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and, after a terrific struggle and many at- 

 tempts on the part of Reno to get at Doig 

 again, the elk was finally beaten back; Doig 

 was taken out of the yard and sent to the hos- 

 pital where he was found to be very severely 

 injured. But he was an exceedingly plucky 

 fellow, and had recovered and was at work 

 again in about three months' time. Describ- 

 ing his injuries afterwards he said : 



"I had three breaks in my left arm, my 

 right eye was injured, the nerves of my face 

 were paralyzed for over four months, and I 

 had two teeth broken which do not count." 



After this Reno was never the same ani- 

 mal again; indeed it was difficult to realize 

 that this snorting, angry, vicious brute was 

 the creature who, only a year ago, had been 

 one of the heroes of the Pan American 

 Exhibition and a great pet among women and 

 children. He gave considerable trouble for 

 two whole months, and a great deal of anxiety. 

 The keepers and men in attendance on him 

 had some very narrow escapes. Eventually 

 he became so dangerous to men and other ani- 



