156 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



Reno was a particularly fine specimen and 

 exceedingly gentle and tractable for an elk, 

 but the close confinement was not to his lik- 

 ing and he was evidently, greatly pleased 

 when, the quarantine over, he and his com- 

 panions were allowed a little more freedom. 

 In April, 1901, Reno and his two companions 

 entered the Pan American Exposition, and 

 here, for some time, Reno was quite a hero. 

 He was so tame and good tempered that he 

 was driven in a cart round the Exposition 

 Grounds; women and children stroked and 

 petted him, and it was a great wonder at 

 this time that he was not killed by the 

 kindness of his many friends, for it would 

 certainly have needed the digestion of an os- 

 trich to dispose comfortably of all the dainties 

 offered him in the shape of food. 



These three elk did a most wonderful div- 

 ing act. A pool was provided for them which 

 was ten feet deep. The elk were taken to a 

 high platform fifty feet from the ground and 

 dived from this distance into the ten-foot 

 pool, a truly wonderful feat, and a graceful 



