The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-15
HOoLIHoo's HOT DOSE.
Small Boy Gets Even With Cranky
 Central Park Zoo Pelican.

oancnez Hoonhoo, the sad-faced pelican from the River Amazon. was taken to the animal hospital in Cen tral park yesterday in a state of col lapse, and the keepers fear that he Is In a critical condition. He had the misfortune yesterday to be chosen as the victim for revenge.
 One day last week there was large gathering of small boys in front of the pelican house. It was just before feeding time, and the pelicans were uneasy and very irritable. Sanchez was pecklng angrily at his funny looking cousins from Central Amer ica, Signor Gomez and Hidalgo Pete
 All this was very interesting to the small boys They were shouting glee- fully at every show of ill-temper by the pelicans and the crane. One of the lads was standing very close to the bars of the cage. Suddenly Sanchez reached the tip of his long bill through the bars and grabbed the youngster by the leg When Sanchez Hoolihoo's bill closed on the calf of the boys leg the blood started at once. The lad yelled lustily and Sanchez loosened his grip and retired to the edge of the pond. Keeper Bob Hurtin. of the pelican house. showed up about that time and learned what Sanchez Hooli- hoo had done.
 Serves you right for monkeying with him." said Hurtin by way of con dolence.
 There was the usual ante-breakfast commotion in the pelican house about 10 o'clock yesterday morning. when the same crowd Of urchins who had been there earlier in the week ap- peared in the park. The one who had been bitten by Sanchez Hoolihoo had something clasped tightly in his hand. It proved afterward to be a piece of fresh beef covered with cay enne pepper The boys waited fol the pelcans to line up at the edge Of the pond and open their mouths When they did the boy who had been bitten reached his hand through the bars and threw the piece of doctored flSdl u DdHGlltL IlDpll1OO.
 It landed squarely in SancheH's pouch, and the pelican's mouth closed with a snap. He made one gulp, aud the meat, cayenne pepper and all slipped down his throat
 Sanchez stood still an instant and his eyes began to roll. His mouth opened and shut several. times. Ther his feet began to shuttle, as though he were trying to do a clumsy sort oi dance. And then Sanchez began tc squawk. The squawks of Sanchez Hoolihoo are sometimes terrifying and yesterday he squawked as he had never squawked before. The smal boy who had been bitten was rolling 1 on the ground in merriment. Jus then Head Keeper Snyder appeared closely followed by Keeper Hurtin The lads saw them coming and ran.
 Snyder and Hurtin made their way back to the pelican house. Sanchez Hoolihoo was still struggling in az ony.
 He must have felt as if he hat swallowed a hot coal" said Snyder afterward, We got him out of tht cage and carried him over to the hos pital, and thought he was going to dit sure. Hurtin ran over to drug store in Madison avenue and got an emetic We had lot of trouble getting I down Sanchez Hoolihoos throat, bu we did so after a while and now he i' | better But even yet his insides ap parently feel like a furnace. He may pull through, but 1t has been an awfu jolt to that pelican's anatomy."-Nev York Times.