New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-14
LIONS AND THEIR TAMERS.
\ TALK WITH PROFESSOR DARLING.
TRAINED ANIMALS THE RAGE on TWO CON
TINENTs-DANGER OF TERRIBLE
MUTILATION

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patton that few people enter 1t. Just all over
the world there Is demand for trained animals
This Mr.. Darling. the lion tanner. thinks. comes
from the Juror which created by the five lions
which he controlled while in Paris and by the col
/ lection OF Carl Hagenbeck's animals at the Worlds
Fair.
During the last two years" said Professor OAR
| ling. there has been constant increase in lion
showing II has been taken up in London Paris.
and now In NewYork. until to-day feel con-
WINGED that 1t is the most popular sort Of enter
ainment. The training Of wild animals Is a science
as well as an art. the extremely difficult 10
| attain and the other very To be successful
lion tanner must have certain characteristics
entirely different from those in the other pro-
fessions In the first place. it is absolutely neces-
sary 10 have a love for animals lion tanner
cannot be made to order. He must be born. one
OF the chief requisites Of successful lion. tanner
is absolute stability Of character. In a mans deal
ing with any savage brute and teaching him to do
certain things. the brute. whose reasoning powers
are not so great that Of man. must always ind
the man with whom he becomes associated In an
even temperament There are times. OF course,
when this is exception. but in nine cases out OF
ten 1t is safe TO say that no successful Hon tanner
changes his moods TO III those Of his Ion
TIE STRONG DEMAND FOR LIONS.
"Thcre Is a great scarcity OF lions and the de-
mand In Europe for them is something AZ present
unprecedented This growing desire to train these
animals is such that II makes one of the beasts ca
pable OF being trained a very expensive aruc''
Singular as It may sound there are few anmalS III
10 be trained They require certain speclai chl'''
teristics and to get the group OF five when 10"
have had nfty 10 select from The art OF selecting
proper animals is part of the profession one must
soc that they have those characteristics when are
necessary To perform. They must be healthy ana
Young once having selected them. II requires OFTEN
/ a month Of time before Il trainer can place MS hahd
upon one Of them. AMI even then sometimes
trainer will ind that an animal which ne mas So
lcctcl with the utmost care proves 'h"fo's"N
unavailable
.rhcre arc OF course exceptions even 20 this.
! 7 remember In one Instance had hon on which
/ worked for four months. and was not abe even
| Il, touch H. AMI YET II subsequently proved - d"
one ~ the best working animals eyer ma rs
rule do not try 10 keep an animal AFTER the W'"''
, Is ~. but ! liked this fellow. and WAS very glad
dd After have obtained 20" animals ana
found that they are tractable. there IS only one
THIN, - do. punish them for disobed!eucr. bee KIM
- them when they obey. but IN the punishment
show kindness. That Is. perhaps. the greatest Se-
crct ot all animal training. and that Is why II re-
I qu.res a man Of even temperament, man WHO -
not moody AMI man who can always be ue
same when IN his cage. The result OF this Is Only
too apparen, and one little instance VIII sho" IL
.'lf YOU VIII notice when ;he lions are in ~" rms
win M they jump quickly az q "ot4 ot comnAhI
and move away from me rs II ln fear TINS is not
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lust Ike go many Kittens They have been iansht
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n one way hut !n the living cage n is Ike nom" -
w. ""' '''
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prevaleu, than one not ia tho business would mag
| in. Durin. my years Il travelling from one end
. co., III ., ,h.. other have. htd many apulicI-
| or Inc "'tIl 20 ''l' "'"''' jaw w. 49, 'r
! lions ana some OF them Wy 7hS'''' '"'S ''''''
| a week passes wlihou, some adventurous person.
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! INK 10 M. and asking :" %" "''"'l y" 10 '' WIN
| - i.,,, ,r c,,rs. { ,ly,tys refuse for ih. beasts
! could make. a meal Of any one who woud dare
4, such 4 thine. have hal noh"men ana wealthy
a@l. M to teach them me- art ~ Ion ',",''s'
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be- very great ana u VIII hr HN'" "''' 49, ~
induced IN than a. present. Carl Iag"nhrck IN his
| ,,,o,,,s ,,l,c. in Hamburg has the best facilities
! -, MIN. animals H.. has agents
| III IN" worm i"' "l'"''' ANNA 80
now travelling from one end oi IN" 'hiih 10 '''
| other looking VI suitable beasts. capturing them
| '' , 49,, . ,t,,,t.,,, ,.b.r. th.x Will
! anu S"PP'"s '"'"' ~ '''7' , ~,
be trained Udgrnbcck's place ~ HAMBURG - ~
| ..,.,.,,,. ., ,,s u,n ,,,n.rs for he always
great ..,. ,.,,., ,,,,.r 49,, can select
| has numerous animals from VIII" W. ~
r,.-. T. , f,r,v-tvo- foot ring built for TN" purpose
| ', i q, y hare ,h,t I first got the
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| idea OF going into lArg" cage WIZ" WIN amman"
HIS place is a perfect Mecca 10 hon ta'"'r7 ...
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greater can De- lph' WIZ ",,i ti,'nh.rl's won
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