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MOK'DAY, NOVEMBER Si, 1902. 



Costs $2,000 a Month to Rim 

 tlie Zgo Larder. 



THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOAKDEE 



Bengal Tiger and the Largest of the 

 Lions Each Consunios Fourteen Pounds 

 of Fresh Beef Daily— Dunk, the Ele- 

 phant, Devotes His Attention to Bales 

 of Kay and Bushels of Oats and Bran. 



The United S(ates ro 

 the larg-est buyers ot 



■ven 'liu lirt 1 LXpeili] iiMhin,, 1 

 VHSt ^-um which uoe.s Iroi 

 Stiites Treasury iiilo Hie 

 every month. X ncle bam comlue 

 big-gest boardms-housc m 'V\ ashm.iit( 

 every month buys food tor the i 

 yi'ards at the Zoological Park tor 

 he pays about ».i)mo, or nearly >2 



Lfltet^lic 



Tlie 



od ( 



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th 1 

 ich o 

 ■ iojnt= 



the 



with the .stacks ot 

 111. lir sh )i el di f 11) 1 m m 

 well a.s human heiiis-s that they a 

 E;rv and don't like the idea ot havi 

 ai^petites appeased so mlrequently. 

 Goes m for Quantity. 

 The biggest cater at the Zoo is the an- 

 imal with the greaiest capacity for food. 

 Dunk.- the only remaining elephant, 

 can make away with a bale ot hay 



their 



He 



11 h 



VQj'V few minute; 

 more, m spue ol 

 have it. Dunk ci 

 IZD pounds ot 

 ■hours, or one ton 

 days. In adnitio 

 'i&t his iinmins l< u 

 and mommy a laige 

 and another ol bran, 

 hosrshead ot water aui. 

 about what time dinner 



pleads for 

 hat he can't 

 •at regularity 

 twenty-foi 

 liair every twenty 



this 



u 1 itiul 1 lat 

 ■Ip then dnnks i 

 begins to think 

 will be ready. 



The sleek royal Bengal tiger is the best 

 fed flesh-eating animal. Every afternoon 

 at l:;-;0 he is given a large chunk ol raw 

 beel weighing H pounds, and this is all 

 that Is on his menu from the beginning 

 ot the year until tiie end. His aopetite is 

 always good. If he v/ere allowed, he could 

 reduce a young huUocK to a mere skele- 

 ton 111 a short time, but he is restrained. 

 I he animal experts know he would; s( 

 become unhealthy if permitted to eat too 

 much, and as a consequence, the animal 

 men say. the big tiger is almost alw: 



'I'be la- 



• be. 



? lions is allowed the 

 it given to the tiger, 

 eat. the leopards and 



.If pr 



fro 



I he 



) 10 



pounds ot imcooiied ! 



Only One Meal for Carnivoii. 



Altogether. Uncle Sam has a big .lob ( 

 his hands. He buys every month ten tons 

 of long hay. l.aUU pounds ot cut hay, 3.uoa 

 bushels of oats, and ;;u bushels ^ 

 E\'erv day the market house bil 

 i'TS pounds of meat, lati pounds ot fish. 100 

 pounds of bread, and assorted fresh vege- 

 tables, which the animals must have to 

 be kept healthy, and which must be 

 bought, however costly thoy : 



With the exception ot the meat eaters, 

 all the animals at the park are ted each 

 day at 9 o'clock in the morning, and again 

 at 1:30 in the afternoon. Ureal ca 

 taken to prevent .sickness, and the 

 ing of the beasts has been reduced 



of waiters, and measure out the p 

 • portions of food with hands ol justic 

 P-articnlar care is taken with the rr 

 caribou- prong-horned antelope, mule 

 and the one Rockv Mountain sheep, which 

 is the especial pride ot the Zoo. the; 

 mats are h.ard to rear m capiivity, and 

 thev die as the result ot the slightest 

 in.Tttention. The kei 

 ful also ot the Kodiack bear, trom Jilaska, 

 which is the only specimen m captn 



lb 



cub. The 

 the only o 

 animals at 



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