The Washington herald., 1919-05-18

Great rejoicing at the Geological
Park.
Ten OF the hitherto nameless ami
mails at the Zoo today are nicely fit
ted out with brand-new names. Sc
lected by Supt. Hollister and Head
Keeper Blackburn from the hundreds
suggested by the readers of the Wash
ington Herald
The names selected are:
Vic" for the gnu. suggested by F.
Clifford Broadbent. 1908 Randolph
street northwest.
Zero" for the polar bear. suggest
ed by Margaret Ray. 351l Eleventh
street northwest.
Pedro" for the llama. suggested
by Dorothy Rodier. 32il street
northwest.
Sultan" for the wild horse. suG-
gested by Louis Theodore, Abbott
Hotel. Washington. ID. c.
Captain" for the condor, suggest
ed by Shadrach Vaughan. X. +. ID.
No. l, Culpeper, Va.
Wee" for the puma. suggested by
Charles Kenneth Francis, 1853 Third
street northwest.
Argos" for the peacock. suggest
ed by OIGa Helma. 1873 Florida ave-
nue., and Verno Purcell, l35sia L
street southwest.
Terry" for the sea lion. suggested
by Clara Trew, 2iio Eighteenth street
northwest.
Yankee" for the grizzly bear. sug-
gested by s. Armistead Colman. I'll
Fifteenth street southeast.
fa. he r1nnEaE
by Dorothy Trittihoe. 3s2 Fourth
street northwest.
Animals Had Deciding Vote.
Mr. Hollister says that the judges
found il very difficult to decide juss
what name to select-all of them were
SO appropriate.
Finally" he said. I'VE put the
matter up to the animals themselves,
and our final selection was the result
of their choice"
With the decision of the judges. the
surprise" promised the winners Of
the Animal Naming Contest has been
sent on its way.
, The surprise" begins like this:
"One night the fairy queen had all
her fairies around her, when but
the winners of Abbie Phillips
Walkers stories for Bedtime" will
find out what happened when they
read the first story in the book
The animals who received their new
names were delighted-and the other
ten who will be named in the second
mart of the contest declared they
could hardly wait until next Sunday.
Tapir Wants Name To-day.
"Ny goodness" said the Brazilian
tapir, whose picture appears in to-
davis column. i've been in this zoo
since 1911 and it can hardly be possible
that / am going to receive name at
last.
"Back in the Municipal Geological
Gardens in Buenos Aires. where l
was born, they called me Baby but
that's hardly a suitable name for an
S-year-old tapir. ! hope these "ash-
inrton children will be smart enough
TO give me a name that ] will like as
well as these other animals ike
theirs"
AS Mr.. Brazilian Tapir finished
sneaking Mr.. Peacock strolled by and
stopped to tell him the news.
..Did YOU hear what they called
me- 80 he said proudly. II think Argos
is the prettiest name they could have
selected and it just suits me, too
~ so literary" and Mr. Peacock
nassed on to the next cage to boast
about his new name.
Names to Go on Cages.
ct am glad those other animals are
Gagged up," sighed the tapir. IF all
ten of them started coming around
this cage and talking about their
names I know | couldn't wait until
next Sunday. It's bad enough to know
they have 'em without hearing about
them all the time"
Mr.. Hollister has promised that by
next week the names selected Will be
posted on the cage of the animals, so
that the children visiting the Zoo NAV
see the name they suggested and call
the animal by il.
"Now that we have these names we
want to be called by them" the AM
mails declare. and Vie the gnu,
said he would try to kick anyone in
the future that dared to call him.
"Mr. Gnu"
The following are the napes suS-
gested yesterday:
CAMEL.
"Job." or prohibition" Ruth
Handy. 1922 Columbia road.
Hump" Donald Casterlin. 1884
Columbia road.
"Humpty," Annie Jager, 1929 Flor
ida avenue.
abraham Lincoln" Lucian STAN
ton, 1881 Ontario road.
BILLY Sunday" Annie L, Stanton.
2331 Ontario road. =.