The Portland daily press., 1896-05-09

THIS business for thirty years The IL
gers, suppose, ars the worst, and If
they once attack you they are never good
for anything afterward, no matter how
well they have been trained.
We commence to break them VIII en-
they are about eighteen or twenty months
old-go into cage with them, with a
broom. perhaps, to show that we are not
afraid of them, and if they begin to get
excited caress them. 1t takes about three
months to get them accustomed to you.
Thsn they can learn tricks.
They learn to teeter, one on either
end of long board, with big dog-a
Dane-in the centre. to form pyramids,
and pictures.
"The lions tigers, panthers and Loop
ards belong to the cat family, and you
have to keep your ego on them. The
worst tussle I ever had was with pan
Their. He had been given to an army
officer at Fort Sill when he was a cub.
Tha officer had him running loose around
the house, but he grew to be a nuisance
and was given to the Zoo at ST. Louis.
| was there then, and later, when I
joined this circuF, we traded for that
same panther. A man who was going to
ride in the cage with him one day said
he was acting badly and he was afraid Of
him. said I would fix him, and /
went in and put on collar and chain,
but | didn't chain him up. I turned
my back to hiSp, and he jumped for me,
trying to get at my throat. 1 kept my
face to the bars of the cage, told the man
to get the pitohfork, and run it into the
animals mouth. The man held him
down until he could get the chain and
pull the animals head down to the wheel
and then got ont. I was pretty well
clawed up.
"The black leopards are the worst of
that species. Some animals ara too
vicious to break, and then they have to
be sent to q geological garden. Hyenas
and wolves belong to the dog family.
Their claws don't amount to anything,
but the hyena has the most powerful
jaws uf any of the animals. A hyeHa
took that finger, and Mr.. Winner point
ed to the place where finger should
have been. "Two striped hyenas were
fighting spotted one. l pulled one off
and he took me.
"We have one big lion in the center
Of the lion cage who is very gentle. He
is the only one ever knew who was. I
will take you in with him if you.like.''
The reporter asked to be excused.
He was given to Southern woman
wien he was very little" Mr.. Winner
went Oh, 'and she raised him on bot
tie. We call him 'Frenohy.' He rides
a bicycle, rolls on a barrel, and fires
revolver. l put lay head in his mouth
and snap a whip over him.
Elephants are troacherous The
males ara usually the worst, but some,
times the females are bad. The worst
elephant in the country now is Empress,
who is with travelling show. She has
killed several men.
can elephant will throw you down and
trample on you; the males gore you, and
the females, which have no tusks, crush
you with their heads.
81 dou't think there is any truth in
the stories of elephants remembering
good or bad treatment. AS for tobacco.
they like it. Jumbo would eat two or
thrse pounds of fine cut. I don't put
confidence in any animal. They will all
bear watching.
81 never pct animals when I am train
lug them. 1t ! is the worst thing that
can be done, and spoils them for doing
tricks. They are looking for the petting
and won't do anything.
s"The horned horse will gore you, and
the antelopes are bad, too. They are
not lbs gentle as thsy look. The sable
antelope is the worst OF any of them. The
nylghau will trample you to death if it
gets a chance.
1.-The Gland, delicate, fawn-oolored
animal, with its long, sharp horns. can
put its head down 30 fiat on the ground
that it can pick up strap with its
horns.
''The grizzly Russian polar bears are
all vic ious. The American black bear
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have very sweet tooth. and in training
them they sometimes get lump of
sugar. They don't always like to work
with other animals, and then they have
to be persuaded. After you once get ami
mails broken to regular routine, there
is not much trouble with them. Yes;
sometimes they jump onto the dogs OF
the goats. Some of the goats are q little
afraid of them, but not the dogs.
Monkeys are like the rest That seal
| on my hand comes from the bite of q
monkey. They are more vicious to
strangers. When money has once
learned to do tricks he will have nc
friends but the man who trained him.
He could set monkey on stranger,
and he would attack him savagely.
1.-THE canels are vicious We have q
man here now going around with his
arm done up in sling from camel's
bite. We have had camel bite an e1e.
plant On the trunk, and another bit a
pony. The male ca,nels are most vic.
ious.
cit is the same story about the zebras.