New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-04
THE ANIMALS CAT HOMf-
SEEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT IN The
UAGENBECK ARENA.
GETTING READY TO GO OK "DREsS PARADE
THE CHASE DOWN THE RUNWAY


THE CHASE DOWN THE RNN"Ai--
FEEDING THE LIONS.
II Won love animals. OF course you have seen u"e
IIacenbeclx show. You have seen the famous Black
Prince come bounding into the per'orm'hb ms
his head in the air. his magnificent tail not a-iasn-
tho I'M, syveeping proudly. When he has leaped 10
Tho heclk NJ a horse-and Black Prince likes tna'
horse much more than ne likes the cool seit-poS-
sesse1 man who follows him about the ring "H''"-
ing lynX-eyed and stealthy, every hoN''"e,,'
OF the Prince-you have marvel"i at MS "s"
uv hi. power his grace. and the lghtness ana
sv1ftness OF his spring. When. quick as hasA' MS
forepaw mtrscled ~ II with steel spring mas
struck straight at Philadelphia. his trainer anu mas
ter YOU have started back in alarm
The peaceful family OF lions. tigers leopards ana
bears YOU have watched with II feeling tha' 'hey
are all SO good-n iurel that yelping cur at your
heels would be more terrible. The dude DidcN
hear with his correct Flfth-ave. stride. has made
Won laugh Daring. the intrepid man who seems
TO court danger for the thrill Of satisfaction II gives
10 hts tense nerves. has kept You uneasy the wo'e
time that he was In the arena. lie Is 50 cool thaI
he exasperates you. His touch Is 50 sure his word
Of command ia so clear and seli-containrd that ne
,rritates YOU When he losses a king Of the desert
carelessly aside his apparently reckless Indifference
se,s votir teeth on edge He begins by shaking your
nerves then he stlffens them, draws them up anu
rlghtcns them until his lions leap away. AMI he I'M
perturbable and smiling s,ill. bows AMI smiles and
disappears Then you give hnlt-Slsh OF I''l'I' p"t
you are sorry that they have gone.
THERE Is MORE OF THE SHOW
But there Is another side 70 the ilagenbeck show
In the ring AZ night with the lights hashins' the
music rlavlng. the animals on dress parade" the
.nec,a,ors alive with that keen interest which holds
ono,s eaRerness I'm leash there IS glamour which
strains ones vision. You away after II Is al
over asking yourself a hundred questions what
happens before they come ont AMI after they 20
back Does Black Prince snarl AMI rtrike AZ h'
conoueror back there in his cage? Do the tigers
purr among themselves ana does Darling stroke ~"
heads OF his beautiful. clean-limbed, sleek-coatel
kings? You can't all 20 back there and see. but II
Won could 70 AMI diI 70 You would come away feel
ing more lazel and bewildered than when you leave
the arena.
II you can reach the Of a certain good-lookng'
smiling and courteous gentleman who holds the
keys to the gates 'behni the scenes" YOU may IN
duce him To lead You down short flight OF stairs.
After Won cross n room Uttered with property" a
blind door f. opened ami you step into another ROOM
half corridor half hall There - a heavy crash
against iron bars. chains rattle "A cage shakes and
your heart. beating like a trlp-hamm"r. tells you
That Won ar. n coward These are the terrible Hons
and YOU are near them. You advance "A few steps
and a great barking goes up-the lions are dogs and
YOU Ike the barking. They are Darng's dogs-anl
Gagged They throw themselves toward you against
the bars and bark furiously. They do not Ike
strangers But when a keeper whom they know
goes UP t. them they crowd down clos" - him and
try to lick his hand and their cry * a Joyful one
UMnREII.As MIGHT MAKE TROUBLE.
you see" says tho keeper. their nerves are con-
s,antly strained when they with the lions They
are alcr, 10 detect anything strange, and stranger
/ It IS Just as we'll they in the cage"
They are magnificent animals bur II you move
only your hand their quick eyes detect the action
and they spring away and then forward with their
defiant barklngs.
Another great hound. uncaged this one. come.
bounding up lie looks "a big Is honess. lie is
very friendly. He leaps toward You and around YOU
inviting word Of wccC me He tries 10 spring ~
/ 10 your face.
That's n very gool-tempered dog" explains IN,
keeper lie likes everybody. lie has fine dispo
stlon. but don't You touch him with your umbrella
He IL Ike the rest of them. lie is high-strung. ano
II YOU should make any strange gesture poke al
umbrella at him-wcn. don't touch him"
This keeper is sont-ntious. and he makes you wsl
that you had not brought an umbrella.
yes" continues the Keeper. they are suspicious
II "A lion "A tiger does anything that he ought no
to do they bark You might fool man; yot
couldn't fool one % these dogs Don't excite his
suspicious"
a second blind door opens and you are in a new
compartment. Some storks standing thei
perchcs They seem to be puff Of feathers stucl
on a long wooden splinter as they stand on one leg
They might be dead for all that activity counts
They never move
THE EYES OF THE SEALS.
In n tank the trained seals swimming. NOV
Ing with only occasional soft splash. Their we
coats under the light shine like gilIed skins and Il
their eyes is a deep. luminous gow-thc mos, beau
tiful eyes in the world. scientists say. once N
while they give n little puff ms their cool snout
come out OF the water. They like 10 have YOU stan
there. for they swim up 90 you and look at yo
with their soft dark eyes showing their deep Hight
But there Is nothing to indicate that they ar
trained that they play banjos and guitars. fire can
non and waltz. and that one Is an uncommon
clever clown much funner than most of the huma
clowns.
Then you turn corner and give a jump for ther
YOU are before the bars OF a great cage. and clos
up to you. looking at you with big, round and beat
tifuly clear eyes, is superb tgress. She Is so nea
20 you that you could reach your hand
stroke her-and have 1t taken off for your pains
If she Is thinking of you. she does not pay You tn
compliment OF noticing you. She Is pacing IL
not n pace a walk n stride. 1t Is a swift swint
ing motion from one side OF the cage to the othe
and always close up agaln the bars. At one side ST
} swings herself back. almost Keeling glides like
flash TO the other side. swings again In that whir
Ing way. and and on. 1t makes you dizzy
You must know, to understand what soon hal
mems how these cages constructed. They al
side by side, stretched along on the Side whei
! YOU stand the whole end is barred. At the bao
( there is a wall but from each cage at that end
door opens into an alley. "A covered passageway'
runway" and that leads along past all the cage
circles around finally and ends In the arena
BLACK PRINCE IN TIs CAGE.
: Yon seek out Black Princes cage for' haVir
= struck Philadelphia and torn his flesh down h
+, face and his chest. the prince Is famous /
stands mc,ionless. looking at you with hdifierenc
Across the corridor Is stabbed the morse whiC
Black Prince rides. They are always Ill sisht
r each other That is TO keep the Prince used to h
, .,ool II he did not zee the horse for mont
he might lose n taste for the animais company an
q ..cut 1t dead when they again met. me Prince
. attached to the horse. When 1t moves ne SHOW
h attention. but you not worth the shsh'est n
. tice.
You have been walking past the cages exan,i