New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
TANNING WILD ANIMALS.
TEACHING A LION TO RIDE A HORSE.
THAT is NOT EASY, But IT Is HARDER TO TEACH
TIE HORSE TO LET TfIE LION BE THE RIDER.

THAT is NOT EASY, BUT IT Is HARDER TO TEACH
TIE HORSE TO LET rfIE LION BE THE RIDER
| The intelligence Of the horse when fully de-
veloped by skifu training almost human.
The animal trainers with the Hagenbeck Show
| have demonstrated that the horse Is absolutely
fearless II his trainer convince him that he
will protect him. 1t is not such great feat to
train lion to ride around the ring on a horses
| back as the lion is the king OF beasts and
| is not afraid OF the horse. 1t Is great feat
| of training, however. TO overcome the natural fear
! of the horse for the king of beasts and to teach
! the horse to carry lion a rider The horse Sc
| lected is a highly bred animal of undoubted cour-
age and stamina. He is not WORKOUT hack, but
is young, full of life and extremely h.gh-strung.
HOW THE TRAINING BEGINS.
| Carl Hagenbeck and his assistants are men OF
determination vino rarely resort to extreme meas
ures with the animals In their care. Persons VINO
visit the animal show Will see that wild animal
training has been reduced to a science by Hagen.
beck. In Hamburg, right in the centre of the city,
is great geological garden, where wild beasts
from ali over the world taught to do tricks and
feats most wonderful.
AS a rule, work with these animals begins while
| they extremely young. There Is collection
In this country which has been trained to a
state Of perfection never before known in the his
tory of animal training The animals are all
taught to do their feats by Hagenbeck. whose
name has been made famous by Barnlm, Fore:
Sey are I trained by the simple exercise Of kind
ness. Rarely Is the iron rod used on these beastA
which. in spite of all the kindness lavished upon
One OF the most singular instances Of animal
where the animals now stored prior to their
opening on THANKSGIVING Day. In the collection Is
other things he has been taught to ride on horse
back In perormng this feat he created r sensa-
30 Saa bsen Te %U r dsS 'f hd On BEEN ton
gethcr ever since Prince was brought to Ham
burg, playful cub They were used to each other.
between them. Prince and his act were too vaua-
BILE to be dispensed with; his intelligence was 100
Geological menagere to pace up and down and be
sazssd il wa s 70 fef
ager of the Hagenbeck Arena Company, said:
MAKING 4 HORSE AND LION FRIENDS.
zone who has given the matter thought
has little idea of the undertaking OF teaching
horse and a lion to perform the equestrian act.
AS a rule this Is begun when both horse and lion
are very young They are kept close together ana
in time become very much attached to each other,
so that the feat is not at that early age Of the
animals. a very remarkable one. When Princes
horse died in Chicago 1t brought up problem OF
an entirely different nature me nrs t, rhnS 70 pe
find that looked anything like the one that hao
died finally r 1d ar snseo naa to n
his temperament was one We could depend upon.
his business all right, but the horse knew nothing.
We first began by taking him into the cage for half
circle Then days were spent in teaching him TO
obey the whip and to understand the German
Then came days in which the big poar-hound
which % h nd 9n m Srse nS the
hound were stabbed together until they became
@e nd every that we could was
directed toward teaching the horse and the dog to
De Ires one day we strappea addled saddle on
the horsss back s ana si tine to
against the side Of the cage But this did not dis.
herse SO he permit to e
Then came the next step; We had made for the
the the bod body OF the hound except the head For days
the psa ed T Eep Use
the horse gSt used to to-, the changed appearance Of
was put on the hound and the hound and the horse
were taken into the ring together. The poor horse
did not understand this at first, and made lot OF
guse, to mount his back and take a ride
IN THE SAME GAGE.
"A week spent at this. until the horse knew
his business thoroughly Then came the most
ticksh part Of the whole business, that Of bring
ing the horse and the lion into the same cage.
For week or more the horse had been stabbed
where he could see the lion. We took the horse In
one morning. and them after putting him through
e the ds e. n pse SF Sss
long swing SO we'll known to observers OF AMI 1
mails He evidently did not recognize a difference
In the horse and mounted his pedestal, ready to
begin the act. At the crack Of the whip he leaped
on the horses back. and of they went together
around the ring. Several circuits had been made
when for some reason; no one knows what, the lion
sat down on his launches and emitted one OF those
terrific roars which starte everybody. That settled
II. For the next ten minutes pandemonium
reigned. and did not know but II would be q
case OF Kilkenny cats. with trainer keeper. dog,
horse and Hon, instead Of feines. The lion was
thrown against the cage he resented It, and made
spring for the horse. The trainer grabbed an iron
rod and the keeper a whip. and 1t was only Alter
sharp struggle that the lion was subueated and
II TOOK much longer time to quiet the horse
FOR days we could do nothing with the horse.
put hnally the Fair was closed and the animals
we're brought here. For the last week the training
PAS neen going on and We now have the horse ana
lion In good working order. They will be seen for
Inc hrst time when We open.
MORE ANIMALS COMING.
This Is one OF the many little Incidents which
90 to make the training OF animals difficult Under
he direction Of Hagenbeck his keepers and train.
srs are able to produce wonderful effects with
Ions and tigers. hyenas, bears. ieopards and the
IKE, the most savage animals being completely at
ny controi or human beings. The performances
ncn Is TO be given here Is entirely different from
1at al tne Worlds Fair, although It Includes all
u the attractions which were then witnessed BY
,ver 100000 people A large consignment OF AMI
nails Is now on the way across the Atlantc Oup
tnmals are all ful-grown, agile and ferocious
hey are not ovcr-fed. many circus animals ara.
nave been asked II they had teeth. Any one who
ver saw one OF them growl would never ask the