50 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



Snow, the big Polar bear, who killed the mate 

 provided for him, as Lopez the jaguar did 

 his, but in a totally different way. Snow had 

 lived alone for some time. He is a fine speci- 

 men, standing about fifty inches in height, 

 seven feet two inches in length, and weigh- 

 ing about 800 pounds. He had always ap- 

 peared a normally dispositioned Polar bear, 

 and had lived a seemingly contented life. 



But last spring (1907) when Mr. Hagen- 

 beck brought over a fine young female Polar 

 bear for the Park, he suggested at once that 

 she be put with Snow as a companion. Mr. 

 Hornaday, the Director, did not at all ap- 

 prove of this suggestion. -Polar bears are 

 costly animals and, he concluded, after his 

 experience with Lopez, the jaguar, it would 

 be better to let the young Polar bear live by 

 herself than run any chance of being killed 

 almost as soon as she arrived. 



Many arguments and pursuasions were 

 brought to bear upon him, while Mr. Hagen- 

 beck assured him there was not the slightest 

 danger of Snow killing the young bear; he 



