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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-03-17, Page 7Termed Wild Rhinos With Loaf Of Bread Everything was ready in Lon- don Z o o for transferring two great rhinos from one part of the gardens to another, Strong leather collars had been made for each animal, and to each cd - Jar thick ropes had been at- tached. Six men took a firm grip an the ropes, while another walked ahead carrying a bundle of hay , in the hope that the animals would . follow him. The gates were opened and the two rhinos followed the hay at a steady trot, Then they suddenly spatted the crowd of men following 411o.t, them. They began to twist and turn in an effort to get free. The attendants clung desper- ately to the ropes as the ani- mals plunged this way and that. In a short, time the ropes were entangled about the rhinos' legs, increasing their efforts to the point of terror, The keeper in charge of the ° operation took to his heels and ran, Then a man, dressed in a frock coat and top hat and carrying e large loaf, walked calmly to- wards the animals, He broke off a piece of the bread and be- gan feeding them — in no time the rhinos had calmed down. The man, Abraham Dee Bart- lett, superintendent of the zoo, signalled the others to begin pulling the ropes. As they did so he walked away coaxing the animals with more bread. From e walk, the rhinos brokeinto a trot, then into a gallop, Bartlett had his work cut out to keep. ahead of them as they cantered into their new quarters. Then, as the pair thundered after him, he dropped the bread and just managed to clamber over the • rails in time to. avoid . their charging bodies. .• No other London zoo superin- tendent achieved such fame and popularity as did long -serving Abraham Bartlett that was just one of the many scrapes he was involved In. Lacking most elf the amenities and equipment at the disposal of modern zoo officials, the problems that con- fronted him called for consider- able ingenuity and thought, But he was seldom stumped. His alert mind was usually able to cope with the most awkward of situations, Some time later the female of the rhinos was involved in fur- ther trouble. Her constant en- deavours to tear down the iron fence around her den caused her horn to grow forward. As it increased in length it projected beyond her nose, thifs making feeding off the' ground more and more difficult, It would have to be sawn off, Bartlett decided. But how? Fortunately, by this time she had become quite tame and most days on his rounds he would stop for a few minutes outside ' her cage and stroke her, head through the bars. He practised caressing her with one hand just shove the eyes, which made her close them, while with the other hand he pretended to saw the base of the offending horn with his walking stick. After about a week, when the creature seemed quite used to this ritual, Bartlett decided he could safely substitute a :small saw for the walking stick, en- listing the aid of one of the staff to keep her eyes closed. ,It, took ten minutes to get through the horn, but the rhino took no more notice of the sawing than it had done of the make-believe cutting with the walking stick. Another rhino that developed horn trouble proved much less amenable to treatment. It had diverted the growth of its horn Toy constantly driving it against the bars of its cage with the result that it curved backwards until the point began to -pene- trate the skin. Persuasion was out of the question, because this was a bad- tempered specimen. There was nothing for it but to secure each of the creature's legs with a stoutrope and draw it close to the bars, Even so it succeeded in breaking three saw blades by violently •shaking its head from side to side before the operation could be completed Another rhino had a narrow escape from- drowning, and was only saved by prompt action from Bartlett. It was a cold win• ter's morning, and .the animal was shut outside for a short time while the keeper cleared but its indoor den, Its pool was, frozen over; and both pool and ground were covered with sev- eral inches of snow, malting it impossible for the rhino to dis- Yolu'Cun Depend On When kidneys fail to remove 0x0Osa Maida and wastes, bnoknoho tired $sslna disturbed rest ofton follow. Dorld s Kidnap Pied atlmtilete kidneys to normal duty. You foal bettor --sloop bet- ter, work butter. volt enc depend 9e anDoddbl GotDodd a at any drugstore. MEG AND HER FIANCE — Princess Margaret and her fiance, i&rstony Armstrong -Jones, are shown together at the. royal lodge in Windsor, England. tinguish between the two. As it wandered around it put its feet on the ice, and its three -ton bulk went head over heels into nine feet of water. The alarm was sounded, and up ran Bartlett. Appraising the situation at once, he sent for ropes and barrowloads of gravel. The latter was put on the slop- ing side of the pool while the ropes were fixed around the r'hino's body. Now came the tricky part of the. rescue. Ta haul the animal out of the water would not be. a difficult matter, but in its extreme fright Bartlett feared it might run amok and injure the keepers who had rescued it. Some quick thinking was call- ed for if panic was to be avoided. He arranged that the sliding gate leading outof the enclo- sure should be left open just wide enough to let out one man at a time, but not a ,rhinoceros,. and the men were ordered to make a dash for it as soon as' the rhino had been hauled 'up', the slope. Unfortunately, there 'ryas a small miscalculation which could have turned the whole• rescue operation into a terrify- ing experience for everybody concerned, The first man to run . for the gate was of ample dimensions, and he became firmly jammed in the gap, leaving the other twenty-five men shut, in with a panic-stricken rhino. Fortunately, what mighthave been a disaster proved nothing• more than a frightening experi- ence, becausethe`' rhino merely stood and looked at 'the men as they released their comrade and then made good their own' es- cape—possibly his way of show- ing gratitude for the rescue! Sought Legendary "Hill Of Copper" How lucky can a humblemin- eral prospector be? • A lucky ,strike can swiftly lift him from pauper to millionaire. But in the case • of South African -born pros- pector Igr. J. A. Better, this stroke of luck drastically altered both his bank balance and: his face. A shotgun accident a few years ago resulted in Severe facial da- mage. But, though badly hurt and disfigured, he refused to abandon his hunt for precious metals, taking his wife and fam- ily to live with him in a tent to avoid -contact with other peo- ple. Southern Rhodesians spoke of him as "the faceless prospec- tor." Lured on by the legend of a secret "hill of copper" hidden in the Zambesi valley, he follow- ed. one hunch- after another. He met disappointments all the wayuntil, at last, he got the strike of his dreams, a new vein of copper. Now, it is •said, the Anglo-American Corporation. it making a bid of $1,500,000 for his claim, Whatever the final .settlement, he intends to give up his tented life Red go to Europe to have his face rebuiltby plastic surgery. Q. flow ran 1 give my eat a dry bath? A By rubbing some cornmeal into the fur of your pet, and then brushing or combing the, coat. Toward Perfection Only eleven years ago, no man had ever thrown the 35 -pound. weight more than 60 feet, Then, after . Jim Scholz of Army sur- passed the 60 -foot barrier, the record began increasing, gradu- ally, until last year Bob Backus, with a supreme effort reached 66 feet 2s inches: That was the listed world record as the A.A.U. Indoor meet got under way in New York last month. Backus's record did not last long. Onthe second .of his .six throws, Harold Connolly, who Von the 1956 Olympic hammer - throwing title at Melbourne, strained, spun three- times, .' and hurled. the 35 -pound weight an incredible 71 feet 2% inches. The 70 -foot barrier, seemingly unat- tainable a dceede ago, no longer existed, (To measure the impact of Connolly'sfeat, consider a miler running -his specialty in un- der 3:50.) "Harold's throw," said Ed Flan- agan, the Boston University track coach who has worked with both Connolly and Backus, "comes the closest to absolute (physi- cal) perfection I ever hope to see." At New York, Connolly was not the only athlete moving clos- er to perfection: Irvin (Bo) Ro- berson, a 24 -year -old Army lieu- tenant from Fort Lee, Va., broad - jumped 25 feet 9% inches, break- ing.the. world indoor. record (25 feet 9 inches) set by the great Jesse 'Owens .a. quarter of a cen- tury' ago. Roberson, who never fulfilled his potential as a foot- ball player at Cornell. Univer- sity a few years ago, seemed disappointed. -."I should have hit 26' feet," said Roberson, who did 26 feet 2' inches' at the -Pan-Am ericen . games last year. John Thomas, the 1S -year-old Boston •University sophomore Who was "too :tired . to do his best," leaped 7 feet 2 inches, • half an inch higher than his own indoor high -jump, record. Al Lawrence, an ., Austrailian. who set `the indoor .2 mile record a month ago, raced 1 miles in 13 minutes 26.4 seconds, fully ten seconds, faster than.t'he mark set x year ago by Bill DiLlinger. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BABY CHICKS TI&IE to order Bray April hrotler0, Some .started pullets available, send for llet. Dayold Am00, white and brown egg specialists, duns purpose, and broller cbteks, to order and some for prompt shipment, See .local agent May or write ay Hatchery, 120 John North, Hamilton, Ont. 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