The Republican journal., 1877-08-09
All About Lion Tanning.

y lion tanner, with tortN-tWo rrminis~
cenccs of encounters With the beast on his
| face, neck, back, breast, and limbs. lin Is
at 143 Hudson street, N ~ He is barely
| thirty three Years Of age. is OF tar COM
| plcNlon has brown hair and moustache,
and is OF robust build. His eve Is quick
and searching: and, without intending
any reflection upon the courage OF the
| King of the forest, it may tru1htul\ he
said that Frank +, Lawson il Drawer than
a lion. Within the past ten Years nearly
all the ShoWmen and almost eNrrN lion in
| America have been introduced toIaWSon.
Lawson first made The acquaintance OF
the ilon bN scrapinG the dtns This was
when he Was travelling with James Nix
onS Circus. Later, While employed in
Attitn fortpauGhS ntnagerie, Col. Hall.
| the tanner. WAS injured. and Lawson took
I his place. The show was in Philadelphia
| i'll the time. Hall had been in Il drn With
| two lions and Two tigers, and there had
been terrible light among the animals,
! in the colla" Of which Hall had been Bit
ten on the shoulder. 1t was the first time
| that performing lions Ind tigers had been
| put together in amy American mcnaLrric.
Lawson had been in the dens before, but,
when he undertook to run this quuuette,
he was almost disheartcned For nearly
| three weeks he fought them daily. and
| was scratched and torn until lie scarcely
! recognized himself in the looking glass.
| Vt lust he succeeded in training them to
do various tricks, but he never trusted
them. Forepaugh became dissatisfied
with the almost constant Quarreling of
the beasts, and they We're finally put in
separate dens. Coz. Han never recovered
! from his wounds
| Lawson remained four Years with Fore
paugh Us the superintendent of the 700
| Logical department of the show. In the
winter he was employed in 'brcaking,"
or training the animals. -Four lions or
lloncsScs constitute a den If they We're
| young lions" continued Lawson. II used
to 90 into the den every morning With Il
broom and sweep the floor. Then the
Youngsters crouchcd in Il corner, and
| brushed them with broom This they
did not like ut first, but they gradually
became used to seeing ne, and skipped
around me like kittens | taught them
their places in the dens So that there
might be no misunderstanding between
us Each had his own place, but one of
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