Roosevelt Standard | 1931-11-12 | Page 7 | Ostrich Bulldogged by Bedouin Riding in Auto

ostrich by bedouin riding in auto it Is possible to bulldog ostriches from the running bofird of an automobile prof A of the siebrew university at jerusalem led a zoological expedition into the syrian desert to collect specimens ot hitaj rare birds and animals the elpe i wanted to capture alive two ostriches one of the tribesmen stood on the running board of the car and bending over grasped an almost black ostrich by one of its useless hinss ns they rode past at terrific speed the big bird was so powerful that he would have dragged the unfortunate bedouin olt hi slight hold on the running board had not one of his brother arabs held him from the inside of the car in a like hold they tied the bird and took it into the already overcrowded machine and continued the chase another ostrich was nl so fatigued that it could scarcely stand a half hiers pursuit this one ans easily captured if not our slogan dr isador falk of the university of chicago who discovered the influenza germ said at a dinner party america carries on more research disinterested and unselfish than any other country in the world yet we are continually being abused tor our materialism europe Is continually declaring that our american philosophy Is summed up in the saw dont go gapin around wonder in eliy a black hen lays a egg git the egg