New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-10

M" a.
HIS MAJESTY Drives OFT
manner to suit its present needs ard is rendered az
comfortable almost a theatre-with the almost
left out-if a trihe more attention were paid 10 the
heating and to the prevention of draughts
No thrill OF horror" goes up from the spectators
on account OF th- exhibition which is made Of the
ferocious beasts Of the jungle; nevertheless many
Of those who look on are vs!by affected but the
degree quality Of their emotion is known only to
themselves Now and then you may hear nervous
person say 'On my" the king OF beasts growis
and snars from his high perch in the arena whence
he Is supposed TO jump on the back Of the hoise
which is circling around the ring soon as ne
passes underneath him. but that H. all The srowl-
ing and snarng are no part Of the performance.
and the trainer cannot tell whether II is going 10
take place not. Looking At the behavior of the
animal from the point Of view Of weak selves.
who should wonder that lion tiger with
particle OF self-resprc would remain for any length
OF time in the humiliating position which ne Is
called upon to assume 1t Hngenbecks without at
least utiering protest? WILEY he merely growls at
the unarmel man in the ring and doesn't go the
whole hog" by swallowing him up at once IS one u
those things. a. Lord Dundreary says. which no
fellah can understand" II may be that Darling or
Mehrman. the two eadns animal tanners IN The
show. know but when You ask thom for nn cN-
PLANTATION they do wfu stiffness entertain" and
merely wink the other eye.
1t is not too much to assert tina, this show is one
OF the most remarkable and Instructive of the ex-
hibltions which have been In this city in
long while 1t Is as far ahead OF the old time
travelling managcrie the civilized conven-
fences OF New y ori. when compared with those OF
Buluwayo. Bangkok or Beaares places within
whose vicnage the Of VIII beasts j. as familiar
as the song OF birds II poor King Iobengua.
whom the English are at present pursuing 10 the
~. ~ kiuglgm Mafalse-
land for having the mpudence t. defend his country
agains, invaders could have seen Darling OF Mehr-
man locked In big cage with score or 80 OF Wild
animals It would have taught him before b"
measured his nssegai against the L"b"i rifle ihat he
might as well have surrendered AT the outset not
hoping 10 make Roadway against the white man.
Such a sight too might have prolonged by many
years the life OF the late lamentcd Akhoond Of
Swat and saved Albert Baker. better known as the
Sultan Of Johorc from being obliged to enter the
baby plea that he was a ''rcigning monarch when
a dashing beauty charged him recently In the
English courts with breach OF promise.
Think again Of any OF the Oriental Princes who
were here not long ago and who went away all too
soon for their good, telling their subjects In
India when they got back that there was a more
profitable way OF getting rid Of wild animals than
shooting them. Fancy the Nawab of Rampur. who
cooked his own yictuals' so 10 speak. In the
Windsor Hotel last summer. the Thekore sahb of
and bedroom of the Brunswick. or that democratic
fellow the Raja Rajagan OF Kapurthala. King OF
Kings who made friends OF every one he met while
at the Waldorf fancy any Of these telling al nome
what they saw Mehrman and Darling do with the
wild animals at lIaeenbecks Show. and you can
imagine a crowd Of Indian ryots 'holler' Ia con
ternptuous chorus. Yer trolley is on
with some persons IL Is deemed sufficient
cause OF quarrel to have their credulity shaken
When Oscar Gleason. the horse-tamer exhibited
a wild zebra in the arena at the Madison square
Garden last winter and was about 10 begin the
work OF breaking him IN. one man out of 10000
spectators who were awaiting the outcome In
silent cagerncss shouted at the top Of his voice,
Take the rug off i'm" The motive was to dis
credit the exhibition as fake" but remark
from Gleason soon silenceA the interrupter and
brought the sympathy OF everybody Ia the house
TO the man in the ring The fellow might just as
we'll have said the same thing If II had been big
Bengal tiger that had been turned Loose instead
of a Wild zebra. Now at Hagenbeck's show there
wouldn't be the semblance Of excuse even for
such naughty individual to throw doubt upon
ANYTHING That is one great thing In the matter
of an exhibition OF trained animals What you see
IL bound to be perfectly honest
IT REMINDS ONE OF THE CIRCUS.
The house is circular. and the cage in which the
show takes place IL also circular. the arched roof
gradually TO point at the top. This
IL an admirable arrangement for there Is not
mari Of the house from which all that is going on
within the iron bars Is not plainly visible. The
floor of the cage about four feet from the ground
and is made az firm the solid earth by stanch
uprigbts beneath There is sawdust pathway
three feet wide around the edge. and carpet In
the centre. At a certain stage OF the show this is
removed II reminds one OF the ring Of country
circus and the comparison is heightened by the
appearance OF Professor Beketow. the original
Russian clown and trainer In his wonderful per-
formance with three wild boars," the pro-
eramme says.
Take a look at what goes from the
moment the gates are thrown open and Miss Mar
cola Berg appears. She is young is dressed In |
groen silk has long boots reaching to the
knees and wears a kindly and a benevolent look |
There Is nothing In her eyes to inspire terror so
ubether il Is with her eyes not that she gov |
erns the animals which she handles is her own |
secre, You think Of the representation Of THE |
LIONS Bride when you see her at work. though |
,ho last time the people saw her perform In the |
,udwov plaisance It looked II she were "A /
faitbr1l RECONCILIATION Of THE Tigers supper"
cho anneared one day In new costume In the |
r,ro and that Is the reason the tiger bit her so |
49, times In the right leg and was arranging |
at her up only the keepers came to her aid |
and wouldn't let him
81 ana not suppose that a mere animal could |
Aor,o, sucb unreasonable prejudice against a new |
sress suggested the writer
$50, opains; 2 new dress per Sc. as they saw" |
she answered with merry twinkle OF the eye. |
.hu, rather against associations which they do |
,o os, cali forth With new costume to that |
auimai an entirely new individual whose powers
Dl col, ,tnn eycept In ordinary animal fashion,
n,nw fbat OF sampling With his teeth and claws