New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-04

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high nm and he shakes his name There is CLEAN
| in his eye-it IS brilliant eye He 10 expecting
something. gong sounds No other animal pays
attention TO It. The tigers pace IN thelr ieVer'sn
dizzying whirl the lioness next TO the Prince lies
stretched at full length her close UP against
the bars the bears play lazily with one an0'her
and a great hound IS browsing. But Black Prince
is erect his tail switching. his long sinewy pody
! finely posed The door at the rear OF the cage 10
/ thrown open. keeper speaks sharply 10 the soh
of desert kings He gives that halr shari nan
growl which you have heard out in the arena HIS
! eye IS afire now. The keeper makes gesture
! Black Prince moves forward In the runway ne
breaks into trot, then he galops and goes down
the passageway with his long bounds. the keeper
running hard after him. 1t is then that you people
in the hear his great roar ana JUS "heh
Phadelpha's pistol. Unexpectedly fired a,artes you'
! Black Prince circles In the runway and comes be-
fore your eyes with long, graceful spring
NOT 50 GENTLE AS THEY SEEM
While Black Prince is out there doing masters
bidding king though he is, TO please an amusement
loving public behind the scenes you continue 10 en-
! Joy your delightful privilege. In cage az the eS-
trerne end half dozen tigers with TWO leop-
ards among them. These are not fierce LOOKING
| They seem TO invite caresses and their SOFT coats
+ press together as II they were kittens.
They seem very gentle" you say 70 the Keeper
They" he answers. looking at you In peculiar
way THAT one there" and he puts his hand
within an ncn OF her face. rs the one that tore
/ Miss Bergh all to pieces out in Chicago. They
| haven't performed here. We take them OUT now
only In the morning for rehearsals"
There T. a noise back IN the runway; something
IS bounding swiftly along. Black Prince leaps into
| his cage shaking It heavily. The door behind him
closes with slam, and he stands there, his smooth,
glossy sides painting heavily. his eye still aflame.
He stretches forth his neck, raises his great head
and roars His days work Is over.
Another gong sounds and there is sudden NOV
ing IN three cages The three bears tumble over
one another IN their gleeful eagerness to be NOV
ing The tigers bunch themselves. the leopards
crouch low. and Hons answer lions with deep roars
Three doors opened from tho runway side. there
Is cracking OF whiplashes and the animals are of
for the arena-a herd Of them pushing. gliding
creeping and bounding
THE BEARS ENJOY 1T.
Those bears" says the keeper. "love to get out
there. They like the change. 1t $ picnic to them.
They are always glad to get change. They are
glad to 20 out, and they are glad TO come back
They want 70 keep changing"
There IS something wonderfully fascinating about
the beautiful onnss who is gracefully stretched In
slender body her face is finely formed. her eyes
are as clear : blue sky. She moves her face
"Coulln, you stroke her the keeper Is ASKED ..Y
"I2" answers the sententiOus man Sharply. 1
have for my hand | need it In my business
She doesn't know me-"
But YOU have almost an irresistbie Impulse 10 10
lehtv II makes you SILVER to think of IT. and yet
as you look AT her your desire again urges you
She seems innocent. 50 lazy, so quiet and gentle
ana she is 50 beautiful
Il know what YOU thinking Off, says the
Keeper They are flirts than any woman
that ever lived. she'd lie that way for hours to
The members OF the happy family are coming
hack You can hear them coming up me ruhwa a.
hind tt, M and they have earned rest-' "-s'leS'
rest.
DARLING CAREsslNG HIS PETS
shows that GOODNESS back here which Is seen In the
arena-that disregard OF danger which makes little
chi.ls run down your back as you sit ont among
the spectators Darling has come down where the
animals eat ami sleep ana pace anu I'VE re ~, ,h
lie presses himself close againa; the bars OF the
yoa saw him in the rne lie calls his favorite and
strokes his head lie speaks 10 one after the other
come up To- him, ana retreat from him. walk around.
rub their sides against the circle back 70 him
them /. f. ali in the voice They know that voice.
Every tone OF it, every infection ot II means some
thing and as Darling moves away there Is long
roar an immense roar that Nils the building but
, after YOU have seen that meeting Of Darling and
his favorites IL does not seem terrible.
At the sound Of a gong. as in the other cases
, away 10 fame and applause. 80.
They ali know the gongs" says the keeper. No
5 him sometimes tho animals don't wan, TO go out
They are had-tempered. or sulky. or lazy. In.
gong arouscs them. and then the keepers must get
Them out Yes. sometimes we have TO whip them
They must be made to know that II fhey VIII not
{ do a thing cheerfully they must do it anyway
That is an argument which Hon OF tiger can
not resist
ONE OF THOSE ARGUMENTS.
There" he broke in. I'll show you something
There's a wonderful up there for animals
= Let's see what he is doing now
t This wonderful man for animals Is having
little dispute with a leopard. the most vicious th'
: most intractabe. the most cruel and the mos
IA treacherols OF all the cat tribe. He wants th
: leopard 10 move and the leopard wants to stay
/ ! where he Is lie is a fearfuy repulsive- looknt
brute as he crouches There none of the majesty
~ ,hn lion about him none of the deceitful winnnl
Of tiger only the stnbbornness the stealthhess
- ! the evil intent. the wicked glare of the eye th
= sckening crouch And the man who Is wonderful
l. for animals throws his arm under the leopard III,
n stands looking at the thing. The leopard does no
move ,, - IT.,
e show for those of the is over. and the peopl
pouring into the street Back IN the 9ua ,a
/ 20 bed TIP your end they are all getting sleepy
nse o s0p e anf ne PSSnR
hound. chained near the elephant Is snoring, ,,a,
. 'GoOd-by." you say to your friend, the keeper
e thanking him for his patience and Kindness.
Is THERE Is MORE TO BE SEEN.
; ..Walt a minute" he says Come back wher
- Professor Darng's lions are down at the other end
| want you TO see something.
81 BEFORE the cage where Darng's performers lv
is a long bench. on it are hve great pieces OF ray
h..f Each lion sits on his launches. his head clos
re- sich as one not when Black Prince
re- smiy or rebeliously strikes at Philadelphia IL
, n hungry look. but more than that. II Is an III
* fense look a look of greed. craving and ierocity,
I'VE are going to feed them, says the ke 'rPa
a Never feed them til after they perform The
. get lazy and sleepy after they eat" ,,,or,or,
. man comes along armed with p,'cn MS
Some removes steel plate which runs a. ~
the bottom of she cage. leaving an openhs, III
length of the cage. The man forks pie ~ ths,n
g beef and the five lions with roars throw h fork 5rt'
10 selves against the bars. OF sudden 'he io yin,
extended and thrust into the cage lhere 40 s,ran
he chat makes the bars SILVER no car to9ethe,
e. SO swiftly Like "a flash two lions cofe ne, III ,ha
n n I'm such rand succession that their deep note
OF sound like the lire of rapid artillery the bar
is against the wall. down the floor asa scra,hi
~ "S rhe cage In "A whirwind OF savage sG,a' i
~ Then one lion withdraws iit. ss his great law
III hIs meat between his powerful paws III, he nr,ze II
Is over them and he begins TO de, Ha scena ia r,
~ gives deep Sigh of JOY. Asan ,a we're 40 afYec
heated. And these are the lions WHO "e'e ~ any,