The sun., 1881-10-02
LJFE IN A MEM ERIE.
s,u. Of the Dangers In Training Animals
--rrcnk. or Sicious ilcphnnts.

s,u, Of the Danger, In Training Animals
Freak. or Sieinus ilcphnnts.
Scars from the teeth aud claws of tigers,
lions. and hycnas mark the face. head. and
lands Of william II. Winner tho trainer OF
cid beasts. who is now In Bnrnum's employ.
ror sixteen years Winner has lived night and
5,v with the wild beasts he has boon training,
and the familiarity with danger which led him
rtimes to 30 ,aroiess In tho presence Of tuo
taasts. has resulted in the marks thnt he will
Mar TO his grave. In 1866 while he stood talk
oeto friend too near a lions cage In this
e,y the lion reached his paw through the bars
and brought 1t down with terrible force upon
bp head The animals claws tore up the flesh
and left deep scar upon his forehead. Some
Years ago. in St. Louis. Winner enned his hand
against tho bars OF a cage containing hycnas.
and while he stood explaining the habits OF
these animals to some visitors. one hyena
snapped of his little finger and devourcd.! it,
1T IL easier 10 tame a lion than tiger" snys
Mr. Winner. They RESPOND better to kind
rsss. There is no animal equal to the tiger II
ithe genuine King among beasts. for 1t IL not
only more ;erocious thnn til" lion. out compnra-
lively stronger. OF four lions that Barnum las
il the cage with his show two were corn in cap
uyity. Sydney. the one who escaped some years
10 is named after his BIRTHPLACE. Sydnny Aus
rslia The ioness. which has two whelps now
i considered most valuable property. rs sne
i one OF the few lioncsses which raise their
young In captivity"
'"Rut many wholps are born in this country2"
True enough: hut they stnrve to death as
their mothers reluse TO sucNle them"
ia there any differences in ierocitv between
males and iema, as among wild bensts2''
In all animals ol the cat species the females
arc more vicious and dangerous than the inales"
"Have you trained any new nnimales lately ?"
"Yes. there's Beecher. the Poruah bear a
,sry funny animal unlike any other bear ever
saw 1t stands on its hind legs and =, s,icuia.es
ike a speaker. 1t mas a number OF amusing
tricks. but 1t was easily taught"
How is the Oahv elephant 7"
1T weighed $50 pounds last June. and
guess i Weighs over thousand now. 1t
weighed 2l3's sounds upon lis birth in Phila-
lYee three months old it weighed 235 pounds. We
mother weans it. We expect that it will be be-
tween, tvs, and three years. if it is not taken
"SWhat lood does 1t cat ?''
"It has never yet been fed. but Hebe its
nother1by the way; one OF the best trick el"-
mother picks out the hay Tor the bay which
minces a, 1t: But what do you think is tue
baby's favorite drinkp Being native Amer
ican YOU thins 1t Is Y in cocat tall but il Is not"
What then =
WAY. circus lemonadeI,. 1t will suck lemon
ade all day up In its trunk"
Mr.. n. H. Copeland is the keeper OF Barnum's
twenty elephants. He says that while most ami
mnls will respond to Kindness. the elephant is
such thing as affection for it's keeper with an
elephant. sometimes. alter patient TRIMMING.
they understand every command and obey it
like man. they become all at once sulky and
obstinate. In one OF thcse fits IT takes terrible
chain their feet. Join the chains to II rope. run
The rope through a block and tackle. hitch
Ss ohs sps"p BEAST to When Nh % "Hs 5S5s
they have 10 be punished with prods until they
yield. Chief is the u:iest elephant Barnum
broke out OF the line of tho street parade and
started after q countrymen who was passing In
Iwo,horse wagon. The elephant beloved
pb buGp ha
man for three miles. He caught up with tho
wagon. which he overturned into a ditch. and
captured. Chiei rebels every time he has
10 go into car. and he has to be prodded
Si!h osA steel point , before nc moyss. % Alert
tawa ast month all OF the elephants were turn
81 into ths river to bathe. and whlls Albert was
In the water he was seized with tho sulks.
When his keeprrs came about him he seized
one with his trunk and came very near drown
Ing him. Juno. one of the best-traned Of the
elephants. after u recent performances In the
ring. to take revenge upon Prof. Ars,ingal. one
OF the ring masters. sauir.ed palliul OF dirty
10 punish her steel prod was run into her
hind leg until she roared with pain.
husband Of Nine. Elise Dockriii. the bnrebaeS
rider. relates that n fcw years ago. when he was
with circus near Basle. in Switzerland. one of
the elephants became mad and. breaking
away. began to tear w everything within its
reach. No one dared capture 1t aud its mad
loaded with Srapeshot and fired into It's body.
A curious noise was heard in the cage occu-
pied by the seven anacondas and the two boa
constructors in Barnums msnaserie early ono
morning recenty and the keepers who were
anacondas had Joined forces against the two
boas. but the latter conquered. When the
smallest OF the anacondas was killed the largest
boa covered it with slime and swallowed IL
bodily: The other snake was severed and d.
vid-d between the boas. The nine SNAKES we're
led the day before on fourteen live chickens.
and the boas which had not been led for two
months. had their appetite whetted to voracity.
When the snake charmer eptered the boas at
!empted to coil about him. but he kept them
from encircling his throat and separated them
from the auacondas.