Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-10

lnerable spot with those ANIMALS. !
those DAYS we did not know niue
about taking precautions aSains
blood poisoning, SO simply wrappc
the injured limb up with handas
after smearing the wound with arm
ca"
Thinking OF lions In general
( smile stole over the features OF tn
pray.haired trainer. Twenty YEAR
ago he muscd. Il thought some q
Introducing an act to be- called Dan
lei In the Lions Den was to si
on "A sort Of settee In 4 cage. and tht
lions were to rush In at me through
a chute. But never could get any
body to put up any money for II.
Il am getting a little too old to
train animals now" resumed the ve'
eran. with a sigh. Il have been at II
steady since 1867 with the exception
OF one season. when | opened up !,
little grocery store at Ninth stree'
and Avenue c. Hut MIR. Bailey sent
for me and | gave up my grocery
store. which was not 10 my liking for
the call Of the circus.
Like Tales from Wonder Book.
Once launched upon his experiences
he old man told stories OF the tan
bark aud Of the circus upon the roaa
which sounded like the tales from
some modern wonder book. There
was. for instance, the one concerning
the wreckage OF u ear At Defiance
Ohio which contained q leopard and
two lions. The occupants or the
cage got out and gave CoRklsn ana
the circus men a lively time OF 1t be-
fore they got them back again. The
circus was leaving Defiance at lhe
time. The cages had been loadcd
on fiat cars. Just as the train was
tolling slowly out Of the city the chain
depending from a coal chute besid"
the tracks caught In the roof OF tho
cage and ripped big hole In It, Ont
sprang the three animals. Two OF
them stood in a sort Of daze on the
roadbed Of the railroad. and the third.
lion, made of across the fields.
I'VE took the side piece OF tent
IA strip about fifty feet long. ex'
planned Conklin and made chute
u this after We had removed the hind
wheels and the door Of the cage.
which Is detached without much DIM
Guilty. Then. while my men held the
canvas chute got behind aud slowly
drove the lion and the leopard ,"'o
the chute. The men kept edging for
ward with It until they had the make
shift pen right up against the door OF
the cage. Then We got them In aud
closed the exit. We sealed up the
opening as best We could with boards.
The second lion We found that night
half a mile away. He had entered
barn and killed a COW. discovered
| that by hearing the means Of the COW
We awoke the farmer and told MIN
| Of It, tut he wasn't anxious to ven
ture into the barn. So l had a cage
wheeled up to the door OF the barn
and, armed with q whip. went In. The
lion was standing over the dead COW
He had caught It by the jaws without
even scratching it.. ! asked the farm
or what he would take for his COW
| and he said he would call 1t square
for $50. SO l paid him that and drove
my lion into the cage.
Once when I was with Coles Cir
| Gus" he went on, the entire circus
train was wrecked In what was known
] as Tunnel No. Z. near Parkersburg
w. Va. The traia ran on the track
and the cages were thrown this va!
| and that to each side Of the TUNE!
Most OF them were broken apart. ant
in the next few minutes that TUNE
was filed with all sorts Of wild ami
mails. from kangsroos to monkeys. II
] was at night. the tunnel was dark. ant
we could not see much except thct'
eyes flashing. We got lanterns an'
ropes aud roped those animals fo
hours. Then We loaded them bac'
into the cages, psaking them rs sccur'
rs We could. We caught all the an
imals In the tunnel except the mon
keys. These got out and for a weei
afterward farmers delivered stral
monkeys to us OF told us where VI
could find them. We had blacksmith
straighteu the bars OF the cages. ant
they didn't like the Job very much
With scrapers and poles We drove TIL
animals into one end Of their cage
! where We held them while the black
smiths Strengthened out the bars a
the other end. Ask Mr.. Cole. H.
j will tell you all about n."-New Yor!