The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23

rr,Iists who examined him at sate s.,
distance He had upset all the uoPo
bonause scientists had declared tnal nv
eucb animal could be so created ~
the words of the farmer who viewed tne
bippopotamus they declared cfhPnaDi
colIy; .sIt's lie; there am no euem
animal Finally they called MN
Finally show people saw exhibition
nossibili,ics in HTeddy'' and he Was Wa,
purchased for touring purposes, hn5 i
rantnre was interesting After he nau
easily snapped u number OF ra"hiGo
Iariuts tossed by cowmeD about ms
shaggy neck and charged the nus
tanGs on which his wonld'be eaP,orS
were mounted, it was decided 10 resoi.
to strategy. ~, 5 rloc,s
A large cage was built ana p'aToTi
oIit ON the range on the lsland; N''
sorts of tempting grain and reed WerJ
pIaced inside Of the open cage anu
nvnrv effort made to induce the mon
stor 10 90 inside For several days ne
disdained the temptations. but hnaily
he was attracted and stepped inside
The tran was so arranged that "hoh
''Teddv'; once stepped inside ne va
n prisoner. This he did not seem "
mind until the food supply was Roue'
Then he discovered that he was prs
ouer.
Does Stunt III Show
'sTcddv'' roared loudly and attacked
the cage vicipusly. 1t was strong. hom
ever. and the protesting catalo hhaI5S
wearicd in his efforts TO get OUT Iip
was hnmled away in triumph ny CnI
sh,,v; pcople Then he was christenco
1'Boaz' and began his tour about the
country. In captivity he was measur
ably tanned. The man who brought mn
fccd and water he soon looked on as
| friend and he never protested wheh
| the keeper entered the cage. AS TAI
as can be learned no ono else ever urea
| Snectators at safe distance from th'
| cage were kept in a state OF constant
| terror by the believing, threatening
animal. -.
The exhibition tour was not imam
| cial success and on n Judgment an Og
| den man finally came IN possession o.
50 Boaz - The appetite of the monsteI
was enormous and the Ogden crcditoI
soon devoutly wished Boaz haci
with the show people, Finally he was
| disposed of to another amusement en-
terprise and is again touring the conh
| try and providing material Tor the lee
tnre of the "barker.'
The transportation of 'Teddy
alias "Boaz' from Antelope lslan'
was not the only transportation OF an
imals from the island. A number
attempts, most Of them successtui' nay
been made to ship buffaloes from IN
island Every wear or two Mr.. Dool
exchanges buffalo calves with the Mon
tana herd in order to improve the strai
of both herds In most cases thes
calves are separated by some rhse o
another from their mother when the
are very young and transported a
ouicklv as possible. Experience ha
taught buffalo owners that health
Young buffaloes as they become olde
are hard to handle.
Starves Himself to Death.
Some years ago John f. Dooly dc
cided to present the late John Spark:
governor of Nevada, with young buf
falo for his large stock farm. MI
DooIy s COWBOYS roped several youn
buffaloes. but each on finding hlmsel
taken captive threw himself headlone
breaking his neck Finally one wa
separated from the herd and driven T.
the barn yard. 4 cage was built 70
him and he was placed inside of II
Then he was transported successfully t
Governor Sparks s farm There tn
young buffalo refused to eat. \ viciou
bunt forestalled all efforts of the ranc
hands TO make friends with him. o.
the range where there was eXcellen
pasturage the young buffalo refused I
eat and soon grew so weak from star
walton that he could not stand. Still
he resisted all efforts TO make him ca
and he was finally shot to end hi
sufferings.
The buiraIoes at Antelope Island ar
theoretically in captivity. Actual.
they are as wild as their forbears whicl
roamed the plains long before the ar
rival of the white man. They live OF
the wild range and do not encroach OF
the cultivated portion of the island