| Show Aged Zoo Donkey Doke Now N ow Immortalized In History Museum NEW YORK CITY A little donkey that gave rides to children in the Bronx zoo for 19 years has been immortalized in m the Ameri Ameri- American American can museum of natural history Henceforth visitors in the hall hallof hallof i of comparative anatomy will see I it as a skeleton in motion fight fight- fighting fighting fighting ing off the thc attack a of a botfly by scratching its left hind leg with its teeth i It is the final work of ol the late lateS S. S S Chubb world author author- authority ity on animals in motion as shown by their mounted skeletons i Mrs Chubb finished the job from detailed instructions that the oste- oste I dictated shortly before his de lh Chubb also aIn aJ paa nurn- nurn I I ber bey D r 61 o an and 3 a diagrams loas is his wife in the delicate work Chubbs Chubb's entire collection of mounted specimens will remain as part of the museums museum's permanent display including his collection of bones ranging in size from point pin-point specks to five feet fe t in length and four inches in diameter Among the most famous of the scientists scientist's mounts was that of an Irish elk which he completed complete in 1897 for Columbia university His mountings of a rearing rear Dg horse and man and of a central Mongolian wild horse attacked by bya a wolf have achieved world-wide world fame Dr William K Gregory curator emeritus of Comparative Anatomy said that although Dr Chubbs Chubb's S 'S work was of great interest to all who are concerned with natural history in its many forms and to at it was of ol the lay public large particular interest to to artists and students who find the perfect specimens of tremendous value in w research and anatomical drawing |
