44 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



Zoo. Pete had on several occasions shown a 

 disposition to be restless and it was thought 

 better to take every precaution. 



Among the workmen employed to make this 

 fence round the bear pit was an Italian, 

 Angelo Natalio, who, anxious to show his fel- 

 low workmen how brave and fearless he was, 

 climbed down from the top of the pit and 

 stood on what are known as the "safety 

 hooks," which are iron hooks turned down- 

 wards to prevent any chance of the bears get- 

 ting out. "When standing on these hooks he 

 would tease the bears, a most dangerous and 

 foolhardy thing to do. 



As he was doing this one day Dr. Crandall 

 came along and at once ordered him up, tell- 

 ing him if he ever found him there again he 

 would send him going for good. At the same 

 time Dr. Crandall called the attention of the 

 contractor to the matter, telling him that 

 the men did these things at their own risks, 

 that there was not the slightest need of any 

 of them going down there and that the 

 authorities would not be responsible. The 



