The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-09-15
How Elephants are Trained.

The following IS fra2 netroi, paper;
49, Baby Auuie.' exhibited On Friday and
Saturday in this city, is IS popular and well
known =S the majority Il human actors, who
tread the boards instead Of the szNdzs; ring.
LAKE them she srdc&v0rS 70 please. and in her
wSy feels ehssTin as deeply when she fails TO
reoeive the Appreciation believd to bs aerite5.
She i nov ave wears cid. and. though far irOra
her teens. Is nevertheless pretty ceOd lump
e body. weighing lSoe Poauds. Her history
has beSa esre;ally kept. and Mclaughlin. her
trainer, eNn tel yea everything about her.
- At the tine of her eSptsre she Vas only
toe years cid but Smith. the eSp;or, assisted
By party II Africans and dogs. found her as
hard 10 control IN her infancy as most women
ARK ST mature age, After = few weeks train
ing she wSs started for the east, eiSai hun
drel rziles away. aad Kenyon has yet in his
cages I've large hyenSs that RIDE in baskets
sung ove= Mss Aunie's hack. Her cost in
New Yerk WAS SSoo0. and 81 the tine Of her
purchase she mas the smallest elephant in this
country, and 5 SIN the oaly genuine African
elephant Though she has never been hari
pushed 70 ties; her endurance On the roSi, she
ouee sOek stretch Of f0rsy-two miles over the
roeky r0Ais Of Pennsylvania il eleven hours,
xad showed nos the lesS; si-n of exhaustion.
Miss Anaie is model fe@Sle-one Of the
cid sshool. and would IS Soon tvist her head
q VIII her truak IS to harm human being
who treated her eosrteoasly. Las; winter. in
her quarters 81 Phils6elphiS. she exhibited
love and hate n very singular manner. Ne
Lazsalia had i@bibeS rather freely. and. re
turning % the bArn, 20; into dithealty uiih
: policeman, who Vas bent On ArreStins hisn.
he e,p had besn SrVGni the barn good deal.
and vas somewhat acquainted with the ele-
plant The trainer fed 10 the bArn. and get
ting behind BABY refused 20 submit 10 ar
rest Tie N P boldly advanced 20 bring him
cut. when the elephant thrust him aside with
her trunk. This was repeated several times.
the trainer eaeszrxsiaE her. vixen the police-
EAR gave Al angry blow with his baton. zni
sosSht 10 push By. Blowing her shrill trum-
pet, BABY caught hin around the waist and
giving hin s strong vhirl. deposited the
fsishteaed blzeeoA; in = barrel Of oats thirty
fes; away. As he hSd 10 Instructions 70 ar
rest elephants. and soGll no; arrest the man
without her, lie concluded not to press matters
further.
At another tize last sumner. during hot
night. MeLazshlin lay down beside Baby on
a bale Of hay. and soon fell asleep. Near him
Was tie sSgevf the Bengal tiger. = fierce and
animal, aud treSeheroas 10 the
get his paws =. fsll length under the bars, and
On the morning Of that very day be had thus
Eivea his UnSGsPeeting keeper = stroke with
his claws that tore open the mans cheek IN =
horrible manner. Restless, MeLAas hlin rolled
about. and the eyes CT the tiger glistened IS
he saw the body coming nesrs- 70 his cruel
claws. At length, just as one Of the keepers
entered the door, the trainer rolled down so
near that the tiger reached out and caught his
clothes With : savage suarl he vas straight
erins hack for pull, 70 get the flesh under
his nails, when tia elephant, Who hSi also
been sleeping, lose Up 81 the groEl, and see
ing the situation At glance, rushed forward,
before the nan !. the door had scarcely ad-
vsneei step, and with blow Of her trunk
made the tiger le; 20 his hold and scream with
pain and fury.
- Since her capture she has increased seven
hundred pounds IN weight and six inches in
height Three years ago she had not sign Of
5 task noE she has iTories SIX inches long,
azi growing finely. In the sumner, when the
weather Is dry. she gets bath AZ every creek,
and her trainer gives her dozen pals Of Wa
ter over the back, # standing long II the tent
Ab0at tniee year she gets six gallons OF lin
SEED Gil rubbed over her skin without il the
hide would get 80 dry as 70 feel and sound like
= Nr-1- ~ = . N-e--SA u
eats ard one hundred and fifty pounds Of hay,
snd she drinks, if moderately thirsty, twenty
rzils OF water al time. As stated, she Is
ye-y doeile. uinding readily, Il she under
stands Via; i wanted Doing wrong, through
ignorance. lst her trsiner bless her eyes
little, snd BABY shows a. much sorrow IS $
infant As this u her third season,
the person must be sharp who can impose On
Der worthless gift About four weeks ago
uAu gave her stick Of candy which had been
soaked for some tine II tobacco juice Seem
ing not to mind the joke, BABY waited lit
ils- AID When the joker hzd almost forgotten
he ineisent she took Up huge piece Of liver
wing near the cage Of lions. and sent the mass
I'LL against the fellows breast, knocking him
ioEn, zad altogether spoiling the bosom Of
bis white shirt and his ideas Of superior smart
ness"