CHAPTER IX. 



A FEW HOOFED ANIMALS 



Reno, Elk ; Duke, Eland ; Jack, Donkey. 



AT the Pan American Exposition in 1901 

 there was a large diving elk which at- 

 tracted a great deal of attention and which, 

 before the season was half over, became quite 

 a celebrity. This elk went by the name of 

 Reno; with his two companions, also fine elk 

 but not so large as himself, he had been per- 

 forming in London and Paris for over a year. 

 Just before the Pan American Exposition 

 the Bureau of Animal Industry requested 

 them to come to the Buffalo Zoo, and all three 

 arrived in fine condition, having been shipped 

 in bond. They had to be kept in quarantine 

 for sixty days and, once a week during those 

 sixty days, the Inspectors from the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry came down and carefully in- 

 spected all three animals to be quite sure they 

 were not infected with any contagious disease. 



