The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-21

wrong side, whilst the lion that had
arrived comparatively recently from
Nubla eyinced now and again strong
disposition 10 rebel against the novel
circumstances in which he found
himself placed. Three bears then walked
1n-a polar bear, a sloth bear and black
pear. the latter causing much amusement
Dy quietly entering on It's hind legs.
Then came couple OF elephants, a camel,
Tour ponies, several goats, and last of all
a Dig, sleepy sheep, which Scanned to
be on particularly intimate terms with one
OF the lions, thereby anticipating the
scrlptuai millennium, and literally full
filling the words OF the Bible, in which
we are told that so great a peace will de-
scend upon the world that not only the
antagoniSm between man and the brute
creation have come TO an end forever, but
even animals shall be reconciled one with
another, and the lamb and the lion shall
lie down together in one fold.
Cnerof the most remarkable things that
] noticed in Karl Hagenbeck' s menagerie
is the marvellous unity and loving kind
ness which is brought to pass amongst
his animals. They are fondllng and
playing with each other the whole day
long.
Like the younger animals the other
ones took their seats upon the ricketty
pedestals which are provided for them.
1t was a wonder to me how such huge
beasts were able to balance themselves SO
easily and comfortably as they did upon
such small and slender supports. One of
them, however, came to grief in most
amusing manner. The human beings
were standing talking together in the
middle of the circle, when suddenly q
loud crash and an indignant howl was
heard. We all turned TO look what was
the matter. as did also the wild beasts
themselv es; one of the lions had sud-
denly tu,nbled down off his perch, or
rather the perch had fallen with
him, and there he lay, more
startled than hurt, wondering what
had happened. 1t was partly his
own fault, poor dear fellow, for he
had fallen asleep whilst waiting for the
performance to begin, and SO lost his
balance. But his look of indignant sur
prise was so ludicrously human, that
none of US could help laughing. How
ever, both he and his pedestal were
speedily reinstated in their former po-
sition, and lump of sugar soon restored
him to his usual tranquility OF spirit.
'And viii the animals be arranged
round the Chicago circus like this, Mr..
Hagenbecks'' said /.
.sEveryth 4g will be exactly as you see
1t today,'' he replied. ''Perhaps, if any
thing, on bigger scale.' AT this mo-
ment the band struck up stirring tune,
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pricked their ears, and all became life
and animation at oncel my animals
love music, y said Mr.. Hagenbeck, land
they perform twice as we'll with band as
they do Without
The first thing that took place was the
riding round the circus on a pony by
full grown lion. Round and round they
went The pony spiritedly enough, the
lion, II must be confessed, looking, as
wild beasts generally do when engaged in
such performances, rather a fool. 1.-The
ponies and dogs were at first dreadfully
afraid OF the lions and tigers, - explained
Mr. Hagenbeck, shut they soon got over
1t. These two animals were the rage of
all Paris when / was performing there a
year or two ago. Four ponies refused AZ
together, but at last we managed TO per-
suade this one to accomplish the trick. -
Has your brotner-in-law never been
hurt by any of these animals?''
t'Only once, - said he, t'when ne tried
TO separate dog and tiger which We're
lighting, and the dog bit him. The dogs
are frequently very plucl1Y and sometimes
attack the lions. >
The next feature in the programme was
that tiger should ride round the circus
on tricycle.. A man rolled in the tri-
cycle, the tiger was called by name to
come down from his perch, which he did
slowly and unWilHngiy enough. tFcr, -
said Mr.. Hagenbeck, SHE always hates
this ride OF his.'' Then the tiger sullen-
~ mounted the tricycle., growing fire.
quently the whole time; two of the boar
hounds walked behind as footmen, the
band struck up I slow tune, the tiger set
the tricycle. in motion, and slowly and
solemnly enough the little procession
passed round the circus.
Now said the chief trainer, tPN
show you how tiger can roll q ball along
standing upon it the whole time - Some
trestles were brought in, placed at equal
distances frem each other, and long
plank was laid across them, and then
there was placed upon it a huge wooden
ball. 'sCome on, Cesar,'' cried Mr.
Mellermann, s'It's your turn now To
our surprise beautiful lion jumped
down from MS pedestal and ran gaily up
TO Mr.. Mellermann. s'No, no, no, you
dear old stupid said the trainer, lead
ing him back to his perch, 81 want
Cesar, not you.' But all our persuasion
couldn't get Caesar, the tiger, to come
down, SO Mr.. Mellermann went boldly
up TO him and gently hickered him with
his whip. Cesar got slowly down, snarl-
ing and growing the whole time. Come
on, there's a good fellow saio Mr..
Meile-manD, and after while Cesar was
persuaded TO balance himself on the
bali which he rolled slowly along
the plank. Having done it once or
twice, forward and backward, he was
allowed 10 return to his seat which he did
with great Joy and satisfaction. Mr..
Mellermann then went up TO him, told
him he had been a good fellow, and gave
him special bit of meat all to himself.
81 always do that said he, coming back
to where l was standing, ''when an ami
nal has shown any unwilingness to per-
form his tricks, for there is nothing that
encourages them like kindness.
(Which animals show the most intelli-
gence?" said l.
swell, - replied Mr.. Mellermann, 81
don think there is much of difference
between them, lions and tigers, males
continued Mr.. Mellermann, 81 think it
is all rubbish TO say that tigers are not SO
Rffectionafe or so easily tanned as lions.
Why. look here,'' he continued going
up to a splendid royal Bengal tiger
which greeted him with a most extrav-
agant affection as he threw his arms
around his neck and drew his head down
get more affectionate beast than this is
am sure On this particular morning
the animals seemed TO be little iiighty,
which Karl Hegenbeck explained to me
was owing to the fact that the young ami
mails were so close by, and the old ones
wanted TO play with them.
Next, one of the bears was lead forth
90 walk on the tight rope, the tight rope
being a long, narrow plank. Very clev-
erly it balanced itself on its hind legs and
walked, first forwards and then backward
with wonderful skill and ease. The
trainer walked beside him, encouraging
him now and again with the words,
s'Steady, John, steady" treating him,
indeed, exactly as he would treat a
his performance a loud snarling
and growing was Suddenly heard