Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-11
WILD ANIMALSINCAGB
SPIRITED ONES ARE SAFER TO TRAP
THAN THE SNEAKY KIND.

Can Tell When Any One resrs Them. nns
Take Advantage OF That raet-Scm.
Animals Higher Csste Than Others
Table Manners OF Two Elephants
Head Keeper Blsckburne. of th,
National Zoo, is probably as we'll &C
quainted with animals as any man O;
his age in the world. He was what IL
known as keeper of the cats" with 4
circus and has had a great experience,
With all kinds and varieties. He does
not fear any of them. and they seem &c
De aware of the fact.
Recently In conversation with
Washington Star reporter he said that
in order 20 handle animals properly,
as In everything else. the person must
understand them thoroughly They
h&ve much more sense and understand.
ing. he saws. than they are generally
given credit for. They can tell In an
instant when any one Is afraid of them.
and Will take advantage OF it in mo-
'ment At the same time. he saws.
nerve Is not everything requisite IL
going among Wild beasts with i'm
Punity. Their moods end tempers
change just the same as do those oi
persons. and treatment which will be
well received one day. will probabl,
invite sn attack another
II there Il any familiarity 70 be in
obliged IN between q keeper aud an
animal" said Mr.. Blackburne. al.
ways let IL come from the man and
never from the beast II lac wants 70
pet an animal. all well aud good. bat
he must never let one Of them have an
idea that II can presume TO Jolly a
keeper II this takes place control Is
lost over the animal. ss II Immediately
lmagInes II Is as capable ~ running
things as Its keepers. The old adage
that familiarity breeds contempt u
never more truly exempiiEed than be-
tween a keeper and an animal
There Is n grea deal Of difference
an the methods 81 training animals. I
should much rather have % deal with
q spirited animal which would most
likely make al attempt q attack. the
first time one entered ats cage than
With one which would sneak around
and try % get out Of the way The
former animal can be trained 70 do al
most anything. as II shows its superior
intelligence In making an effort TO de
fend itself. A sneaky animal I have
found can never he sabdued or trusted
~ any time One that will have
*very appearance of being MORALLY in
ar when Its cage Is entered and will
Erive 70 get away viii spring in 4 mo-
tsnf IL ones hack Is turned.
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~ etf frol1 looking ~ the two animals
&Hek Is tractable and docile He
see0s to understand that il is much
4ft&r for him "a be so than otherwise.
1ot because he Is afraid Of punish
neat On the other hand. Gold Dust
y apparently dOcile because be il
afrnlf that he vill get the worst az II
II he does anything wrong. The other
has naturally no desire 20 overstep the
bounds Gold Dust il more Of q scrub
eierhset. and he looks II. No matter
how much he Il fed be viii not become
feshy- There IL almost the same diff
ference IN their manner OF eating.
when one watches IL, as there il be-
tween that Of highly refined society
woman and a lOE-dowa tramp. Just
watch them
Hay vas thrown % both the animals.
Gold Dust hardly waited for il 10
tOnch the floor Ia front Of him before
be whipped ont his trunk. grabbed up
= bunch Of il unfortunately and
showed II into his mouth as If he had
been : nan taking a huge bite Of
bread Dunk carefully spread out his
5Ay, taking a wisp Of IL at time.
the choicest portions, until he had
made = roll about foot In length and
Two OF three inches thick When II
bad been arranged 20 his taste he put
4 into his mouth and chewed X up.
finishing IL before beginning on some
more The other elephant had eaten
All Of his hay before Dunk had bali
finished sis II WAS simply a display
IN large scale Of the table manners
q Beau Brummel and . hobo.