Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1914 — Leopard Bites Chunk From Leg of Manicure Man [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Leopard Bites Chunk From Leg of Manicure Man

"At EW YORK. —Bill Snyder, head keeper of the Central park zoo, had a piece il bitten out gs his left leg by a leopardess the other day. Bill cauterized the wound with pure carbolic -acid, bound it up, and proceeded to trim the

leopard’s claws. Flanked by two deputy keepers, Bill went to the leopard house with ropes, nippers, a file, soothing lotions, and a big bag fastened to the end of a pole. The procedure in manicuring the claws Of a member of the eat tribe ts to slide the bag over the animal’s head and_ bind its legs with ropes. Bill entered Kitty’s cage with Ihe bag. Kitty retreated to a corner, and crouched so flatly on the l>ottom of the cage that Bill Couldn't slip the bag over her nose. He walked up to Kitty with the intention of grabbing her by the back of the neck and yanking her up until there should be room for the bag to go under her chin. There are few persons who would think of picking up a leopardess by the loose skin oh the back of the neck —and Bill is one of the few. Incident-

ally there are few “cats” that will stand for such treatment, and Kitty is not one of these. So she reached out and nipped out a chunk of flesh from the ■calf of Bill’s leg. ? "’• - 'y The two deputies Jumped into the cage with clubs. They fought the leopardess off and after a struggle succeeded in binding her hind legs and securing the bag over her head. -