The sun., 1910-03-03
TIE SOUTH IS AFTER BILLY
BIILI. HF'N >NI DIR OI THE
GFNTRaI PlRh VEN tGERIE.
And Atlanta. n = nu"'-~h' state. wants
the NaR Nhs cured New NOrk
IIrUhs"r'~ JSE NJ" ga, 10 '!S Ds~"
to t.~argaa an,I tbS~ ner NeN LoS.

IIrI.hant ,, JaE NIIh lIaS 10 t!S lDS~ n
to Georgia and bSs~ nrr NeN Lss.
Frru Mhnta Yesterday there came =
.-.teru.rt That -Nil,am' Snyder head
ls.t.r ~ IN. I"utr,l Park Soo. had hesn
ssL.d o.. tak. tr" I"n of superintendent
- th, a..f.-i,ll gardens IN Atlanta and
rh1r h. would accept inquiry ~ the zOo
t.rtr.I ih.. Nr"nsI nro,Ight n'It the g,.e-H
thu rh. Wlh,,m SNYDER rrferr~i to IN
rhr Atlanta d.zratrh must he Rillv snyder:
~. d.tg,iiun hs,nC hasaSi IN the similar
tty II psrnc- and tho fact thaG Billy snyder
o., r.s9d keeper 'd The sninIsla in the mark
Ard HIly himself later admitted that t
w., h.. Vhn had heen summoned to At
ANITA and b. also admitted that In some
TaI'. 1T the country ~" Was nov and
'rn1 knuwn a. William. = tr.t name which
was gwen him ~ hi- infancy and which
h- has ouicruwn m later years
Nhat "a more Rilly admitted that he
Ns> c"n- ld~ring IN" Atlanta proposition
s'rio',slv am very likely might accept
y H'th",igh ~" has not vet decided upon
tns time for hs retirement from the post
here whi~h he has held Tor Aoue twenty
"dd wears Tho Atlanta non - ~ con-
rHrafvnlv recent date md has a first rate
start according in Rllv Ne has -een Il
sni knows all aboI' IL The p,IlDhc of
'hs Georgian city ~ taking considerable
interest IA the proiert and ~ willing to
ID whatever - n",~S-ry Ia make the
7pu thor" one uf IN" very hest in the
country John 'ar-y. the Park CommSs-
-lonar 'hsrr. has he~n looking around for
s~tn~ time tpT 'h~ right nSn to take hold
~ thing u snyder gu..s to Atlanta h.
will D. dire~inT nf the Tus'. with full char -
ot everything
On~ 1T The ressDn- teasing hun to accept
tho ofIsr - =" 80 l"ind IN IN. tact tha,
'h~ central PARK .or - M longer the only
"ns in this community u has Tn divide
interest With an. on.. IN The BTonx though
Dr. Hornadav will not "all that one a
7"o. ths. ore IN Br"nklyr and projected
mo IN Newark New Jersey Billy %svs.
nov 10 about TN. only state left that has
not a geological park, and New Jersey -
hurrying h 60, on"
snyder used tn h., q circus man He
hegAn with Barnum. circus IN iss3 In
Isss Mr. Bailey loaned anne ANIMALS to
Central Park the rity didn't own its
suirnals IN tho~r DAYS. bat kept = sort ~
loan exhibition going aud s-.nt SNYDER
along N take care os them. In 1851 Billy
shifted from the Barnum A Bail"y man
aEeueut To- tnat ~ the Citv of New ! ork
ana ~ has h.-'n Vl.h the ciiy ever since
to January 49, iON. he celebrated his
~ w@ut,.'h year IN the park. and Secretary
Holly IT the park board gave hum y hall
Ierrisc a. a lively little testimonial 1hls
Igu Billy taught to 30 stunts Nith Matte.
Re circus e.elnsut ~ ~" park
t'os han'z ~" ana always have hs''n
IuIvr rJc,laltv Ire Tact thai the
2t.anGa It-oTi h. own ou. II th.' bag brutes
10 one reason whv they are Anxioua 10
iet EIIly CoNn E-g" Among the matters
that have teHn 'rut Ip TO him during hrs
etay N tire park was the care of the tgo
bad elephants TIP and Tom FoTepaugh
save Up u the Iark IN ls~s and Bailey
G'o-entet Tom m issb They wrr- two
y. the busiest elephants that snyder ever
had 20 hantie Tip vas killed IN tsss.
two wears ta'oTe lOin arrived ~ tho
TsTk and Phiadelphia in tts wisdom
ssid that NsN Nork only killed nr re-
cause New York didn't know Abo'I, s.e-
Vhants Tom too got - had he had 10
10 KILLED m 1873. ris; a. .hough Phila-
oelphia hadn't spoken
Both ths,e s,eph tnts had taken {,
chasing keepers around the p'dd lCk.
lip got huld Il snyder twice and laid
arrived snyder had hscome more g. uiiou.
and Tom never got hold of the he q Keeper
Tom Wis suCCsnedNd ~ perforrner IN
the park by Hattie who came from Geylln.
snyder says that she 10 the greatest little
performing elephant ynu ever -w
hettsr than Tom ever was Miss JeWel
- the only other elephant IN the park
now
A. head keeper &c the ptrk Billy -
m charge Il "a the animals. He also
live IN a civilized community And
II anything - the matter with one ~ them
from an ache ~ the very small 10th
Df q mo nkey - an ache IA the very Ia rye
uInmy uf IN elephant. Billy y called
N t. 49,. what's the trouble He n his
own and the parks veterin1 rIan and
surgeon and everything else when "
COMES 20 the care u the animals
In fhe bitter part ~ the winter e
1877 ~ the stWS WAS IN IL way - vLAAA
Mis- Murphy. the hippo. Old tahph
Mi-@ Murphy's mate. had died m Janua ~
snd hrs widow gFvs birth tn pr~thu-
rnDus -on IN March Billy sat Ip with
the prospective mother night and day,
and g. day ne takes pride IA tine. healthy
fahv hippH. Islph II born IN captivity
und"r his own lSerSrnIl supervision.
Nnyfsrs work - never two days the
- mo In \.ve'nhe' 1871 Hattie. the
'.rn'l- eisuh NJ h4d % chill. and the
ks"pers gy her some whi-key for IL
Hattie drans fpp much - the stun and
n few mn ties she had an slephantin-
I9e Billy cured her Dy -tuFinR her
with large amount - hay
There ere Two ke-p"-s under Head
Keeper Snyder who have been IN the
fsrh hfty vetrs apiece Ths-e are lanes
4 .nwIv snd Phihp HolnieS who ca me
me park IN isSa
AEU> az PIIIN IND PLiI FRS.