New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-25
THE ART OF L[ON-TAMIN6.
HAGENBECK THE FATHER VI H.
,,ov n,prrxc DRIVES HIS PETS FEEDING
THEM BY HAED-ADVANCES OF
RECENT YEARS

HOW DARLING DRIVES HIS "PETs'-fEEpiNo
THEM BY HAHD-ADvANcEs OF
RECENT YEARS.
u,hsr the life Of Carl Hagenbeck is written one OK
,,e most important statements In 1t VIII De 'hat nc
Nos tb. father Of lion-taminG. Under his fostering
care a new profession was opened anu u He" "i'
found To him belongs the credit q "a''"s
ne means Of su5jIgaiipg the savage peas's VI III"
FIRES. and making them subserv!ent to the VIII OK
man a German writer IN telling or the man a'"
~, WORKS focetionsy puts It that Adam had tne
first animal park Noah the first menageri'' Dah'ei
the first group Of lions and Hagenbeck the hrst on-
tanner.
PERHAPS there are few men In the world VINO nav"
had so remarkable career as the great amman man
-, tI,rn,,ry I'm soue respects mis- lie reads Ike q
fairy tale When ne began he did not nave the heces-
sarv money to cut his ideas anu MI ''"h-
heel, himself ia speaking Of those days mas s''d
,h, there were IA ires good fairies. ard that they
were named Dot, animation an' PUCK IN h's
r,,. M. ne WAS n fish dealer. His father had been
I'm tho trade before him. but in ls1 hi' la'her' VINO
founded the present house IN HAMBURG was sur
prlsed one morning TO see some hshermen IN ifo".
of his door witt, lot Of seals lie oougnt 'nem au
exhibited them ana THIS was Tue ''s"'"'"e - NV
Hag-nbeck house.
In $3.50 young Carl left school ana ms rather gave
him the choice whether he wouid become "Sh-
monger or an animal dealer. Being boy carr nat
urally chos. the latter and with gift of soo from
his father he started and from tha Gay 10 thS
has gone on assiduously until he IL extremely
wealthy Orers came TO him from all over the
world To-day he supplies polar bears TO ihdia an'
Hons to S. Petersburg. Barnum got nearly all or the
wild animals from Hagenbeck' VINO sent GU, munster
caravans to capture them.
The evolution Of lion-taming Is one about which
little il known The famous so-called Hcn-tamers OF
the past been numerous ard perhaps one "i '"e
earliest within present recollection was IAN pers'
! following him came Batty; after him was Neun-
argsr and then Dagesell. and then came Batty Hem
mol These men in their day attracted great atten-
ton They called CONTAINERS. but not IN the
manner that the term Is accepted to-day "nen
! they performed thousands stood in open-mouthed
wonder % see them 20 into small cage with their
hacks ~ n sliding DOR and make the beasts leap over
eac, other and over hurdles. but their day IL past
Van Amberg and Neunfnger are dead. Batty Is IN
sane and Dagesell. although wealthy Is paralyuc
! I'm Germany carl Hagenbeck when a few years had
made him more or less famous with wild animals,
made ND his mind that they could taught do much
more wonderful things than they had ever done be-
fore He IS nothing II not original. In personal ap-
pearance he tall singuarly pleasant looking. with
keen eyes and a decisive manner anc bears through
| on. a striking resemblance to Abraham Lincoln.
He knew that all lions which had ever been ex"
hibited had been captured young. but he took a
! new way of treating them. and his very first step
! was probably OF the most original which he
has ever taken. 1t nothing less than teaching
goats to nurse young lions. With the goat milk.
Carl Hagenback mixed the milk OF human kind
ness and taught these animals 10 love him. and at
the same time obey him implicitly when ne
commanded From the start he has been sue
cessful and the OF his wonderful animals nave
| astonished the world.
Idon-taming such as he has shown it to be, 10
/ an art OF to-day. Whether it will ever reach
higher degree OF perfection not 1t Is dtficut to
say. but many old lion tanners declare that nothing
more be done with lions than Is now done
The history of lon-taming, In its various states
Of n1,,tin, fbo Tina hon
his lion TO the time when Nero chained lions TO his
chario;s In his professions through Rome. and
from then 10 the time when Carl Hagenbeck has
performed such wonderful feats with his four
footed beasts. never be told. 1t Is an unwritten
history Along the lire Of its progression there
were many bloodstains and the sacrifice OF many
lives. Even to-day. It is far from pleasant CALI
ing. surrounded always by dangers.
Perhaps the two hardest things do with n lion
are to feed him and to drive him. Professor Oar
ling. who is Hagenbeck's great animal trainer. Is
lions. All the rebellious nature In the KING OF
away from man. His one great nstnc; is to turn
and rebel yet Darling has gone even in advance Of
ss h% rd ns daily nd H'ysu ch % t-"
The fc.dng Of an animal BY hand trsk wn Ss
is told by Professor Darling He was playing at the
IN Paris aha tnsrr Mere starting
enacted. The eftgy OF man was made;
meat AT ,he proper moment this eisy was thrown
into the ring. II sort of parody upon me
sacrifice OF the early Christians. The Hons smet
the meat. and then Immediately began clawng ~;
\ fragile receptacle was filled with beef blood. ana
II produced a rather realistic effect. Darling not
10 be outdone I'm the matter OF feeding animals. de-
termned TO feed his own. taking into the ring with
him great chunks OF meat which weighed. per
haps twenty pounds apiece lie walked up 70 his
savage beasts. and holding each chunk out In ms
hand, gave IL to them in turn. Any one VINO has
! ever seen lions fed knows how ravenously they
leap for meat, and Darling risked his NE every
time he did this especially so when he came TO feed
the last one when he would throw the meat on the
ma, fDpt I.
| growled and fought q get II. The act created
Juror in Paris. but Darling was obliged to give II
OF his animals. whether
the lion tanner OF the future can make his animals
more tractabe It is difficult TO say, bat the ex-
! perts of to-day say No.
liagenbeck's wonderful aggregation has aston
/ lshed New-YOrk this winter and has played TO
crowded houses. but the engagement comes 10 a
close Wednesday. Nothing like these animals
has ever been In this country before.