The sun., 1893-07-17
HOW ANIMALS ARE tanned.
A TALK WITH Carl HAGEyBACK, THE
EUROPEAN BdRNUM.


ne Tells How Tie Collection OF wild Bsnsts,
Now Performing In Chicago. Was Taught
10 DO Wonderful Frat.-kindne-s, He
Says. Is the First Requisite or ~ Ttnincr.
sitting In an easy chair OF the Belvldero
Hotel yesterday morning was mild hammered
man. with Innocent blue eyes, and n frank.
good -nntured face. He WAS pufiinR at cigar.
and murmurinG softly to himself. lie was
Carl HaGenbnck. the European Barnum. whose
menageries nre famed throughout England.
France. Germany. md Russia.
The pick OF Mr.. HaRcnback's mcnngcrie Is
now showing in the Midway Plaisance at Chi
cago. Mr.. Hagenbhck reached New York on
Friday and left last night for Chicago.
1t is comparatively simple mat
ter" he said yesterday. ito train ami
mnls. You can do nothing with
animals except by kindness. and that requires
patience In order to have patience with ami
mails you must have faith In them aud conn
dence in yourself Kindness will always rule
an animal All successful trainers start with
their animals by letting them come in a
cngo with them alone They seldom
have any difficulty with them. n a man
keeps himself we'll in hand and exhibits no
symptoms OF fear. an animal will almost In
vsriably obey him. A brute is a lower order OF
being. and man Is his superior The inferior
will always bow before Its superior.
1T was many years ago when nrst began
to train animals. started with one old lion.
People who had tried to train him could do
nothing with him. He was an enormous
mons ster. savage and ugly. Before took hold
OF him no one would GO into q cago with him.
Soon after l had him I went into the cage
alone. Grmel with nothing but whip.
The lion got up and opened his big mouth
as II to devour me. but when did not finch
he lay down again and ynwnod. l never
had the slightest trouble with him after
that. l have handled many animals since
l took the big lion. but l have nev-
er yet found one that would obey mo
implicitly as he would. He would heed my
slightest wish IL would make it known to
him. l have never had any serious accidents
personally with animals. but have known
trainers who have lost fingers. arms. or legs by
the teeth OF a fierce lion or sury leopard.
Il would like to tell the people here about
the show that now have in Chicago. This is
the second m menagerie that have had. spent
many years in getting together the animals In
my first group. They are oil dead now.
While We were showing in London in
1901. some glandcred horse beef was given
to them by mistake. and they died. By jan
uary. 1892. however we had this group OF ami
mails together. They were then untamed. but
on May Is Of the same year We gave perfor-
far; S to that q The ssks s4
IS n As the eest New WcG
oi %anSs 9Ss rover eyS " man oHeP Wild beas a1d
n It there are less pssaphernaa, snd parade
i, on the plan Of an amp9ithoattTe:
Ts SaSe n1 the rnS ss's ssnd there
iron. a half inch thick They IRE set !ery
the % smallest Of our E animals in II is in this cage
that the animals perform.
are shs% 5%s
celia. who does some special act, acts with an % ele-
riss 1aG f Mie hH E1ie. " Tie lion s ta@er and
PhHbea %b wnh.r,. with ,ons,1is trSup o Et tame
plants. II lions. 5 tigers. 5 leopards. dogs.
pigs y bears bysas goats na,,s. sheen EN-.
faced nandril lo cases 81 monEeys,
Ssls 20 sry s Sp & am hsanS EhsK fS"Hs %s
an snS Sd Hss on Tse Is In ehsss
Mr. ThG .ansd Sssns wlh %ha 81
Mehrmann cali; from their cages into the
ss tMe ss baet Hs Sssrs 5ne
bear. and six very large boar hounds.
aen Ss these snsls in sons ns
Al a wave of his hands all the animals 60 to
their respective places Mehrmaha carries
the e Introduction oi one Q, the black bears;
sss ss % The bean % rolls ff' the barrel away Mehr.
mann wheels q tricycle. to the centre OF the cage
nnd one Of the tigers se .sa1 s%0 up bsr on it
legs, and. as the tiger on the bicycle
slowly r0DSSS DsS tbsn nst r..Dv w"a their eh1a 4oot
& legs on the the machine. When this act, as we'll
as sll the other acts close. The lions and tigers
their seats and sit there until they are called
ont SsSln; MsSLm.nn .ummons them from their
remarkable. He can cause them all to howl
sSSanna an"f III. sons H hs voe rad s ss
ans aansn lemein heniS Silent While III III tSs @ others
HM WRe ono on remsins re- aim Silent He So! ss DOM usos bis
switch. save to hasten laggard animal He
all BY T1a Ths snms Ii hs
he knows it Is meant tnS, s9mS trainers ,ntS
te:f sTtsa tS this i. hG I'll sst hes
as Soud @na maks
does not know what il Is to feSE the enimals he
parts OF a machine. and ne expeets each part
to DO that which is reGui%5ed RED Of 1t II He has
do' DO that RSsy which & % should do than as Sign q
anger or u warning OF danger. |
But to get back to the performances one
black boar. He does a tricycle. act with . bit |
Of tiCht-rpne walking. He changes his gait as
Trainer Mehrmann directs He minces along. |
or limps oil. hobbies or skips. The act that fol-
lows John nie's Is participated in by four lions.
together with the two tiger, and several OF the
The lions and tigers stand with
their fore, and hind legs on different pc;
destals while the bonrhounds run around
the ring At full speed, , iumpinhg nGou over
another act that is called the long stairway In
stradde while the boarhounds scamper upnnd |
down betw cen their legr An imposing, scene Is |
a representation OF chariot race. A chariot is |
brought into, the ring and the tigers are
stands erect. with his fore feet on the front. |
Trainer Mehrmannp arrays the lion In robes
head. A second chariot is equipped IN tho |
same way. when side by side they move ma,
about the cage. The boar hounds act |
Is footmen. |
The closing act OF tho exhibition is. In my |
opinion. tho finest performance given by any |