Show DOCTOR MA MAY Y RESTORE RESTORF SIGHT OF BLIND SEAL I SAN FRANCISCO Feb 22 JP- JP Blind d for tor two years Ginger aw swam m gracefully in his tank here t today oday day while his owner and an eye specialist prepared for a delicate operation which they hoped would restore the sight of the trained zeaL seal For years the se seal l was a star performer performer performer per I former with several of oC his f fellows in ina a spectacular act net in which they caVorted cavorted ca I with comely girls who dived into a big tank Ginger whose home origin originally Uy was In the waters of off southern California toured tomed the world after joining the troupe and quickly learned the stunts taught him by his owner owner II H HV W. W Win Winton stem ston Then tra tragedy edy struck While return returning ing to this country from Holland an accident befell Ginger aboard a boat One eye was injured d accidentally and blinded Some omo time later lateE hc o other ether eye also aLs became sightless and Ginger no longer was as able ble to perform with his seven fellow seals and th the diving girls At the time of f the accident nt Ginger W was about 10 years old having been captured when he was a little fellow only 2 years old off oU Santa Barbara Cal T After losing his sight the seal seemed to make his way around through instinct or r perhaps a sense ense of ot smell He lIe knows my voice and follows me me mc around around said aid Winston Perhaps he be does this this- thisby by instinct or b by smell But of course he hasn't been a able lc to perform since losing his his' sight I have never ne heard of an operation opera tion lion to restore the sight of a seal but Dr Arnold S. S Chaimov eye ee special 1st became interested in the case e and we are going coing to make an effort soon to restore Gingers Ginger's ability to see ace |