The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-12
AMMONIA SUBDUES NEW BEAR
Also Used TO
blind SILVER MING.

The animal folk in the Bronx roo were
dad when the sun struck light yesterday
morning and the white tiger OF the
Arc,ic' veiled his eyes from the glare.
dropped his head between his great paws
and ceased the defiance that had wrecked
their peace ali the night long
The gardens In he dark hours are as
hdl 81 noises a. . jungle The beasts
STR and mutter and Erumble in their
Hsht sleep The winged people cry
.hArply from time TO time and the s,ridu-
la.lng orchestra sounds from sun to sun.
Thee things the ZOO folk know and are
accustomed To. hut the rage Of Silver
King. the polar bear. Weakening to full
strength and anger from his drugged
sleep. vas a new and disturbing thing
II one could imagine a Brobdin gnA gian
snoring steadily and punctuating the
rumhir with terrific shorts he might
understand how the great white bear
irritated the other animals In Director
Hornadays preserve When Prof Her
man Merkel finally handled him into the
shifting cage Of the polar bear den on
SATURDAY. nj ght after ten hours Of fighting
and worry Silver King was only half
recovered from the four pound dose ~
ohloroform with which Director HERNIA
day and Curator Ditmars conquered him.
bG, he shook "a the drug before they
could e, the iron gate Of the cage re-
hinged
That was a little before midnight and
the director. Prof Mcrkel and the roo
employees were working 10y scarchlight
TO make tho King a safe exhibit for the
sunday crowds In loOsing him from the
primitive wooden cage Paul , Rainey
and Harry Whitney had built in Eilesmerc
Land Mr. Hornaday's men had shot
two inch planks through the bars % the
shifting cage on each side 81 the door.
but thew knew that the King would tear
. wsy OUT with his teeth through the
solidast planking. The iron door mad 10
20 hack
The King having shown hi- contempt
for the tame white hears in the main den
came hack for another battle With HE
oaptors Before they could swing the
heavy iron gate into position he was
tearing and ripping At the planks
charley Schneider. the head kesI er was
manipulating the seaTchlight so that the
carpenters wouldn't rap Prof Mcrkel In
the shins with their hammers any more
than was necessary
The zone of light showed Silver King
reared up nine feet against the plank
bars and biting and Eashing ike a mad
thing. He bit clear through ore plank
while the men we're working the door into
position. aud Aleck Ferguson. the hear
keeper. felt the rush ~ air a. mighty
paw shot through the hole and swung
past his head
Hey. Charley shouted Prof Merkel
turning into the glare. Civ" hir' ne light
goll ding hint Hit him in der eyes be-
tween!"
Charley ran the hight carriage closer
dshected the lens and shot the full ra-
dance squarely into the Kings little
bloodshot eyes. He couldn't stand II
He reared and backed to the furthest
corner Of the cage. stumbling blindly. and
covered his head with his massive fore
arms much ~ a human being would have
done Three minutes later the iron gate
was IN place and Silver Kings last chance
NaS gone.
But when the hateful m-n neopls had
all gone and Charley Schneider ha wh..e l.-d
away the searchlight IA. King Logan 10
tell the roo what he thought u al ~ ho had
battered him and hammered him and
drigged him HE low gro~I kept up
iHC.ssantly, fairly shaking the mir. and
uow and then he varied Il with "A roar
much like the tr'Imp-ting Of an angry
elephant
The bea ~ in the eishborhoodo Of Rocking
Stone Hill told the King what a cad h. was
for bothsrinG honest folk. The giant
YakAiak brown b"ar from Alaska. In.
Kineer. the big silver tip. Badur n han.
the Himalayan brown bear. and the Ma
ayan sun bear. the lttIest. uRliest and
meanest Of all hears big or little. took up
the complaining chorus. The big cats
further away shrisked and snarled and
svpr" at the King. and you could hear
every little while the trumpeting OF an
uriiaisd elephant.
But the hrst sun rays slanting over the
rock ridges quieted the gardens When
AlerH F"rgg son appeared 10 see IL the King
vas All. "r.oting actively or only raw
material Tor fur rug they were a hi Z
disturbed over the chloroform dose)
be found the white bear stupid or asleep.
apparently. mis- head low. Aleck inserted
a scraper between the bars to tidy up
the cage and turned his head TO whistle
a friendly morning greeting 60 q little
gray squirrel. He reeled a. the scraper
vas torn from his hands. and he whirled
70 80" the King smashing the oak and
ITon tool a. a terrier mangles a rat. Aleck
got another scraper and the King took
u away from him. He tried to feed Ash
70 the snowy devil. but the pole was
lerked away by the purple Jaws.
All right. old fellow. said Aleck. We'll
Just see about this-
The keeper was back in ten minutes
Tlth a bottle and a handful NJ cotton.
He soaked che fluffy bunch. caught IL
On the end Of pole and damned IL sud
denly At the Kings nose. The bear
hls-ed like n python. rose up. fell back
and covered With shut eyes. trembling.
m tho hack ~ the cage. A breath destroy