The sun., 1889-03-31

forefoet, aud was trying to get his. head
through the opening over them. And he all
that fitted at lightning like speed through The
reporter's brain in that second OF time would
Iio moved only q little. but enough to escape
the threatened danger, only to look the other
way and find the whole tiger household up on
their little grecnIsh yellow eyes emitting s.in-
iiiations q Lale light. and their cruel white
nEs tho aWs avs In anger aag
excitement From tho nose OF the bad tiger,
h t5 second h TO .hs
was Just forty-two inches
Midway between these stood tho reporter.
dodRinR hither nd thither to escape the mus
cular paws as they were thrust through be-
tween the iron rods In the door. In an ondeavor
% rsah him ana rSnd him m6 from mS %
ally let slip the bolt on the bad tigers door In
ferocious animal SO far succeeded In bis oiIort
to yet at the reporter ms to force the doors Jar
inward and part them sufficiently TO get his
heavy rawhide In tho Superlntendents hangs.
The bolt shot 70 place, and the reporter shot
out the instant the outside door was opened.
The first lesson In lion and tiger tanning had
been success. and the reporters are now, con-
ness in short time. II they want to-but they
don't want TO- IT was such an experience as
per man, so far as the s6owmen know, It was
exciting IN tho extreme. hazardous and per-
haps 1oolhardy. but 1t was done In precisely the
manner as narrated above. in every detail
TALKS WITH OLD suowMEN ABOUT THE ADvEN-
TuREs OF THE EVENING SUN REPORTERS.
y lnileyn,s show were great attraction last
night. Thousands Of persons gathered in front
Of them who had read Of tho daring adventures
OF the two EVENING SUN reporters who yolun-
tarily entered the Cages and "inleryicwel' the
animals on Friday afternoon. The crowd talked
the men who had dared tho lions and tigers IN
their dens The men connected with tho cir
Hundreds OF people Piled them with questions,
but the circus men said that tho story as told
in The EVENING SUN was, a full and absolutely
sons connected with tho show yesterday about
Mr. JAMES Baey the p partner rtd Of feGpist Bsr
opinion.
.Ineyer heard Of such thing being done
never he done again in this show. nave given
orders to that effect When we are in winter
and tigers. Whom they 20 into the cages first
we have a lot of men stationed lust
irons. and other weapons to beat the animals
Of If they should attack the man in the cage,
he Gd not haze ANYTHING T defend
cigarettes. Thers was Was mo no 'pTs preparntiun
Of any kind Rad bsr the
would have been Killed instantly. The idea Of
green men going into those cages is terrible
any consideration. Nothing nI Gould induce lee me me
to go into one OF those cages with George
c"nSn or fnYp9dy Ham;on :en fold
that two reporters wanted to go into tho cages
never supposed for an instant that they really
H0hsns 60 s1sS % ssy 01n5 1an
TO- Il / had Thought they meant. business, I
never would % hHye % FiyeIn my consent. Thnt only
stuff The EVENING SUNreporters were made OF.
Hereafter il there should be any man. news
his lie BY going into a den Of wild animals he
will have 10 do II outside of this show. don't
want his blood on my hands and have taken
ance. | consider that those reporters have had
q wonderfully lucky escape. and to save my
i.de III. cannot mot understand how they managed to
William II. Winner, the veteran lion and tiger
n ,n ers ed :,
newspaper men.
Il never heard of any newspaper men at
cons dor that they ran an. awful risk. The
lloness in that Gag. there, is a. rattle
tviy Sear She is s very gT' exetable eH M fn, and
you can't depend upon her at all; Some
Ss Whoyns ssS sSs r.n9.s ana a
won't into that don stepped inside the door he !
took yerv long chances. SO did NIr. Conkin. |
Of course the animals might behave fairly |
well: then again they might not. and the
'nulceS were IN 1aNDr OF Inc latter.
No reporter ever tried that feat before and
doubt Il another will ever try it, It's a very
sh and Gt 6es did it and of
and get oa, alive but hey en red it nsan
might be fntal. They might be torn too, ,shleds
Fouldp II have risked taking them in there. for
he animals might have got ratified and at
acked mo as well as the reporters.
But those tigers are tho bad ones. They
Ire treacherous and, terocious. to a high de-
;+Iee. and you can't depend on them a minute.
lot think of taking a stranger into their den.
think the adventure OF those two reporters
must have been very exciting to them, and it
Y hat they haye since found out by experience.
We been a lion tanner for twenty eight years
ever did hear OF such doings before. Ii was
eItRinly Il nervy act on their part"
Henry Bar Barnnm, ns who who has grown row gray haired
% into either Of those dens tor 100. He
avs that the longer man is with a show. tho
hat nothing would induce him TO take the
isks the reporters took. 10 considered it
1T'nG, Wi; but ioShardy tn th,ng Gtl tS d. o,
rainer. said:
Wien oh saw saw those boys go into the dens
hrek al y y nyI @n ant ws eN!eeeeG 6e ns to ear
shing action OH the part OF reporters / ever
esrd of, and it certainly mover was attempted
sor naf den o or Ss% iSn ySE ssfs TEG@an noT
he reporters personally and we'll They are
be boys who rode my big elephants Gyr and
ritz In tie parade, and are the first newspn-
er men who ever rode them. Fritz is a holy
srror when he gets frightened, and II he runs
Id Gyp follows, l told them all about this
nd tried 70 dissuade them from going,
ut they didn't scare worth cent
'hen ! saw they were determined
, 70 i said nothing more. but
tell you was uneasy every minute until we
OF back to tho Gardsn, At Sixth avenue and
ortieth street. where tho elephants started to |
tampede. hey sat as coolly as Arabs and
ever squealed But another reportcr fled in
srrOr ut the mere sight of II camel lie had been
electedto ride, and got out of the Garden
efore the, procession started When
10 boys told me they we're going into the lion
nd tiger CAGES, | d INT say y word, for
srous thing. and ! wouldn't do 1t for four
arnmm shows. | wonder what they'll be at
ext -
One Of the elephant attendants. who was
resent when THE EVENING sun man entered
le cages. said concisely and suggestiveIy:
didn't think they would have tho nerve to
o II, hut when saw them go In, looked
round for u shovel and basket in which TO
rape up their remains, for was sure there I
En nfh a r. III