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Show !M mm of ; I UK 0BT1E0 American Museum of Natural I Histor' Brings 1,300 Speci-I Speci-I mens, Weighing 8 Tons iN'cw York. March 9. The biggest ! collecion of mammals ever taken out for Mongolia 1.300 specimcnts, woigh-j woigh-j ing more ihan eight tons has been 'brought from that country by the second sec-ond Asiatic expedition of the American Amer-ican Museum of Natural History, it was announced today by Roy Chapman Andrews, associate curator of mnm-malorgy mnm-malorgy of the museum and" chief of tho expedition. besides the collection, Mr. Andrews brought word that Mongolia la, "one of tho coming countries of the world" in natural resources in wool, cattle, spruce, mining and furs. Americans Should Wake Up "Americans should wake up and get into Mongolia." declared Mr. Andrews "At present the British, working witn the Chinese government, are leading the way." The Mongolian "probably will be, robbed of his land like the Indian," Mr. Andrews said. The race seems to jbe dying out, lie added, j Speed of Antelope Timed I Mr. Andrews told of .tho liming of the speed of antelope by automobile chase and rpecdonielcr records by which it was demonstrated an antelope can run al CO miles an hour at top speed for two miles, then drop to 5U miles an hour for two miles and then to 35 to 10 miles an hour lor an almost indeflnte period. He said he ran one antelope 40 miles an hour for 20 miles and then it quit out of "ouriosity," as jit 'never before had been chased so jlcng. When lie examined the animal i was not winded. |