The New York herald., 1877-11-04

HxRALD should chance 70 come across . tiger Il may
"BssidsA" a somebody ungaliantIy remarked 10 the
writer the rules for treating female tigers seom TO DO
beings" 20 that they may serve . double purpose
rR1ACHERy or WILD ANIMALS.
According 70 the best beast trainers. wild beast
lion. They all troachsrous the females generally
being more deosi.ful and dangerous than the males
the sigrsss than The tiger Kindnsss-shss Is, any.
thing but ordinary Kindness or 'civlity'-is abso-
sionaily some little effect upon lion. but really very
seldom, !ne lion ecing really surly and treacherous
But with 70 aas sSs not:
ugrsss all affection Is literally wasted. tirress ID
As likely 70 "a. you up AFTER SIX years Of attention on
doing. In all professional intercourse with wild
animals you must depend on fear-only absolute fear
Let the beasts know that you and will beat them
whom they deserve II and they will not hurt you
Never trust them for a moment Keep your eye on
thsm all the tmsnot that your eye alone will have
any effect upon them. All these stories in books
about "eyeing animals" into submission and the
power OF The human eye tho brute creation are
sheer fabrcationa And a rule the whip is the
most efhcaclous Of instruments In training sub.
DUNG Wild beast II can be used quickly and at
once and IL hurts every time SO tho beasts learn
TO dread II oven than gun-more than any.
thing save red hot bar OF iron are. II depend
said the reporters informant ethan upon myself
II wore 70 drop my whip the beasts would fancy
upoa e. ~hp h.n mo woud oon
slider the dropping Of my whip while in the
cage with my animas - almost fatal calamity.
ITO train wild animal" said Mr.. Still, 'you must
first mako his or her acquaintance from the outside,
doing chores around tho cage and getting the animals
voice. They remember voices more acutsly
than they DO faces; they are governed more
~ my oaso Sa nsa not me %
red suit thai wear when performing When en-
tered with It on the brute dd not recognize me and
would undoubtedly have sprung on me and torn me "a
pieces had not shouted to her In my ordinary tone
Of voice: She remembered me At once and sluas
YREpNa THE Ax1MA1a
"The trainer feeds his boasts and gives them wster.
These acts give MIN no hold On snsr @ gratitude but
familiar. They servo a. an introduction 20 tiger
society But you must always watch your beasts we'll
whether outside or inside the cage. In fact
thinK," said Mr.. Still, .'that you most
In danger when on the outside You do NOT
yours-they have NOT quito the same tear Of your
whip when separated from you BY tho bars, ana 50
they arc .sy 70 80 or - ns
people VINO camo too near their Cages. One young
man. doing chores around the cage not long ago, was
seized by the HAIR OF tho head by one OF the beasts
and nearly scalped. Another had his arm broken BY
awronch.
beasts accustomed to you. your next step is 70
train them their tricks These tricks are very
SIMPLE. but they require good deal OF time and
good deal OF Whipping to accomplish.
"The lions the smartest Of the wild beasts. You
can train lion to do the ordinary tricks In trade
Jumping through hoops aud over gaes standing hind
legs aud SO on--n about tive weeks work.
In this timetable OF villa beasts you estimate that
Il would take lioness about week longer, and
leopard, winch comes next in intelligence TO lion,
about six weeks learn the same feats. The tiger
would take about seven or eight weeks, tgress about
eight nine wceks while you can keep on beating
and teacning hyena for about iour months before
you can do much with him.
ssTho most difficult fcat OF oil TO teaCh wild bealt 10
to teach him how 70 let you Ee on him without his
eating you. do this every pight with one Of the
tigrcsses, but sho don't like 1t bit, though she keeps
quiet enough, for II aggravatcs her inwardly."
oNR GREAT SUCCESS.
sThe great secret Of tiger tanning and ell wild
beast tanning" continued the tiger tanner, '.iica
In the whipping OF the animals-knowing Juss
when 70 whip them-and just how much You
.nsm msr either 100 little or TOO much, or whip
them without cause, II may be fatal. As tor
positively tanning Wild beast you cant DO t-espe-
cially tiger. Ono Two men may have moro or less
influence over animal but one 10 absolutely safe
with tnem ana wild beast absolutely tanned.
as 10 It's natural ierocity, and with tiger makea
mono ut all. My animals would tear man limo from
limo after full meal Just Tor the tun OF me thing on
tore meal after Il; lact do enter IL 70 perform
Just before leedng time in tho afternoon Once vas
obliged keep tncm without food for our days. cross
Ing from England to France, and yet performed
them before l fed them the fourth day.
ON Sunday wo do feed the tigresses at ALL 70
keep them from sour stomach aud indigestion; yet on
monday before feeding time perform them The
amount OF food has very stle 20 do with their
behavior. Thirst cxcites them more than hunger.
Each OF my tigers drinks about pail OF water day
and consumes about ton pounds OF meat"
"
t,gresses, which are displayed IN hugo don In the
centre menagerie connected with the Circus Tho
four embrace pairs Of sisters, and called 70.
specttvely Pomp, very ferocious female; Baby. q
creature, .thc worst lighter OF the l0
Maggie and Clpper-Cpper being both . widow and .
moIner~-her female child beng IN . cage adjacent,
waiting 70 bo .trained' tor next ION the
road.n
|. s curious fact that the pstrs OF sisters generally
pair together, and IN any domestic rows take each
others part against the other PAIR Of sisters proving
thus that even tigerdom 'blood 10 thicker than
water" They "claw" each eshor pretty bloodily at
ttmcs and make Rome howl' while doing Occa-
sionally whom Ihey exercise they exlamporizo
regular sparring matches and jumping matches among
themselves ana turn their den into very animated
gymnasium The youngest is ten and the Oldest
Twelve years Of age.
"There is tnis difference between tiger and lion,
said our encyclo pDdia Of Wild beast loro. "A lion will
tear you out spite and temper occasionally, but
tiger attacks you oniy for sheer love OF blood. A
tigers claws too. even sharper than lions. The
le0pard's Claws less sharp. while hyena's foot
like dog's ciawless, tho hyenas strong point being,
ike scoldng woman's In the jaw"
Having now pretty well exhausted the subject VI
Wild boast tanning and training a concluding word
Wild beast tamerA THIS is much smaller tnan is gcn.
orally supposed ranging from $3.50 10 500 mouth.
CopsiderinG she risxs lite and limb these daily
take and The that there fifty OF alto
gether IN tho world, TINS would seem scanJy COM
Densaeion. But the men themselves secm satisfied,
and tEere appears 70 be q wild bizarre fascination
about wAd beast life which, like tho love OF
In ane art,sa, 10 Its own, even II 10 often its only
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