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“Caché,’ up to that time a uniformly good-na- 
tured bear, with or without cubs,—spent many 
minutes in picking up the peanuts that were 
thrown to her by Spicer, as he endeavored to 
thus entice her into the best lighted portions of 
the cage. 
Without warning, she suddenly rushed at 
Spicer, knocked him down, seized him by the 
left forearm and at once started to drag him 
into one of the sleeping-dens. Mr. Sanborn, re- 
covering from the momentary surprise, dropped 
his camera, rushed for a club which had been 
taken into the den and was leaning against the 
bar-work, and with it dashed back to Spicer’s 
assistance. By that time “Caché” had dragged 
her keeper almost into the door of the sleeping- 
den. Mr. Sanborn belabored the bear over the 
head with the club so vigorously that she quick- 
ly released her hold of Spicer, and backed into 
her sleeping quarters. 
Without waiting for assistance from without, 
Mr. Sanborn gave instant attention to the keep- 
er’s badly lacerated forearm, which was bleeding 
freely. As quickly as possible he tied his hand- 
kerchief around the injured arm, and with the 
flow of blood well checked, assisted the keeper to 
By that time the door of the den had 
been unlatched, and one of our soda-fountain at- 
tendants, William Kansky, after arming himself 
the gate. 
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with a club, pluckily rushed in and rescued the 
camera. 
Mr. Sanborn’s brave attack upon the infuriat- 
ed “Caché” undoubtedly saved Keeper Spicer, 
for the bear evidently intended to drag the latter 
into her sleeping-den. It was a case of brave 
action, without a second’s loss of time, and, as 
stated before, demonstrated the danger of enter- 
ing the enclosures of wild animals, even for an 
experienced keeper like Spicer, who knew the 
animal well and was known by her, and who had 
entered her cage on many previous occasions. 
In a previous accident, Mr. Sanborn was the 
victim, being hurled to the ground by an infuri- 
ated llama, and in an attempt to rescue the 
camera had his upper lip completely split by 
coming in contact with the lens barrel. 
Keeper Spicer was immediately removed to 
the Fordham Hospital, where he is receiving 
every attention at the hands of Dr. Alfred S. 
Taylor, operating surgeon, and Doctors Pace 
and Black, house surgeons. The bite of the 
bear inflicted upon the keeper’s forearm, two 
long, ragged lacerations, in which the two main 
arteries were destroyed. As a result of this, it 
is now feared that the thumb, and either one or 
two fingers, will be lost. 
On the whole, the loss of the two blood-sup- 
plying arteries renders the results of this acci- 
dent particularly distressing. 
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