Show A 1700 Pound Baby Hippopotamus There was a commotion in the Central Park menagerie yesterday afternoon on account of an unusual addition to the population A 1700ponnd hippopotamus hippopota-mus two panthers and a team of pretty amiablelooking hyenas rolled majestically majesti-cally up to the managerie and became permanent residents All but the hippopotamus hip-popotamus announced their arrival by a series of roais and yells which made the elephant shiver They came from Europe in the steamship Elda Murphy the young hippopotamus resembles the famous potato of the same name in shape and color and is fond of patatoes During the first three days of the voyage voy-age the ungainly hippopotamus was very sea sick The steamer rolled and he did likewise until it was feared that he would roll himself out as flat as an opera hat He groaned and refused to eat although he drank huge buckets of water which were poured down his throat with a hose On the fourth day he began to eat Bushels of potatoes onions cabbage bundles of hay and oats disappeared as fi DV magic Two men were kept busy feeding him A number of people gathered on the wharf to to see the animals lowered from the ship Many fled when the hyenas began to remonstrate with heir full octave voices Apparently the animals did not relish leaving the steamer They were transferred to several large wagons which were in waiting and carried across the Hudson by a Christopher s reeL ferry Murphy the 1700pound hippopotamus hippopo-tamus will occupy the cage in which the massive Bombi his predecessor occupied It is predicted by the keepers that that he will be ome a prime favorite with the children who can stick pins in him if They wish without his knowing anything of it His hide is one and a half inches thick Murphy is only 5 years old He was caught when a baby of 8 months in a jungle At that time he weighed only a trifle over 250 pounds Inside of a year his weight and size will probably increase over 30 per cent New York Morning Journal October 17 |