The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-28
WILD BEASTS.
HAVE /: / | CH|.|U|..|MS.
They Have n otions of ,l'l1 cit
own, Some Of Which Are
s;5 cry Queer 81
IN ANIMAL 1. TA a | r STORY
Lions ;Fancy Is s q Pres byt te:l:1lsI''
P III, a eph ANTS ( I Love q ii
for Jog.

US 4 .hriii. whistle from the director, and nd
diately the band struck up a lively
AZ tia 4 oors \ of the big arena we're rs
thrown open an ou front ot the a.i au-
dience ripped some ty+sevsn lions oi1
followed ons5 qulet athle 1:I;, sellE
DOS essed MAJ the show X, was on on.
While tie a,u,die was narvellirr At
he sil ana daring of the performance
away at the front the balcony 81 by an
open hich the en-
Il ance Is the animal palace a. man IN 53 e
/ q own.s costume as planning the how 'o,
81 il ali Bobby Mack can speak 1s With
authority On such SUBJ because q
has been an animal trainer All bis ife,
and to quote his own ressio ns mas
handled everything from asBrat g e e Y
elephant. D
sf Don't call me lion MI he ne-
gan. for there are 81 one. There never
was and dom believe there eyer,
ssa1 Il, am "a OF animals, wild ami
S1mals that all. And II some times think y
n hat, r,r1et XIV near enou he add ed, re
sf1scttyely al he Il ooked8 at 81 dozen 50
scars On his arms and han ds.
rs one rtant point witt an Wild I'D
ANNA Is ia make itaund erstand that you;
are the master, ta idea firmly t11f,ly
2f1xed and its Ignorance OF its own power
YOU have made a splendid start , hen to
train them TO perform is mere a case $oi
steak Of steak q hop or club sandwich IS
don't want YOU to- u ne Sadded
hastily, ''that the animals are handled "a
Sbrutely. Nothing Of tbs. sort ls permit
ted here, and 1t would only pol ne an
fimals IL Sitswere allowed. sfss;
.,Bi,t & lust the same the animals when
being trained, are rewarded or punlshfleesd
ne their trainer, Just as chill dren IN school
are id. indeed, there could BE no bet
ter lllustration Of the met mods ct train.
ing Wild anima y. h ham the Fin eergarteInnt
system or teac hing child ren: w 5
irst ana foretn ost, 81 course, the an n
finals have TO be grad ually accustomed
stoi the presence az the Sir ira Liner. He feeds
them attends to them In many Ways gets
them accustomed to 4 having him near.
them. outside the age at first. Of course
and then era dually he gets Into closer. re
lationshlp With them. toes into their cages.
gets to handle them 81 lit tle, = YER snow
Ing signs Of herYo usness or fear, and al
ways prompt to- punish any attack on
B him { s s. r. SIS gss III
5i.'When he has reached the stag where e
ma can ter the cage sit down In his
chair beside the animal and stroke y
WITH his hand with out being attacked. u
IS about time for the real training to Sbe-i
gin. W. X gtf fs s 8ss1
Oh car, neyerst ell how a big cat or a
little one. for that matter, Is going to act
when lie first gets into the, arena, and
that is usually D. pretty xious moment
for the trainer It sonnet times thkesH days
ito accustom the yeast to the arena
VA ut takes usually from ten weeks to
three months to teach the nrst trick, / and
during iii this time the trainer IS study
ing his charge and vice versa, ] presume.
II more than one beast Is TO be used In
the performance Il hey are tau gllt separ-s
gateiy,i then two toge Their II hen three, 4 and
So on, one being a dded to the lumber at
q time until the whole trouI,ei are In.
gaYou ca II figure from III t, ma be. how
much time and pa, tience and nerve force.
to Gay nothing Of skin and tiesh 5a ckI Bo-s
anayIta has elnplp yed TO set his twenty
seven lions to work toget her, n. 4 &
is88.:s,All8 the animals that work together.
each other, ana a re usla y / ca ged to-
EHgetler. that Isl. In q row 81 cages with
screens between, 10 hey get acppsto toned
10 each other and q ifle risndl w per-
thaps Otherwise there would pc more
SCRAPS between them than a. few.
III .,As II sis, there are plenty. here was;
one lion We had that killed q polar bear
and two Tibet bears. bit tiger In the;
BACK and nearly HI led 1T and once, while
in the runway al ter g \ perf Torrance, he
grabbed allloness and carrie ed her into the
arena. 81 III NJ u 3
ero, as we called that lion, ia sds Q
mistake that time 81 llough, beca use the
siifI,aS linnnsa turned on him In the aroma