The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-05-13
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Exactly" he replied, "but that
IS one of the most important parts
Of my business. I undertake the es-
tablishment of menageries all over
the world. I supply people with
their buildings, with their animals,
with their keepers, with their train
ers. Take for instance, the Zoologi-
cal Gardens at Cincinnati. filled
them from top. to bottom. l re-
Gently made one in Rio Janeiro."
"And can you tell me anything
about the prices of wild animals,
Mr.. Hagenbeck?" said I.
"Well," he replied, "prices differ
much from time to time, according
to the fashion in wild animals, for
l can assure you there is as much
fashion in wild animals as there is
in ladies' dresses. Prices as are al
ways rising and falling, according
as the animals come into the mar
ket, and especially according to the
variety. l can remember that l
once sold in one day a cargo of At
rican beasts for $4,000.
"a full-grown hippopotamus is
now worth s1OOO. A two-horned
rhinoceros, which was worth e6OO
in 1883, cannot now be obtained at
any price. An Indian taper costs
s5OO, an American tapir ESQ. Ell
ephants vary according to size and
training from ESQ to $500. A good
forrest-bred lion, full grown, will
fetch from ESQ to 920O, according
to the species. Tigers run from
slOO to ESQ, according to their
variety. do you know" he con-
tinued, "that there are five different
varieties of royal tigers? and be-
sides them there are the tigers which
come from Java, Sumatra, Penang,
and even from the bitter cold and
dreary wastes Of Siberia. Snakes
are very much down in the market
at present. Those which formerly
fetched e5 or 91O you can get for
92. Very large ones sometimes run
up to $50. Leopards, G3O; black
panthers, s4O to EGO; striped and
spotted panthers, s25. Jaguars run
from ESQ to 91OO. A good polar
bear will fetch from ESQ to 94O.
brown bears from 96 to 91O, black
American bears from e1O to EGO;
sloth from Tibet, e25 to f3O.
Monkeys run from 6 shillings apiece
They are most expensive in the
spring. when they will sometimes
fetch as much as FL IS.
"Giraffes are altogether out OF
the Market" continued Mr.. Hagen
beck with a sigh, ''for there are
none now to be obtained. l have
sold one as low as EGO, whilst the
last one I sold four years ago to
the Brazils l was paid upward of
s1OOO for"
"And what animals are you going
to take to Chicago" said [.
"Ah," be replied, 81 shall have a
magnificent show there. All the an
imals are perfectly trained. There
will be nine lions, five tigers, two
panthers, three leopards, several
bears, boar hounds, ponies. bulls,
sheep. These will all be mixed up
together in small and large groups,
and they will create sensation.
81 venture to say that not even
in America have lions and sheep
been seen playing together before.
l shall show full-grown lions riding
on horseback. A man will drive a
chariot round the arena drawn by
three lions. A splendid Nubian
lion will follow him, seated in q
chariot drawn by two tigers; and
a tiger will ride bicycle round the
hippodrome every day.
"Ninety-three thousand paying
visitors passed through my show in
Berlin year or two ago in one
single day, and we shall be able to
pass in $4,000 people to see my
show in Chicago. have hired a
ship specially to take us over to
America, and we shall take twenty
four days to get to Chicago. My par
rot show alone will astonish the
Americans, for l am taking over no
less than 1O2 different species. Be-
fore you leave Hamburg | will ar
range to have grand entertainment
and exhibition for your own ben
eft. In the meantime you may
lust have look round at some ol
the animals"
"Here," said he, as we stood be.
fore a cage of very charming mon
KEYS, "are some very clever animals
They can ride horses in a circus
Just as we'll as man can; they
Jump through hoops, and they are
trained exactly like human beings
in fact, they can do almost anything
but talk. l have just cent some
people to Abyssinia to fetch mt
some big silver-gray lion-monkeys,
sometimes called hamadryads.
said lust now" continued Mr.. Ha
genbeck with laugh" ,"that monkey
can't talk, yet you give me any
monkey you like to name and II
guarantee I'll make him talk; bu
YOU can only do it by initiating
them closely. Take, for instance