| Show arr WORSE THAM THAN GOATS two hounion la in zo zoo A are capart 1 fitter tors resounding thuds in rapid succession greet tho ears of 0 visitors I to the zoos antelope house beng comes a crashing report and an instant later an equally deafening sound assaults the tho ear and makes the bul building dlug hum new arrivals hasten to a rear inclosure from which the racket issues this id Is the pen ane couthon la Is an animal closely resembling eem sem bling the sheep in appearance but it haa has a pair of curved horns of a size and strength that dwarf the headpiece of the biggest of rams corsica the land of vendettas vend ettas Is the home of the and it appears as it two of the species at the zoo are imbued alth ith the warring mania that has made their birthplace famous from the moment they first saw each other a ien vendetta detta war instituted to prevent the animals from battering each other to fragments a stout wooden partition separates them thi haa has only added zest to the feud and each takes a turn at picking out the exact spot on the fence behind which the nemy la is supposed to lurk and precipitates himself against it it it frequently happens that both animals strike the fence head on at the same instant and the report Is awe inspire ing aa As the partition Is of stout oak planks and the animals are gifted by nature with an armor plate headpiece sas the philadelphia record Il ecord the only damage that has resulted so co far hai been the shattering of keeper Geig geigas cs nerves |
