The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-12
AMMONIA SUBDUES new BEAR
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water. Every half hour Aleck wet him
down. much 90 the delight Of the crowds
who wenf TO the ZOO 20 see the polar bear
that had made such fight
The Kings coat IL a little OF color now
He's rusty along the tanks. but that will
wear away. and when he sheds the coat
nature gave him for Arctic use and puts
on clean white robes like the tame bears
Aurora Borealis and Greelev he'll be
something TO look at. TO get him inter
ested in food they will feed him cod liver
oil. which polar bears dote on
Harry Whitney, the hunter ana eN-
plorer. who. with Paul J Rlinev lassoed
the King last spring in latitude IS some
thing. visited the gardens Yesterday 10
have a look at the two polar hears. the
musk OF the baby walrus. the Eskimo
dogs and the blue fox that were taken on
Saturday from the steam sealer BPothic
at CITY Island To the roo. Mr. WhitneG
described how the King. noosed while
asleep on an ice foe. was yanked OF by a
steam launch and dragged through the
broken ice 20 the BeothlC's side and swung
into the hold bv steam winch like "A man
being hanged
And for "a mile Of that towing he made
one geyser after another SAID Mr.. Whit
ney The cage mad been ready pre-
pared and we starved him until he crawled
into IL for a snatch ~ meat
Partly because h" thought n would be
an interesting exhibit Director Hornaday
left undiSturbed the cage IN which the
King travelled down from the Arctic
MANY thousands Of people inspected IL
after looking over Silver King. Then
they went hack 10 look az the King again
TO see II II was possible The inside Of
the crate pictured the fight he made
great holes in sides and roof and bits Of
white fur Clincing TO the spikes that had
heen driven through every foot Of the
boarding and red smears on the shredded
wood and nails
Mr. Whitney was sorry 20 find one Of
-" Young musk OK IN the hospital with
a wide handG.e around hack and belly
IN" queer, INV Ice child ~ IN n bad way
Last summer whle Ralney and Whitney
we're collecting calves an Eskimo dog
-tna his fang- N Tho Young musk OK =
hack Tho wound heCame Infected and
Yesterday Or " Red Blalr had to clean
tho hack under he shaggy hld" for nearly
itS whole length, treating y ~l'h iodine
The other calves utthO4gA nervous
and EkIttIsh. are strong and healthy
They hogan 10 al immediately, mouth
ing their grass and hay with enjoyment
Lady Melville. the year and a half old !
musk or that q pt Berber. the Canadian
pole hunter. gave the roo. didn't approve
Of the newcomers Whenever they let F.!
her out she hutted them promptly and !
k"ep~r McEnrus mad to lure her back !
20 the harm with deCeitful promises Of /
oats Mct.nros has made "a beauty ot I
the adv. Conhing and marching her !
weeping coat Of brown hair, and h" = /
an Nious 20 pretty mp the babies as soon I
As they get used "a a man hing fooling !
around them All Of thee" things wer"
observed from m" roof ot the barn by m. 7
Rocky Mountain goat, which stared down
with CharaCteristtc placiiity
Mr. Whitney thought u would he some .
thing of problem - raise the baby wal .
rue Charley Schneider has taken charg. /
81 N" funny htil" thing and prepares for /
h three pinrs ~ soft clans every day i
I int ~ IN" morning. "a pint az noon and
a pint AZ night Young Mr. Walris hulls .
"A 'larn a. neatly asa squirrel gets the meat
out uf q nut. bat b." declined To- eat from .
1 harley hand YESTERDAY With absurd .
wIddlings b." 'n~p'-r ted his quarters. from /
which family ot alngaror- had been
ey i"ted and brushed the feet ~ people .
who were watching him from the other
side Of the fence Charley tlCkled him .
under his pudgy chm and rubbed has |
stun bristls- and informed him over and .
over again that hIr name j. Pip
He = no dummy, said harley. "Hes
Just as smart as any other baby III /
hav" him doing tricks before long
Director HoTuRdsy has received from
Carl Hagenbeck. the famous animal man
ui Hamburg. HugG'-tIons relative to the /
IIpbrlngIng Of Flip MIR HRRenb"ck has
lNtl Ndlt llNsN AIlesNN Fo'ff tIlnK
about the difficulties. Coming down from
the north Mr.. Rainey and Mr. Whitney
led Flip on oatmeal porTldg~ but here he
viii get CLAIMS and fish for a meal. two
birds CLAIMS one day. two-thirds FISH
another tiUst tov airy the diet Mr. Horna-
day was very much disappointed when
lips mate died two DAYS ago on the
Beothic. pair Of walruses would have
been a f1ne acquisition for the gardens:
but they're pretty proud Of Flip. lonesome
as he H.
Arctic Queen. the polar bear that In 20 be
the consort Of Silver King spent the night
in the lion house because there was no
place else to put her, but she behaved
herself fairly well. This week a polar
bear den will be built for the new white
bears. a spacious iron cage with pool and
rocks and cool retreats and one wherein
keepers need not go. IL would be suicide
10 step within the sweep Of either bears
paws, although Aleck Ferguson and his
Aurora Borealis and Greeley. There'll
be some more excitement when u comes
time to shift the King and the Queen 10 the
new den.
Whitney gift IL the most important ac-
uui4ition ever received by the New York
Geological Gardens from private sources
IL would be difficult to put a monetary
value on the polar bears. musk or and tho
other animals. but $40 600 could be spent
without getting a collection 20 approach
them. The value Of the young musk OK
IL increased by the fact that there
i a herd of them which promises well
for the future
1t isn't generally known. perhaps,-
"a id Mr. Hornaday, but a walrlIs Is worth
4 bout twice a. much a. polar bear
They're hard TO get and harder still to
~ ize Flip - easily worth sI.OO. maybe
more Now va have tho biRge-t polar
ip~ar in captivity. the largest herd 81
musk or that ever Was exhibited al any
place ~ any time. and Flip We want
everybody m New York Ia come up and
..a them
Mayb" Silver Kings da=psrat" fight
had something to DO with the size of the
rrowd Yesterday. ~ any rate upward
Il 3O.fsD people visited the zOu. and % ISL
j. considered good day IA IN. middle
q the sea-ou.
4 BH.In.ss Barometer