Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-24

already christened him. his education will |
begin to-day, no doubt. TO tit him for the
serious work of gathering pennies for his
master instead of berries for himself Ma
teo and his master will eat and sleep to-
gether for many years probably, as the
ring-tail is very hardy monkey, This
companionship undoubtedly facilitates the
training process considerably"
SIS the monkey trained by the use of
kindness or fearp' said the reporter.
Both was the reply. IF the mon
key is wild and ugly the first thing TO be
done is to take all the fright out of it To
attain this result hunger is the Italians
iirst resource. The better and more hui
name method, however, and the one giving
the best and most permanent results Is 70
break the monkeys spirit by rendering 1t
entirely helpless and unable to harm or
resist. This is done with the help of ropes
and gags. In this condition the monkey
worried and irritated until it arrives at
a condition bordering ON frenzy. A state
of weakness and depression ensues, all re-
sistance ceases, and the animal allows it.
self to be handled AS soon AS this point
is reached the severity of the treatment Is
lightened and by degrees the animal is
fondled and finally released. In nine cases
out of ten this treatment is effeetual in
making the monkey lose all its former
L g naming
chicken"
s'Does not this treatment weaken the
monkey?'
mo. 1t does not seem to effect its
strength in the least. Besides the italian
is careful not to injure what is so valuable
piece of property TO him. Having broken
the monkeys spirit, it is now the trainers
! business to make friends with Mateo. This
he does by giving it candies and nuts and
by caressing it. Should he then return
| to insurbordination, the monkey is quickly
pulled down to the floor by means of a
rope reeyed through a ring in the floor and
fastened to collar around the animal 5
neck. Then switch is brought into play
until it is glad to submit. !"
Having passed through the a bc's,
what is the next step in the education Of
the ring tail?''
.'The next step, said Mr.. Reiche, lis
to make it come when called. This is q
very important part of the training as it
gives the master full control Of the ami
mails. The collar around the monkey
neck is made to fit closely, and the edges
are usually sharp, so thata jerk upon the
rope fastened to the collar causes pain.
The man walks away from the monkey a
short distance and calls itby name always
repeating the word number of times,
and each call giving the rope slight jerk.
At each tug the monkey draws nearer and
nearer, because the collar hurts its neck,
until it is close to the trainer. when it is
. taken up and fondled. This process is re-
peated for many days, increasing the
power Of tugs on the rope If necessary,
until the monkey will come after the first
pull. 1t will quickly learn to identify the
call with the pain at its neck, and come K
its master as soon as it is called in order tC
avoid the pain it anticipates"
.Mateo is now in his a-b-ab's. What
4 comes next?"
1.-THE next move is the reverse of thu
first; that is, teaching the monkey TO leay'
:, the master and go where hidden at a Ger
tain command or in obedience to wave o
, the hand. This is accomplished in mucl
y the same manner as related above, will
= the difference that the string OF rope i
reached through pulley fastened in tn
y wall. The master places himself will
= the monkey at the wall opposite the pull
u lev. having the string in his hand. ii
= then raises his hand and pointing In til
= direction of the pulley, gives the rope
~ tug. which naturally draws the monke
u toward the pulley. In a very short tim
= the monkey learns to run off at the way
~ Of the hand. Pulleys are then attache
- along the different walls and the rope FIRE
y ouently changed from one to the other
u This will at first bewider the monkey an
y he will often run off in the wrong direC
y ton, only to be checked. The hand of tn
Z master always being pointed in the direC