Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-02-12
THE TRICKS OF PUSS
A MAN WHO TRAINS CATS TO 90
MANY AMUSING THINGS.

The Ysiiss r.,s Ar. cr..,ias Quite . SEQ
s.tiea In England Ciimbiss roiss and
walking Rep~.-rr.,srai'ias With nir,s
aud MIce.
Cats have generally tssn regarded a. -
peciAlly and only u-sful Tor the pupo-s os
catching rats ami mica Tbs cat has nsvd
bccn supposed % bs an intelligent animal:
nothing like a. intelligent a. the do.
but a. . sportsman the cat |. eminenuy
nccc~fui How . four lcggs.i animal
can catch . winged blri. who has nothing
10 do % g,, away esocp, 10 ny up
IN the air. vbcrp tho cat can't follow
u, Ia rcmATkAhla Ssvathelc~, pussy may
10 sen almo-, any time In summer stealing
through the long gras, crvuching, slowly
whisking hcr tail from siis to side, now
craving forward. AMI At lat pouncing on
tho unsusT.cting bird tciorc n has tlms 10
g., IT, ~ings guing AMI rise In the air. Then
q cat viii watch ths Iaryni biri tli u So 20
II. no.;. thus rvyeAllng IL locality. vbsu puss
viii mount the tres and eat up the yOung
hiris when blri 4. -sn bopplng about
over fenos. and shnil~. ohirplng al the time.
making grpat fti- AMI sydcnily dls,rc~~.si,
The chance. arv that sonscskere hear cat 10
watching % 80 whcre the lard guss But the
bird at such tims- |. usually too sharp for the
cat, and stays away from u. boms Tor fear u
bs,Hying .is hrillRgA
TnOTrSroR TIupEMcKs' rrrx
Lately man In England has trainsi cats
lie |. professional trainer u animals, such
a. tho hor-a. tho dog. the goat o. The Iis.
lie hAs q large numlsr % oats snd has given
them Considerable attention lie Il frufe~-or
Fr~icricls Ani 70 an exhibitor % hls Ists
lie eserci-- them IN tho moruing In ths
tsck garden of hi. h0u-s, AMI fs.,i. thsm ca
cats meat. hruAd and mlk Tbey are not
e~siiy trAiBei. ami are not reliable In Isr-
formAnce. bslng Q good deal lks chilirrn.
who vii never show OF whsn s,v.ct.,i
They rvt Obstinate every nov and then. ani
the only way 10 truat them wbsn In this con.
ditiou Ia % 20 thcm r~t Irufc--r fr~isr-
ick never u-- forcs In training ,hem. ani
never thinks u whipping them kittens
can't ts traiBsi AZ lsast AL cfiort thus far
has failsi, and substantial mlliIs Ag~i oAts
Aro usually taken Cor the purs-a he
trvubls sith kittsns Ia that thsy Arp too
playful In tsing Tsibsi they thihk tie
trainsr wants to play ami dout consider tbs
matter al al -rioaS Every hoy or giTl
Knows that ls.-nns can't h. learned without
-urious attoniion. but ss The httsn dCs~nt
rvalins this bs never can loaTn
A. I'rOfe~.r frwisricks' IsrfurmAncs ths
cat. fri climb q Iola one would suytu-s
that tbsrS woui b. ~ ne~i 30 teach q cat 10
climb pols that u wUal tsdoDs naturally.
hut u u Boi simply the climbing. bui tho
ooatrul u the cats m0vctnenis after u gvts
cot q iis mAsiers ruach ltserTsci.i % 40
90 the top u the pole. but whethcr u rvachss
that T-nini defsnds entirely ca IL Inclination.
Tbcu q cat "a male io wAA tight rOfs
Consi,iering The elevated Tsaks - roofs and
giliy guiicn cat vii tTavsrs Ia dark
night, ons wOuldnt suppc-s walking tight
rUts to - very difficult 700 fur H. In this
cA-s, a. In climbing. Tho training 70 In The
Cat walking the rOps under sIsciAi instrpc-
tionx
slofsr, IL traln.l 10 walk tight ruTs strcwn
with mics AMI canary biris lie lift bis feet
dsfily over the mios and the birds ani
mAks tho return journey With nous 90
ks hack
IL Il generally suppn-~i thA, al cat. are
fond q mice and htrdz Ths u NJ, true.
one cat IN eight doesn't carr for either. A
ctrrt1as incldeni occurrUi AZ ons u the Tro-
fe.-urs exhibitions rccsntiy A cat Who vas
performing. yisliing b q isTnptAtiou quite
natural a. oats tsni his bad AMI caught
rat Ia his mouth A wurd 10 the wiss u IF.
ncieni, and. ths cat tsins wi-c, upon wori
from tho prufc-r drvH~i The rat Tho
boxing cats Arv an attractive feature They
stand co thrir hind lqss facing 0ns an0tbsr,
On two chair, and Eight quits s-ieniihcally.
cars nAvt No ATrrCrioS.
Portugue-.s cats make the t--i performers
In ilsbon they tAks a grvat Interest In cats,
frum their t.lng The msans u k~plng The
s,rc.ts clsar u mice, which would oiherviss
rcailly gv, fco,boh thor. AL the cats In
i-Lslun have lean apI.aTance, from tsing
engAgyi IN mics hunting. Black cats learn
easlsst, and uuly cue cat In thrvs can 10
tralns.i At all Prufs~or frvicricu' hr;
move IL 90 teach tho cat 10 ~ up AMI bes:
then they must crr-p through chairs and
crawl over the tacsz After that they walk
Acru-s tho siAge ca ehamTsgns bo,iles
Tho prufosor holds tbs view q many $50
PIE that cats have no affection az al, though
they are - foni % a single locality. They
DO AZ tins. show signs q affection. though
nothing hks tho dog or the hors> Still, .
cats affection 1. largely dsT.ndsnt ca bsins
fei regularly To make = cat psrform In .
priyats room Ia quite another thing from
making u perform bsfors an auiicnos sull,
cat. can h. trAinsi 81 care little about an
audience and 10 gSt over stage fright, and,
like actors AMI actr~~<~. they very easily ~,
u-ei 10 applau-, though Il Is no, as-crisi
that the cats, when once used to u, pine for
Il, and grumhls about want q apprcciAtion
whcn they don't gei IL
But II a stranger crosss- the boards when .
cat Il performing tho animal viii Tauss and
loos round at him inqgistiyely, Ike Thco-
dors Thomas, n INTERRUPTED when leading kls
orchestra Irufe<-r fr~iericks' influence
over animals Is a natural gift lie onco 10
longed 20 a circus company. One day the
Ion tansr. when about 10 enter the Hons
oage for a performance. scratched his face On
a nail, which drVw blood knowing the
effec, of blood on lions, be declinci 20 enter
tho cAgs and put tho lions through their
pAccS Ths audience wcrO elAmorous, and 10
was neco-Ary 10 provide some one to anus
them with tho liOnA
rrrisricks, who bal never tAmei lions 90
had anything 20 do with them, entered the
cage and went through with the performance
lIo said afisrward that be was only nervous
upon opening the door % the caga Once
inside be knew hs had coutroL When ssksd
What he would have done had the lions at
tAckod him. he replied, Nothing; could
oaly stand still and 10 eaten I'LL somebody
outside had Got the rui bot runs ready" ="
The professor, however, gave up having any
thing 10 do with Iona Lis wife naturally
wUrriei about bis entering the cage 10 hs
! turned his attention 90 cats and nnds Lis
feline performances very profitable e-fhila-
dslphia Call