while nearly $4,000 is spent
for fuel to keep their park companions warm
African antelopes and tropic deer have their
houses heated very warmly, and they don't wait
till the snow flies to cudde in them, either.
Some of the antelopes let out into their
corraIs on warm mornings in the winter
Most of the animal houses in the park are built
as winter quarters, with outlets into ranges,
corrals or outside cages and the animals in them
go freely in and out all winter except in the
Instances mentioned and the monkey residence,
The doors of which are only opened at the dis
erection of keepers. American deer, hardy sheep
and goats and the japanese monkeys, which are
used to cold weather are out all the winter. and
even the Axis deer do not cling to the 1ireside.
"None of the animals actually chafe under
confinement" said curator, land they have as
varied diet as the season viii permit Deer
especially require a very varied diet even in
winter when beets potatoes. turnips and cab
bage are the only vegetables easily accessible
To look at the lovely. graceful deer no one
would think that they were. Of all the animals,
the hardest to handle ir confinement Some of
the deer and antelope, soon as they shed the
velvet from their horns. become exceedingly
puenacious. This is especially true Of Indian,
MALAY and. possibly Axis deer At this time
these animals from Sambhar and Barasingha
are more dangerous than lions. To keep some
sort of peace in the family they have to he
shifted from place to place, a feat not unnnixed
with danger. There are too many deer in the
park to be cared for with entire comfort for all,
for the reason that they have multiplied so fast