Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-28

WIN lAFuRnIlD ANIMALS
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trainer In Ringing Broihers mensgerie.
yesterday. a. he stood in front u cage.
stroklng the nose Of magnificent lion.
Just Ike people, he continued.
-s0me Of 'em are good and some " 'cm
are meaner than home made sin Some
q 'em are brighter than chain light
ming and sonae of EN- don't know enough
u ache when they're in pain. Some
animals you can trust just like your
uoths. and some'll bite holes ia you
the first chance they get
Ar Winner - \ hssng vefincstlop %
the truth Of tho latter statement. Ihere
may be spots 90 his body where the
teeth or claws Of an iniuriated beast
have neysr sunk. but IL is doubtful IL
even Mr.. Winner knows their
exact location. After an ordi-
nary man had fought thirty
German students duels. played center
rush for four seasons IN . college foot
ball team. and then ulmperod with
dynamite cartridge. his remains would
be ia state OF preservation yer, similar
10 that % the Ringing trainers But
he 10 cheerful IN spite OF having been
served as food for several geological
gardens. aud Is good for hundreds II
other jungle monarchs
Attacked by q Leopard.
dr. Winners first injury by an animal
was received in 1866 After serving
three years in the union army, anc
spending SIX months IN Libby prison. ho
longed for something more exciting; 50
be went 10 New York. where he found
employment in Barnum's museum.
One day an African leopard and q
powerful lion became involved in
slight Misunderstanding. and started in
To settle the matter without the aid %
referee or bottle holder. Mr.. Winner
took hand in the frscas. and knocked
the leopard down with feeding
fork. At this stage OF the game
the lion let looss an upper
cut that caught the trainer squarely in
the forehead When he recovered con
seriousness several days after. he found
that his skull had been crushed in by
the lions paw. Tho doctors had fixed
him up, and at the end OF eight weeks
he had recovered; but there is still
great hole In his forehead half an inch
deep. and fully an inch and half in
diameter.
His next experience with death and
an enraged animal was in the st. Louis
sociological garden. This time it was
personal matter between him and a
hyena. Mr.. Winner camo out Of the
fight wearing the championship belt;
but he was minus a little finger and
part Of the hand had been chewed 10
pulp. At the end OF the customary
eight weeks he was again ready FOR bus
mess
Chcwcd Co . Pulp.
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he furnished amusement was held
training a leopard. tho animal gave an
exhibition OF its catlike treachery by
springing upon him. Mr.. Winner was
knocked down. and before help arrived
the animal gnawed a hole the size OF
saucer in the trainers side. No vital
organ was injured, however. and at the
end Of the formal eight weeks he was
prepared TO tackle il again Some mt,n
would have been discouraged; but
he was becoming used 10 the
barbecue part Of the business ard
rather expected IL; 50 one afternoon
whensa royal Bengal tiger ia the Bar
mum show decided to take fall out Of
him. Mr.. Winner was neither surprised
nor alarmed. After a catch as-catch-
can bout the trainer found himself three
points down. The tiger had won by the
strangle hold. and should have been
ruled out Mr.. Winners trophies con-
sisted Of deep cut over the eye and a
mangled shoulder He still retains the
scars as souvenirs.
His CioscSt Call.
BY far the closest call he ever had vas
In Barnum's menagerie in Madison
Square garden This time Il was an
American panther. and il was o case 81
Greek against Greek. The panther was
quick as CREASED lightning aud blood
thirsty as hend. The trainer waged
an unequal battle until he was knocked
down and pouncod upon by tbs Rocky
Mountain scourge. Then he threw
up the sponge, while the en-
ragged brute chewed has neck and
head. IL looked as IL tho trainers life
was to be the forfeit for Drawing the
panther. but an attendant. by the appli-
cation Of feeding fork. drove the brute
FROM the body OF its PROSTATE victim.
MIR. Winner doesn't grieve much about
this. for the scars are concealed by his
hair; but II he ever becomes bald his
head will look like an astronomical map
~ the Mars canals
1Oct men WoutI nave Dtcn saIlE1ed
! with their experience and quit the bnsl.
ness. but Mr.. Winner wasn't. As soon
as he recovered from the panther matt
nee be returned 10 his duties.arld worked
patiently with the refractory beasts un
al a ioness sprang at him one morning
ard broke his nose Strange AS IL may
seem. the wound which he grieses most
about 10 stifened thumb. This
IL the only one that causes
him any special annoyance. and
Is the resul, u hand 10 hand fight
with a big monkey. The representative
~ our preadamite ancestors attacked
the trainer. and began Bowery aetics
immediately by seixing Mr.. Winrer'a
thumb. The monkey wouldn't LET go
until he vas dubbed haff 10 Heath. and
The thumb still hears the marks u his
unevoiutei teeth. These are all the
serious acraps Mr. Winner has hal with
The brute creation. Tho hundreds u
minor fights he doesn't deeUa worthy N
attention. bat the average man w,SaIi
b satished pith halt ~ Mr. Winners
experience.
Can't Trust Animals
I've foond one thing 81 be- invariably
true said he. You cant trust arr
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