The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-11-09
Tanning a Tiger.

Pacific Menagsris, Museum and Circus,
| says the Detroit Free Press, who is
waiting in Detroit for the arrival of the
institution, was. on Saturday, put in
possession Of some interesting facts in
regard to the successful attempt Of A.
J. Forepaugh to break in the royal tiger
Satan" at fremont. Ohio, few days
| ago. /" Satan" AZ the animal is rightly
named, 10 one Of tho largest tigers in
the country, weighing about six hun
dred pounds, although he is but sixteen
months old. He was landed in New
York about a year since, being brought
from Bombay with number OF animals
intended for exhibition He was cap
tured when he was three months old, q
| dozen or more natives assisting in the
operation, and, although young
ster," he showed such pluck that three
of his captors were badly scratched and
| clawed. The brother of SATAN es,
capped into jungle, carrying a spear in
his side, and the mother was killed the
day before by hunters mounted on ele-
p'0'Ses "ho IoIly llltu turning
out for the sole benefit, the beast having
haunted the district for year or more,
and eating up several Of the natives.
"5atan was passenger on a vessel
called the Fair Tide. A cage was con-
structed for his special benefit, as he
was untamabIy fierce from the day Of
his capture, taking only such food as
would keep him alive. During the pas
sage, he managed one morning to eat
two Of the wooden bars Of his cage, and
made his appearance on deck to terrify
the watch into an immediate retreat up
the shrouds. Seeing nothing else to
attack, "Satan tore hencoop to pieces
and killed score of fowls. The cap
tain dared not como up from his cabin,
the watch in the forecastle were in the
same predicament, and the tiger had the
ship to himself, the vessel being with
oat . steersman. At length one Of the
men aloft managed to lasso the beast
with hayard, and he was so choked
by this operation that he was
flung into his cage like bag of sand.
The rest Of his voyage was without
event. Satan" gradually regained his
appetite. although losing none of his de
sire to dssect the body Of some human
being.
Landing in New York, he was placed
with others in temporary quarters, aud
had his first taste of Yankee flesh and
blood. A man named Mahony, who
assisted in cleaning the cages and feed
ing the animals, was one evening left in
sole charge Of the building for several
hours. Having taken glass too much,
he imagined he could tame Il tiger a.
well ~ any other man." and invited
in friend or two to see him enter "Sa-
tan's" quarters. The animal was con
fined in cage about fifteen long, with
q door at one end the height OF a man,
aud Mahony, after armiug himself with
a club, boldly entered, calculating that
the power Of lis eye would sub,,ue the
animal. 1t did't happen to be good
day for eying tigers, or else the man did
not understand the eye business, for the
tiger attacked him the moment the door
was opened, and laid him down in an
instant. Mahony had sense enough to
lie still, and Satan" after biting aud
clawing him, laid down across his body,
and allowed tho outsiders to close the
cage door. Help was then summoned,
ana by the liberal use Of spears and red
hot irons the tiger was driven to the fur
ther end of the cage and Mabony
hauled out. He was badly wounded,
and remained in the hospital two weeks
before he was able to resume work.
Last winter !" Satan" came to War.
ner's institution by urchase, and was
turned over to the care of Forepaugh a.
a subject bound to give him much trou
BILE. Every effort to tame and concili
| ate the beast had entirely failed, and
Forcpsugh was laughed at when assert
ing that he would break in the royal
Bengal when he had spare day. That
spare day did not come until last week,
when the beast tanner announced his