Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-12-07
THE WILD-BEAsT TRADE.
4 Talk With Carl Hagenbeck, of
HAMBURG.
Q.ondon Daily News.)

Q.ondon Daily News)
Hamburg is city or strange industries,
| but perhaps there Is none more interest
ing than that OF Mr.. Carl HaSenbeck.
wild beasts for almost every managerie
I'm the world, he has dealings with every
savage land. His agents are to-day
| searching Tartary and Siberia. exploring
opened Soudan, working in even the re-
bellious PHILIPPINES. Just now he Is busy
organizing an expedition 70 Thibet. In
his great garden YOU md CROWDS or wild
beasts of every kind. Here are Is polar
bears, and not far off Is string or doz-
en- elephants. newly arrived from India.
Half a hundred condors fresh from South
America are waiting TO be unpacked {;
scores of aligators are playing together.
as though I'm their native Florida; while
lions and tigers and panthers are stored
away in almost countless numbers. Here
Is a baby tiger, which you can play with
like a kitten; not far OF 10 fierce Bengal
brute. striving TO tear down it's bars and
get at you.
you must have had some strange ad-
ventures with your animals. Mr.. Hagen
beck?"
ESCAPE FROM A YOUNG ELEPHANT.
Naturally, in dealing with large num-
bers of wild creatures one sometimes has
moments when IL requires all ones pres
ence OF mind and skill 10 escape with a
whole skin. Animals have their moods,
watched. one of my narrowest escapes
was from a young elephant We were
dispatching some beasts In vessel, and
j was down al the dock experimenting
their embarkation. A young elephant had
evidently been worried on the journey
down. Ii was tied up with a chain long
enough TO permit its moving somewhat
about. and | was standing with my back
to the beast near the wooden side of the
compartment. Suddenly, without warn
ing, 1t turned around and rushed Al me
and pinned me 10 the wall, Its tusks going
either side of me. My men ran up and
dragged me from between the tusks and
j tainted away. In a moment / opened
my eyes and murmured 10 them 10 lift
me on my feet and see If l could stand,
for j was afraid my back was broken.
They found l could stand, and | was
helped home. The elephants tusks had
Just fitted me, grazing my skin on either
side, but not even tearing the flesh.
But i had perhaps, more uncomfort-
able time with giraffe. We were put
ting II on board at Suez, and several
natives, my brother and myself had hold
OF 1t with ropes. Suddenly II bolted. The
others dropped their ropes, but / could
not let go. The giraffe tore along. pulling
me after II, and its quick locomotion
made mo 90 with giants strides. IL or 10
feet each. There was a great pile OF
broken bottles on our way and over II
went the giraffe, tearing my face and
clothes with the glass. Then II turned
round, and rushed back through Suez
again. At last. breathless, bruised, torn.
managed TO drop of. For few minutes
i lay still, trying To recover my wind.
When l opened my eyes. I saw the gira-
FIFE standing quietly by me. securely tied.
II had come TO standstill when drop
ped of and a little naked black boy, who
was just by. had got hold OF the loose
rope and tangled It round the telegraph
pole, so that the bird was properly caught
A CASE or hA1'Ii.tsSNAkES.
There was one adventure with snake
that still makes me hot and cold when !
recall IT, A case Of rattlesnakes came to
me, and noticing an unpleasant smell, !
put my arms over my face for shade. and |
peered into the case. ] saw that there |
was q dead snake there. Just then one
Of the rattlers Jumped up and threw IL