Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-27
A LION ON HoRsERAcK
Rehearsal at Covent Garden of Fe,,.
Prince Leo.

Rehearsal at Covent Garden of Fea,s
Prince Leo. W
One of the sensations of the bog3.
will certainly be the lion who. thougE a-}'
Is months old, is able to earn a verv bsr3
some living for his proprictors. saw. A.
Pail Mall Gazette. 1t was introduced !.
him at a rehearsal which took place intL.
arena of the opera-h0use one afternoon H.
was his debut in the English sawdusf ,,i
he thoroughly ENJOYED himself. D6 ~,
tender and toothsome reader, imaginstb r..
Prince Leo is let loose in the ring ~
He is young and playful! now. but s6ma
day he might take ii into his hands6ms
head to make a leap into the stale arj
walk off with plump morsel which Ma.
never intended for butchers meat baf-,.
measures could be taken to stop him.
A circular cage is run up in the rim,
with connected top piece, which Is Il
down from the upper regions as a La
pretty little white horse with Ioyeg
white tail, with a pad on his back and n
arrangement of armor ON his name 4
trotting round the ring All is ready
and a gang of men wheel up a gorgaor,
the lovely young lion, splendid beast Il
admirable condition, roaring ana gna,b.
ing his teeth, rolling his eyes and whirl.
ing his tail around ] took it that tbess
signs denoted his pleasure in greeting ii.
old friend, the white horse with the flow.
ing tail Before the lion had got weI
out he was followed by splendid Russian
boarhound which lives with him in Der.
feet amity. The TRAINER is a German.
short, well-built little man, with a pair a
fine mustachios. He is armed with
whip only, and Immediately orders he
lion to take his place on Il wooden pedestal
about five feet high, which he does with
pleasurable placidity, Then the perfor-
nance begins.
After showing his obedience to his mas.
ter with just a snarl and growl or two0
mark time he is ordered to leap from bis
pedestal onto the horses back a feat which
he accomplished with ease and grace. The
horse then canters round the ring, the do,
following, and the trainer in the center
with his eye always on the lion TIE
horse is a small one mot much bigger
than pony. in fact and it is quite won.
derful how easy be takes to his rider who
scales sixteen stone. A platform is then
fixed up high enough for the horse to pass
unQer. GrlnCe Leo mounts ana Jumps
from the horses back onto the platform.
and when the horse comes around again
he resumes his SEA-, with all the noneha-
ancq of a first-class equestrian. If bis
master does not give the order the lion re-
mains on the platform 1t is very comiea
to see Prince orouching ON the platform
with his head bent down to watch the ap-
proach Of the horse He repeated this
feat several times without a hitch and
with a grace which made the performance
not only wonderful but pleasant to watch
Virtue is rewarded with lump Of meat
Next comes a race The horse, the lion
and the dog tear around the ring, taking
il hurdle on the way with great pie sure
though Prince opened his mighty jaws
and roared in tone which made me glad
of the iron barrier. For the last act the
lion jumped onto tile platform and fired
pistol. lump Of meat dangled from a
string attached to the trigger, and tnat
was how it was done The lion, by the
way, comes from Hamburg and tits The
property of Hackenbach, the far'ous
animal dealer