The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-08-07
'LARG. ST HERD
OF CRATES
Barnum g. Bailey's Show Has the
Worlds Record for
Number.

There is no living animal so attrac-
tive In appearance as the giraffe,
graceful in form, beautiful in color,
and stately in movement. measuring
sometimes twenty feet from the fore
feet To the crown. Camelopards Isi-
raffes) were we'll known to the an
cient Romans. They were a consplc'
uous feature in the gorgeous eXhlo,-
lions OF the Coliseum at Rome, oTl-
ginally called the Amphltheatrum
F1ayIum. Gibbons In an elaborate de-
scription of a Coliseum entertainment
tells how. by the order OF Proous,
great quantity of large trees torn up
by the roots. were transplanteo INTO
the midst OF the circus. THIS spa
cious and shady forest was lmmedl'
ately filled with lions, tigers, bears
zebras, cid and camelopards. the last
being the loftiest and most harmless
creatures that wandered over the
plains of SaramtIa and Ethiopia me
unoffeding strength with which ma
ture has endowed the greater quad
rupeds was admired in the rhinoce-
ros. the hlppopotamus and a majestic
herd OF thirty-two elephants This
awful exhibition of slaughter WAS
gazed upon In stupid wonder by the
Roman populace.
With the ultimate overthrow OF the
Roman Empire, the camelopard ilnal-
ly disappeared from Europe, and Tor
some centuries became stranger 10
the civilized world We do not nnd
the giraffe again mentioned until tho
close OF the fifteenth century, when
Lorenzo de Medici exhibited one IN
Florence. The flrst OF these animals
seen In England was a gift from the
Pasha of Egypt TO George ~. 1t ar
rived In London In 1928 and died the
following year. On the oath Of May
1885, four giraffes were exhibited III
the Geological Gargens. Regents Park,
London. They were brought from the
southwest OF Kordofan, and cost to
transport 2.386.3.1 pounds, or ST.
5000
The largest herd Of giraffes known
10 be In captivity is owned and exhib
tied by tho Barnum and Bailey Great
est Show on Earth, which comes to
Ogden for two performances nex'
Wednesday. The herd includes -four
fine. healthy specimens. two males
duQ TWO 1SLnbltS- lhpuSL 9NNHh 49,
still growing. the tallest raises his
head TO height Of nineteen feet
The utmost vigilance Is exercised
In the care OF these precious animals
each having its individual groom
This watchfulness is su absolute ne
cessity, owing 10 the delicate nature
and the peculiar physical formation
OF the animal. rendering It susceptible
to the least jar or bump In railwa!
transportation.
Tho giraffe has a comparatively
small head supported on neck near
" six feet in length His height
reckoning from the top Of his head tc
his fore feet, Is about equally divided
between neck, shoulders and legs, thu
eyes OF the camelopard are worthy
of-al praise. large, soft and more
gentle than the far-famed gazelle, anC
are so placed that It can see In every
direction without turning It's head
| an It's senses are so acute, and ii II
so timld, that IN It's wild state th'
| giraffe can only be approached b!
| man when mounted on a fleet horse
| IL feeds on the leaves and blossoms o
a tree called makhara by the Africans
and kameeldorn (cumelthornl by tho
| Dutch settlers OF the Cape. In cap
tiyity, its food consists OF carrots
lettuce, bananas. cooked rice, pure
milk and occasionally the boughs o
trees from which II peels the park
The commercial value Of a giraffe
can easily be estimated whom 1t Ii
known that the management Of thu
Barnum and Bailey Shows recent,
declined an offer made by the 70
illogical Society of London OF $40
10000 for the four animals now witt
the menagerie.
The CRATES form only an incidenta
interest in the rare geological collec
ton exhibited by the Bnrnum AM
, Bailey Menngerie. which opens II
doors one hour earlior than the aren
ic performance. thus allowing withou
extra charge ample time for thor
ough inspection OF this monster exhi
bition OF rare Wild animals, both cage,
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