The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-25
Big POLAR BEAR IN new home
STRI COR TO orr SILI ER MING
10 ms NEH o. tRIERN.
thiorSform Reads TIA Nmmon'a Vas
Enough to COW Him ''rrsen' Homo
d Rosfed over HIs Mate Stili kepi
With the other PARA Polar Hears.

silver King m" rolar hear las-""d IN
FIlesmars Land 10y Paul J Ralney and
Harry Mhrtnoy's hunters. was moved yes
tcr,lav from tho cramp"d shifting cage
N vhich ha spent two weeks 10 bag new
enclosure of steel and ''rcr"t" which
pre,t,r Hornaddy of IN" New York
Zoolo.,cal Gardens had built expressly
tor his white majesty.
The kings wrath had not ahat"d since
the da~ ~ city Island when he came
relr ~ ripping = way nut 81 ~" primitive
crate m which ha VAS brought from the
Arctic On that day ~ was a 'aS" NJ chic
roIurll OF shoot. hut sine" then IN" roo
rulk have found way IN subdu" m" great
hear H. can't stand ammonia. ~hih
IN the uostrils and the king backs COVER
ing I'M the furthest corner ~ his cage.
director Hurnadays men give hun the
s,,r,,pta Treatment A. seldom as possible.
hpt uol.r boar that stand : feet inches
and aro q little more dangerous than
tigers can't bs handled Lbs" baby musk or
Th- neW caga Vas completed OF Friday,
an! Keeper Alcyk Ferguson got orders
N move the king Yesterday morning
Prof herman " Nlarkel chief forester
and constructor took charC" vi III" Job
hArsvse u involved a bit 81 c'.il engineer
ing as well ~ a hug p."r" o' chrD"nter'ng
Curator Ditmars stood nv with n five pound
bottle % chloruform on N" chance thit
the king might have to be put 70 sleep
aga. Mr. pi'ucs prepared ais" seE-
ara ammonia lahbers po,"s with bunches
of cotton on the ends ready 20 he soaked
IN Ammonia.
At O'Clock Yesterday morning Prof
Merkel put his carpenters - work build
ing q lrna trs-tia which reached nifty
feet from, tho door " 10 shifting cage
which "a the tr'.rrnin - ~ len q the
old polar beers Greedy and aurora
Roreahs. - vhar~ the rpsi curves around
the eide hill II took tvN urs - build
the trsstle ~ strong - the Professor
wanted u While the tr"stl" was going
m AlecA Fergus N s,othot silver King
hy turning the hose on hun The bear
was unelsy. standing up t. his tull height
from tln- - time and telling the work
men what he ~ ought IT them WhsH
Alex sprayed cold water over his rusty
coat he lay down The stream. tucking
his SEALS LSr+ he'vA-1 his massive
l1epsk%' purring IKE mammoth
cat
When the 'ra-tla was fri-hei Markei
stationed three men with short inch
blanks IN each slie q the shifting ca=e
door Then ctite hn~i with sheet
ron strongly barrel and reinforced
with s-.ut strips ot o-h. was rolled alrns
The 'raS'le until 49, entrance was hush
With ~ door e the ~ !t.ug age
md upg hy g1lly'- -1ti the pr 'ie-S'r, !
vIpuE h,- hands and rriug a cigarette.
with thn-- ui4uk- be- re- adv quick u |
- and We will have This follow Quick |
y ISN'T f"t 10. VIII have ur Vow
In slid the door 4 m" C'ate A. the +
men pulled aside the pur 4 The -hlitIng
cage TIE King rolled M. mo nIZ hoN
without pr'diing and the n"h plsnSs
shooting kHn" between m" upughi bars
on either side of the -hftin: cage door
grazs-d his bpbtail Then h- de- tide
he wanted - com" vut lie Worried the
ir-n bars with his te"'It aud tore at them
with his claW1 He hurlei his weight
against them and h" huckoi ny and down
ike a bronze The tre-rlc shook under
the King struggle There wasr Z much
chance e HE getting ut ~ IN" crate.
hut y wss prYhahl.. that m. trc.tl- would |
give way Il he Kept up ~" hight That
would have u-a'.t hpur- more ~ labor.
AleCk Ferguson poured ammonia on
the end IT one II the laih3rs ana pnked lnr
fuH " cotton ~ the KING nose. The
ammonia took uIs breath away. For
tew minutes he lay quiet snnrtIng and
fighting h.- uus. With his paws. They
began t. roll tho GRAFT" backward toward
q truCs and N" King objected again
he got NnnfI"| ~ 30 ~ dfnflli 1flN ana l'lF
professor wuTkm"u backed the crate
another -IN feet or 80. They had Ia apply
the ammonia trea tru"nt four times petoTe
they got the crut. around To- the entrance
" the new cage and ppked the King into
~ new home. II Was I i. VI then and
the worktneu hadn't had tim" to knock
of for lunch
The uew den II IN two parts One sec
ton H. % feet long hv feet deep. sided
and rooted with steel HAIRS hc old polar
-
don hut Mr. Hornsdays stan have an
immense respect for Silver King. They
figured that he might lift himself Qua
n the den wasn't rooted The smaller
section j. y feet bv q and u built into the
hillside for a sleeping apartment
silver King hasn't been eating much
Ferguson has tempted him with butter
f-h fresh heef bread and cod liver oil
but he has only nibbled 1T his meals
They think Al the zoo that hS will consent
- ct after while and that there il no
danger of his starving himself to death
He has been savage and sullen every
minute 81 the time since they fetched
him from the B.Anihic, and he has shown
PLEASURE m only one thing. the half hourly
wetting down that AleCk Ferguson gives
him With tho hose For two weeks he
has bann the zoos star exhibit and every
day there are big crowds around his cage
The 30 % the gardens l. Flip the hahy
vairus that Mr. Whitney and Mr. Rainey
gave N the no along with the herd ~
mtIsk oxen. two polar hears. an Arctic
fox and two Eskimo dogs He makes
friends with everybody. nuzIling tho feet
~ visitors and begging for CLAIMS. One Of
The musk ~ children IN the herd cf six
has been In a pretty bad way from the bite
II got from an Eskimo dog m Ellesmer-
Land hiu Dr ". Reid Blair has been
treating IL successfully and saws that II
will live 90 grow ~ fine a coat 81 marCelled
hair A. Lady Franklin has Capt Benier
the 'ansdisn explorer. CAV" Lady Frank
liz 10 the Is-p a year and half ago.
Ar'tic Queen, IA" she white lear tha,
came With silver King u TO h. hoped
with Greeley and Aurora Boreali- IN tho
old polar h'ar den Inoy don't dare
iOfflIst thc white ladv with IN" King He
would tear her 90 piece, they think IN his
present sayag" mood