The morning call., 1894-05-20
FOR LOVE OF ART.
Why Sandow Will Fight
Commodore.
!. TO SHOW HOW THEY KILL.
The Grace of a Muzzled Lion Is
Yet Unknown.
A KING OF BEASTS IN BOOTS.
:.
Colonel Boone's Lion Considers Him.
self IHsulted by His New Attire.
Sandow's Glare.

"YOu see. it has never been done before,
and from the point of view of art il is very
q new and beautiful"
1t was with this esthetic sentiment
upon his lips that Eugen Sandow pro-
Ceeded TO give an account yesterday Of the
contest in which he is to indulge next
Tuesday with Colonel Boone's lion,
Commodore" at Central Park. The
athletic Sandow without the e. has evil
:. IDENTIFY no intention OF posing as a mere
strong man, able to haul about. without
any personal inconvenience. pianos,
horses, and other airy trifles. He is the
exact counterpart of the Farnesian Her
cu1es, and having acquired this artistic
reputation, he prides himself upon living
up so ii. Therefore when Sandow re-
solves to fight lion, no also takes care TO
affirm that be does SO from the Hottest
standpoint Of art.
sit is very new and beautiful" repeated
the Earnesian Hercules, Nv hen a man
has been killed by lion in the wilderness
: 1t has never been seen. This is the first
time. the public gets a chance to see the
beautiful artistic movements of the anil
NAL" and the perfect man cOughed mod
estly, .remem bering doubtless that many
: time and oft the public had had an OPP
p0rtunity of seeing his own beautiful ar
tlStic movements.
Suppose the lions claws tear his
gloves. and he goes for you with his naked
I'D claws ?" was asked.
"Ahl Then | shall dodge more, and the
people will better see The artistic motions
of the lion" cried Sandnw, his eyes posi-
lively cleaning with enthusiasm Tor art.
AND you are willing perhaps to lay
down your life on the altar of art just to
show how gracefully a lion eats MANI"
Ak
much be-Jeweled hand to his bicepS. DO
you see that muscle? Well, a lion not
much of that would eat. His teeth would
break. Now, my idea Of the fight is what
you cali scientific / will say it so. A
lion has arms-his teeth, his claws For a
man without an instrument to fight an
armed lion is just the same you stand be-
fore me with revolver in each hand and
say. Now strike, and l fire.. That is not
fair. But you take from a lion his arms
tie up his teeth, his claws. All, so it is
=. fair. He has his spring. his weight, bis
blow, Just as the man who fights him has.
They are then equal. But only a strong
man can fight a lion, even so, for with one
BLOW of his paw be can break the back of
an OK.
II take no instrument and enter his cage.
Fam a stranger and l touch him, which his
. master never does. This makes him mad
and be fights. He strikes at me, but l
seek ~ TO throw him, and strike not
back. | have 10 wish to hurt the lIon-it
Is TO be a wrestling match, and he has
enormous hitting power"
. When IL was suggested TO Sandow that
the mighty Samson had once slain king
of the forest without taking the prelimin-
AIRY precautlon of arranging him in leather
boots and strong muZZle the perfect man
expounded an original and highly unoI-
:thodoX version of the story.
THAT Samson slew the lion, believe
yes. But he had an instrument, what one
v,n4 hag g., -l-.o
two lions, and each time / had an instiu-
ment.. So had Samson. The first time,
when the Sultan of Turkey asked NE TO
tIght...I used knife, and the second time
life-pTeserver, a piece of Whalebone
weighted with lead. Both times l sub
dued the lien, but it was not so easy. All!
you see bear the scars of his claws" and
the perfect man MIN bly, rolled up his cuffs
and regretfully showed tear in the white
flesh of. his perfect arm.
: When asked whether in his former COM
bats with lions he had ever suffered any
Inconvenience from the animals fascinat-
=. ting glare, Shadows lips parted In an iron
zeal smile and he replied with lofty scorn:
:. :" That glare has made people helpless be-
cause they were IF gh!ened l fear nobody
and nothing. j was never afraid" and
the dramatic gesture with which the per-
feet man accompanied this latter state
m6nt would not have been unworthy Of
. histri0nic Lord Nelson. the man who
asked What is fear?" II frightened
those two lions" pursued Sandow. "a
man. can glare as well as lion, and
glared into their eyes" OF course this
remark was to be accented as true, though
the blue-eyed. mild-luOking athlete did not
at that moment give the impression of be-
ing able TO raise a genuine glare, even to
save his perfect limbs from mutilation.
.. =: '.How about the lion ?" asked the re-
porter. Does he look at the fight from
the artistic point of view 2"
81 will not hurt the lIon," replied San
dow: II tell you that be shall NJ OF receive
blows. 1 will dodge him only and seek to
throw him."
land suppose he tears off his muzzle?"
:. 'tAhi J. then / shall get good grip at his
: 'thr0a and kill him dead" and as be made
" this fierce statement the ghost OF a glare
came into the perfect mans mild eye.
= AS for Commodore, who has already
eaten his man, be strongly objects to be-
ing humiiated and handicapped in the
eO1niDg fight On Thursday last bis leather
boots, which have been ordered for the
occasion, were tried on for the first time,
ana Colonel Boone describes how the poor
animal roared with wrath and indignation
as his paws were tied to the bars of his
cage and creased in the hated device for
covering his claws. The putting on of the
muZZle provoked Commodore even further,
and i he does not smash the beauty OF
the "Farnesan Hercules" next Tuesday It
VIII not be Tor want of what, from lions
point of view, might be considered due
prOTocatioD