48 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



a hotel keeper on Long Island when quite a 

 cub and brought up as a pet. He was treated 

 so much like one of the family that a chair 

 was always set for him at table and he was 

 made to sit up at meals and behave like a 

 gentleman. He was allowed to run about the 

 house and grounds, and was friendly with all 

 the people he met. But in time, when he 

 grew bigger, the guests began to object to 

 being met at the threshold by a large black 

 bear and, when Caesar began to grow some- 

 what rough in his ways and capers, it was 

 considered wise to put him away before he 

 did any damage. 



Accordingly, a letter was sent to the Di- 

 rector of the New York Zoological Park of- 

 fering a young black bear as a gift if he 

 would send and fetch it away. Thinking it 

 was only a small bear, the keeper journeyed 

 down to Long Island with an ordinary sized 

 packing case and found the bear was nearly 

 twice the size of the packing case! Nothing 

 else could be found large enough to hold 

 Caesar, so the keeper had to go all the way 



