Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-11-28
EASY If YOU KNOW HOW
CHAIN. THEM UP, TAKE A WHIP AND
DON'T SHOW ANY FEAR

$50 you think there amt any Wof3
| done in winter quarters, eh?' said George
Corklin, superintendent OF Barnu1n'4
nlenagerie, as he chewed bit of straw
| by the big stove in the middle OF the
wild animal room i'll the quarters al
Bridgeport. mo work, eh? You think
we just loaf ali winter, keep the fires
I'D and feed the animals? Well, that
shows how much you know about it. Do
you see that den of tigers over thereT
Mr.. Conklin and his visitor APP
preached a long cage standing in line
with many other cages in long one
story brick building. which bounded the
eastern end of the great Enclosure which
the big show occupies during the winter
season. The cage had iiye Bengal tigers
in it. Four Of them were together. The
fifth was separated from the osaers by a
temporary iron grating Two OF the
four tigers which were in company had
thick leather collars round their necis
and stout chains several feet long fast
ened to them. The tiger in solitary con-
fne1nent was similarly harnessed.
"Well, said Afr. Conklin, 'I'll tell you
one thing we do besides feeding these
tigers. We train them. Those fellows
in there wno have chains on them, and
are just now splitting and growing ut us
in such savage style, are new. Wehave
had them only month or two. the
others are old boys who Will let me go
into the cage and rot say word to me
p t,e time We go On the road they will
al let inc go into the cage. L give them
lesson every day That's one thing we
90 during the winter"
HOW 10 TRAIN TIGERS.
"How 10 you tame them? asked the
visitor.
Its easily DONE" said the trainer
carelessly. Every day l have the men
catch the ends of the chains which hold
The new tigers, and fasten them TO the
bars so they can only move certain dis
lance. Then arm myself with raw
hide whip and a stout club and enter the
cage. / take a chair with me and sit
down iii corner.
The minute | get in the unframed
tigers spring at me. No doubt they
would chew me to shreds if they got at
me, but the chains hold them back and
they only tumble on the floor. | hit
them smartly with the whip and they
crouch back and snarl. After little
shove my chair closer. Then they jump
az ine again, but again are thrown down
ny their chains.
Il shove closer and repeat the pro
gramme, and finally | get so close that
they can touch me with their noses, but
not bite me. Here | sit for long time,
talking to them is long as they remain
Guiet, and switching them with all the
corcc possible when they become fierce.
In the course of few weeks they be-
come used TO my entrance, and only
cringe and snarl at me. Then try them,
one by one, without q chain.
Il have never SO far used the club. Now
hold it ready to deal a mighty blow If
necessary, but it is seldom necessary
The tiger is subdued and permits my Ell
trance whenever | choose. | have got
these tigers here nearly trained. They
snarl yet, You see, but next week viii
tackle them without chains. That fel
lew iii the other compartment is tract
able enough, but he persists in fighting
with the big Bengal, so we have to keep
them separate. Do you see that long
mark on his belly? He and the big fel-
low had a particularly hard fight the
other day, and that is one result.
POWER OF TUE HUMAN EYE.
IF we hadn't had the Dig fellows claws
clipped beforehand he'd have ripped open
the new che from end toend SO there's
another delicate Job for me. I've got 10
get those tigers on good terms"
is there any basis of truth in tn.
many stories that are told of tee power
of the human eye over wild beasts"
Not the slightest" said Conklin dis
daiufGlly. ''Of course it Is true that
man who aims to su5duc wild beasts
must show Il fearless front, and no doubt
the eye shares with the body generally
the tash of imp-essing the beast. But
the real requisite is real fearlessness. II
a mans heart Is sturdy he need not care
a rap about his eyes. He can leave them
% themselves, just as lie leaves the other
members OF his body. The secret OF
tanning wild beasts is the realization that
al wild beasts, however ferociClis, are AT
heart cowardS-particularly if they be
long to tie cat family, as lions, tigers
leoparGs and panthers do That granted,
stout heart, a stout arm AMI 4 stOu:
whip or club is all that Is necessary.
never have known fear"
do you always clip the claws Of youI
ferocious ;iDimals?'
''Thcse OF :jie cat tribe always" said
the trainer. 1t is quite job, too, and
requires number of men. You've got
to get your Lon or tiger bound in such
way as to throw MIN on his side and
then reach in through the bars and grab
his four feet. These you pull out be-
tween the bars and hold tight. This is
no small job in the case of -eTy large
hon or tiger
''They struggle violently, even after
they are helpless and while the operation
of clipping is going on. killed fine
panther clipping his claws, or rather he
killed himself. After we had him Sc
curely down so he could hardly move
muscle, he strained so in his efforts TO
free himself that he broke blood YES
sci and died almost instantly."-Ne
York Sun.
among strange and Illuminating Gus
IONS of the Russians which were abol.
ished by Peter the Great was that Of
beating the forehead on the ground
upon entering the presence of the tSar,
and that of public flagellation of de-
tulting debtors The former, chelo-
bite, was Monaghan or Byzantine; the
latter, the punishment of the praviosh,
Eas introduced by the Tartara
DsIco-ss, .,ear Beyrout.