The Washington weekly post., 1899-05-16
GREATEST ANIMAL TRAINER.
Carl Hagenbeck's Adventures and ErpsfI.
mpnts with Wild Beasts.

ments with Wild Beasts.
From pesrson's Monthly.
The greatest authority on the tra.ri-,
Of wild beasts In the world Is. Witbour
doubt. Carl Hagenbeck. OF Hamburg H.
Is q man who has made il most a ,gbf-t
OF serious study. and he possesses m5ys
animals than any other individual
But how do you get them alp I
asked-wTites an interviewer.
Simply because / have established cen.
ters all over the world. and because
spare no pains. time. or money. 10 Oh.
tain possession of every kind of anima!
Let me give you an instance. / spent
A7O0 sending a man to Persia q fnd Ow
one special fallOw deer. OF which had
heard, but Of which he could only dis
cover one specimen, which was in thl
Sultan's palace: however, since his I-.
turn / have learned exactly where this
deer is TO be found, and / an sending my
man out again.
Did you ever see a cross between a
lion and tigerT' he continued. as Re
paused in front OF a cag-, and De called
TO an animal fast asleep In a corner lt
at once came TO the front. delighted 10
hear its masters voice. and rubbing is
head with evident pleasure sideways
against his hand. which be had put
through the bars. 1t WAS NOR. Ike
lion than a tiger. although / could see 20,
tail was slightly barred.
II am q great believer" he went en-.
''in the cross-breedng Of animals. esps.
cially your domestic animals. COWS, g.,
with wild animals of the same species,
or even OF different kinds; why not i5f
instance, try a cross OF Aldefney eya and
Brahman bull2 1 am neiping the Duke u
Bedford TO cross Persian fallOW der with
ordinary European deer. in order thaI -
may obtain a bigger and stronger btsel,
l am also trying TO stock the Scotch
mountains with the Siberian i5sE."
DO you ever come to grief in The .raia-
ing of your wild animals | asked.
Yes he replied. Il have mad many al-
ventures. The most terrible time ! rF-f
had was with that python there point.
ing TO an enormous coll. wherein crI'l
pair Of eyes giittered unWinklngiy al gs
Il had eight full-gTOWn pyihOn5 IN or7
cage, and ! wanted to put them al niJ
a big box 10 remove 10 another cage. ]
had managed to get six OF them removed
very comfortably, simply catching thsm
by the back of the neck and dropping
them in Cne by one. Tackling No. I, how
ever this very one, my lady flew az ne.
| snatched of my hat and thrust u ir-
tween nEf FtOTUlOur ldNSs I tllFl -.iA
her by the serum OF the neck and dragged
her 10 the lower partition. making 9uH-
stant attempts TO drag her iE, she dart
ing back again.
"Then. as | finally caught her she coll d
herself round my body and legs. and BE-
gan to squeeze me with all her might, 70
add TO the horror Of the moment, the r.
naming python attacked ne, too, ana
there / swayed beneath them. with Ihgl-
huge laws gaping over me, and their iOu.
breath making me nearly sensrles5. Luck,
ily. when l had given up all fOpe, one 81
the men threw. plsnket over lhe secoi.. /
Dythou. secured II in the box, and came 10
nv rescue, and after Il long rght ! was
rescued more dead than alive.
II was engaged once packing up -iy-
teen alligatoTs .Or Dusseldorf. ] pulled
the first out Of that pond, when suddenly
with a blow Of MS tai n hhocHr' Ne
hang into the water. and then Tor Et'-
ond or two ] lay daZed among the hii~~H
aIlIgators. Ny people made rush 10 save
me-, but [ was shot out OF the tank IKE
an indiarubber ball. They are very ,dt.si-
MINED fighters / have known SIX u th.a
the whole lot Of them were dead
Eight Of my elephants oEce ran aEay
in a procession at Munich. .3ur o. lhrhl
rushed into house, ana lLT Do.D.I
gave way and pTecipitstel tHrm N.y
cellar, out Of Whicn We got them "n
the greatest poNHibiF AiuHo4Nf
you an animal-traineT' 5 life f4s Us ~-"-
GERS. ...- &,
hand " he continued. zone j. Whai y
termed 'Hagenbecks Paralis" VI ~.
Geological Garden OF the Future. .-'
taken an enormous space v. siJ-a-. "i.
/ vii! show YOU th'6 afternoon. --
which 7 am preparing as an CDr. s''-.'-
for all my animals. wherein ih"} - ~
wander at pleasure. and ahri"
will be caves for them to r'si ih. e'- -
raising mountains In the har hsfvih1 ~. ~.
the deer ana I am making hIs~ l-A
for the famingces and cranes an y
gums 10 enjoy themselves boo. TIE 'P
tatoTs can walk round and see - ~.
distance every animal cCnc~ifal.s 1'.
my idea IS TO make such sAie'- p
every great city in Europe. fyf Z 49,
proven over and over again ihSi d re
acclimated a. nay arlmdlz dfT. W.
can BE- brought 10 stand any .-'
The geological garden I am uoS msA.'h
g. more than a million feet square ,.
My second scheme ~ Co irr.p-- .a's
wood and forest spaces In EuaiaH- VI a
Europe generally. stock them "t- -
animals liOns. tigers. panlagia
&cD. provide them with food l.-t.t4 =.
mails, take care that they have .1'.s
sleep in. and a stream 20 dFnk -
and so IN course Of time spJTismTh
have the finest big game shooNns -h ~
world at their very gatss. il vii p n
fectiy safe for the populacf E-h~i-
as. OF course. the wood will b. rno.- eA.
fully inclosed- Theoretically sesl-l ! -.
term it-and for the animals 'hemF..
what a boon that they should once -ss-
obtain their freedom