Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-12
THE GAZETTE WORTH TEXAS. SUNDAY, MAY ~ 1870.
A TniIs with the worlds Greatest
Animal Dealer.

Animal Dealer.
l was Introduced last week-thanks
to the courtesy Of Mr.. Gilman of Crys-
tai Palace fame-to Herr Carl Hagen
beck, who is on a flying visit to Eng
land to make final arrangements for
bringing over complete somah
village and establishing It in the
grounds OF the Crystal Palace, where
1t will form one Of the chief attrac-
tons during tho coming summer
months.
Herr Hagsnbscis is enc Of tho most
unassumlng men have ever met. He
is tall and well built, with n broad
kind face that is clean shaven. gave
for a small beard under his chin. and
in manner and bearing and In gentle
ness Of speech. he Is distinctly more
like a qulet-lovins pastor than a train
or of wild animals and active proprietor
Of the finest menagerie on tarth.
In reply to some scores OF questions
he said. "Iamburg is my birthplace.
and there. in 1915, when | was 5 years
of age, my father purchased Polar
bear. and this animal formed the nu-
cleus for the very large concern OF
which | am now proprietor. MY rather
handed the entire business over TO
me when l was 81. and three years
later the first lot of African animals
came over to me direct from Nubia,
81 first exhibited natives together
with animals in 1876, when l brought Il
family Of Laplanders over, with their
huts and about 40 reindeer The great
est success ! have had In this line
with the exception, perhaps OF the
Somall village to be held here shortly,
which, l believe. Will be the biggest
thing have ever handled-w9s
troupe of Cingalese in Paris, az the
Jardin d'Acclimatutlon, where, IN ten
weeks 1t was visited by 100000 peo-
ple. 1 have always met with my
greatest successes in Paris. hnd
the French more uppreCiatiVe of shows
of this sort than the English
I then ventured to suggest that a
certain amount Of risk must exist in
bringing lot Of uncivllized savages
direct from their homes to the centres
of civilization.
"rhere Is very little, indeed, assure
you. The savage has to be treated in
the same way as the wild animal
with kindness and tirmness. You must
not think 1t egotism, but really the in
habitants Of whole villages have wept
and hung round me when / have left
them, and have laughed and shouted and
back. They are always very keen ON
coming with me TO take part in an
exhibition, and, with one exception,
they always lmplore me not to send
them back again when the show was
over This exception was a Patagonl-
an. / could never get him to enjoy any
OF the theatres | took him to. He
would turn away his head and put vi
his hands, and tremble with fear. SO
that / was obliged to send him home.
Concerning the Crystal Palace show
we explain to those OF the Somalis
whom we have selected TO come over
what they will bc expected TO do-hOw
they must erect their village, welcome
hunters according to their own meth
DDS. engago in a sham fight, have
horse races and camel races and al
that sort Of thing in front Of a British
audience, and when they are once n
England. II win need only eight days OF
rehearsal to make them efficient, fol
/ they are mnrvelously Intelligent peo'
| pie. these Somalia. Altogether there
/ Will be some two hundred animals In
/ Guiding lions, painters, lcUpards, Gle
/ plants, and so forth
Yes, ! have a large place In Ham
l burg. | have there at the present mo
/ mont $50 600 worth Of animals for sail
| and Sl50,00O worth for my own pur
| poses II anybody requires q geological
[ garden Of any size or description / an
] In a position to supply him with an cs
| innate which win include animals
! buildings keepers, attendants, inspect
/ ors and even directors, II necessary.
] II could erect and furnish yer,
! pretty little 200 for $4,000; while
] really large one. containing some fin
specimens, could be made to rcacl
$500 600. In 1871 / sent over a complete
geological garden. including a hundre,
p la Cincinnati In,
shipped another TO Argentina. Half
dozen other places In Amsri,a ar
stocked with wild animals that hav
| passed through my hands, and all III
geological gardens in India were TT
ted out by me.
Most OF the animals coming from
Africa are captured by the natives
who bring them down from all parts 4
n certain point at certain time, wher
they meet either myself or my repre-
sentative. who takes them down to tn
coast and ships them 70 Hamburg. TIL
Indian gardens, however. now eNchnng
with me, and. sending along specimen
which they do not require. receive 4
return African and other animals.
with regard to my own collection,
should like to tell you that have 1
one Of my rings at Hamburg twenty
two animals who spend all their tim
together. They include pumas. lion,
tigers, panthers leopnrds. Polar bear,
Thibet bears and boarhounds. l CON
menced in March last, and kept addin
one at n time. Since the beginning q
this year l have added Bengal tlgel
a lion, n leopard and a puma"
Inhis search FOR animals, Herr Hagen
beck has covered n tremendous amour
/ OF ground. and seen good deal NOR
Of the world than most mon. Since al
first journey out OF Hamburg on Inf
, own account he has Travelled on n
average between %, 600 and 30. COO mile
n year, and justiaes his claim To helm
n man OF method and of indomitabl
perseverance by having. with scarcel
! a single break, kept diary OF hi
movements for the whole Of that tim