FANCIERS’ JOUR 
481 
F363 
BIRD 
AND 
POULTRY EXCHANGE. 
VOL. I. 
PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 17, 1874. 
No. 38. 
W E herewith 
present an 
ill ustration 
of the Boar Pits, 
designed by C. P. 
Chandler, and built 
on the grounds of 
the Zoological So- 
ciety, of this City. 
They are very 
strongly built, of 
p o i n t c d stone 
work, iron, and ce- 
ment floors; and 
in the centre of 
each pit is erected 
a very strong cedar 
pole, on which the 
bears amuse them- 
selves by climbing, 
and it is not unusu- 
al to see them fast 
asleep in the forks 
of the cedars. The 
pit nearest the 
front of the picture 
contains one Griz- 
zly bear, twenty- 
two months old, 
purchased by the 
Society in Omaha, 
and is a magnifi- 
cent specimen of 
that variety. Pit 
No. 2 contains 
three Brown bears, 
oneCinnamon,and 
one Black bear, all 
purchased in Oma- 
ha. The bears in 
the pit are all 
young and not 
quite full grown. 
Mr. Horan, super- 
intendent of the 
Garden, informs us 
that it is thought 
by many Natural- 
ists that the Brown 
and Black bearsare 
all one, and that 
the Brown is mere- 
ly a sport in color. 
Pit No. 3 contains 
one pair of Black 
bears, male and fe- 
male, purchased 
from John Young, 
in Utah. There is 
also in different 
parts of the ground 
three Black cubs, 
chained like dogs, 
which are very 
tame and playful, 
two of which came 
from the White 
Mountains, and 
the other from Ar- 
kansas. The pits 
are planned with 
great skill for the 
comfort of the ani- 
mals, and ease and 
convenience of the 
management, and 
the keepers find 
them to be all that 
could bedesired for 
tho purpose. 
The Gardens 
were opened to tho 
public on the 1st of 
July, and during 
that and the fol- 
lowingmonth they 
were visited by 
over 95,000 people. 
BEARS IN COLORADO. 
INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH A GRIZZLY. 
The mountain-ranges of Colorado are very well supplied 
with bears ; and, during the fall of the year, when the plums 
and grapes are ripe, it is nothing unusual to stumble upon 
a dozen or so of the brutes in half-an-bour’s walk. There 
are three distinct species : the common brown or black 
bear — who still maintains a precarious foothold in many of 
the Eastern States, and is hunted with much ceremony — 
the cinnamon, and the genuine grizzly. 
The cinnamon chap is about the color of brickdust, and 
his fighting weight ranges all the way from eight hundred 
to one thousand pounds. He is a supple, active brute, and 
inclined to be a genuine coward. Meet him in a secluded 
place, and he will skulk oft' with his tail between his legs, 
like a coyote ; but he is apt to prove a dangerous customer 
when wounded and brought at bay. Then he assumes the 
