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act to look upon. For twice a day from 

 April until the end of June Reno performed, 

 but by that time it was seen that he was get- 

 ting a little too heavy; every precaution was 

 taken that he did not get too much, or un- 

 suitable food, in many cases to the great dis- 

 appointment of the women and children who 

 loved to feed him. 



But in spite of this Reno daily increased in 

 bulk and one day being really too heavy by 

 this time to make the jump as lightly as he 

 should, Reno took the leap, described a grace- 

 ful curve, but came down heavily and 

 clumsily into the pool, and in so doing injured 

 his right foot by striking the bottom. In con- 

 sequence of this his jumping was stopped 

 and, on June 25th, Dr. Crandall, Superin- 

 tendent of the Buffalo Zoo, traded two 

 yearling elk for him. Reno after a time com- 

 pletely recovered from his injured foot, which 

 had not been as serious as had been expected, 

 and was used the following year in the Zoo 

 as the leader of the herd. 



Keeper James Doig was put in charge of 



