The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04
Largest and Most Varied Collcc-
ton Ever Placed on TX
hibition.
ONE OF THE PIKE FEATURES.
Seventeen Beasts in One Act
Elephants Shoot the Cbutes
and Pigs Walk the Tight
Rope at the Fair.

No Erea, exposition would be complete
not. at least. in ifs amusement features.
It IS Eaid-without display by Carl
Hagenbeck, the animal trainer.
HIS present exhibit. which forms one
OF the most notable features Of the Pike.
at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. is
the largest. and In many respects the most
interesting Of any, that have heen shown
by him at any OF the great eSpositions.
Most conzpicuous Of the new features
which lend Il special interest is the
large open-air panorama. in which Il sue
cessfuI attempt has been made to cage a
motley assemblage of wild animals that
in their native state are bitterly hostile
20 each other in a common inc.osur.. and
to reproduce In this Enclosure a iacs. mile
Of the dens. LARS. mountain Businesses and
gorgcs which the wild animals love to
frequent when roaming al large.
a part OF the mass of natural scenery.
called the Animal PARADISE. Is a Wild
animal shoot the chutss." There l.
something extremely incongrTOus In III.
idea OF this very modern and thoroughly
human form OF sport having any attTac-
lion for he beast Of the neld. but as a
matter Of fact. several of the Hagen
Deck collection have taken very kindly
TO the chCteS. none more than the ele-
pll.nts- The slide f. covered with longi-
tudinal bars OF iron 10 Civ. thu E%cessaiy
sliding facility. AMI II - more than com
ical TO see tn. elephants bravely mount
TO the top plant themselves on the slide
ami make the wild sweep into the deep
pool OF water below
IN the arena OF the mammoth circus
the Hasenbecs trainers present many in
teresting acts. A Royal Bengal tiger
rides on the back Of an slephan, and
Charles Judge presents his trained sea-
rDns. Those awkward creatures with
their singouz necks are able 10 iuggla VITA
bstOns. balance balls. toss p raw cones
and catch them on their noses In perfect
balance.
III Kerslake has contrived 20 train sey-
en- pigs Of ABSORBED sizes into admirable
clowns. ore Of them doing a high-wire act.
John Dudak presents his troupe Of eight
polar bears and hi wrestling bout catch
as-catch can" with the largest one. which
stands feet high on his hind legs. Harry
Schubert, with his goat congress and won
de:fIlly trained dogs. and Walters. with
his herd % young elephants of Ceylon.
keeps uD the interest Of the audience.
seventeen different animals. including
lions. ticers. panther. purnas- poiei
bears. great Dane and German boar
hounds IT. BOgar is authority for the
statement that seyeuty-fVe animals were
tr3irnd for this act before seventeen Were
foun.: tia: would live together in har-
In another department IS the human
face chin,paDzee from the west coast of
Africa This big fellow is degrees nearer
to the human Kind than the gigantic blue
FAC" nandFiH from B"TnHo. Her. is a
terrible are. with enormous shoulder.
strength sufficient 10 rend a man limb
from Limb. IL aroused
Kipling's awful. yet ratnetic. storT 81
the big rno-li,~y that grow jealous Of his
owners wife IL recalled at once by the
r1andriI. This beast Is feet inches
high his fore teeth are the tuSks of the
lion t.ic ireacherous bands are soft an5
small.
Giant torto.sss. giant lizards and boa
constructors and other Giant animal tvpe<
are exhibited at the EsRenbeck Show on
the Pike which f. said IN be- one of the
finest exhibits of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition.