El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
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Captivity-Born Animals Hardest
Wild Animal Wizard Saws
Patience and Kindness
Secrets of Success.
GLTHE captivity born animal is

GL"HE captivity born animal Is
much harder to train than
the one full grown from the
jungles The former is used 10 people
has no fear Of them, and when the
trainer attempts to teach them some
Thing, the animal shows fight The
Jungle born animals are frightened;
everything is strange TO them. and
their training is usually accomplished
while they are being tanned"
This is the rather startling declara-
ton Of Al G. Barnes. who since the
death of the late Carl Hagenback,
holds the rank Of the worlds greatest
animal trainer and exhibitor Of wild
animals. and whose wild animal circus
is to be seen in FL PasO next Wednes-
IN the training quarters Of the
Barnes circus last winter we had sew
eral examples OF training jungle born
and captivity born lions, tigers and
leopards," he continued. Miss Florine,
one of the most efficient trainers. IN
dertook the training of q pet leopard,
an animal she had raised and petted
from an hour old cub. 1t was a great
pet with the circus family-playfUI as
a kitten. Its education. however. was
an entirely different matter. and the
first attempt resulted in the leopard's
trying to kill the trainer.
Training a -'Tame One.7
'Luie, a huge African lion. was an
goats milk, fed from a bottle. Tame
as kitten said the boys around the
menagerie, when It was ordered that
Louie was to be trained 20 ride a gal
Looping horse along with the other
riding lions of the Barnes CircIs. The
second days schooling almost resulted
in the death Of Herr Roth. as the lion
made a desperate attempt to kill the
trainer, and did succeed in tearing his
hand and arm in a terrible manner.
An example Of what may be expect
ed from the jungle born kind was had
with a Bengal tiger. This animal,
just from the jungles Of India. full
grown. a fierce, fighting man eater,
was entered in the training school.
This tigers hatred for man was the
most pronounced 1 have ever wit
kind treatment. his education was well
under way, and he is now doing an
act with the other performing tigers
with the Barnes show.
Patience First Step.
The first steps Of q wild animals
training are patience-teSting 10 the
very extreme One cant use force nor
hurry. II is the slow. seemingly plod-
ding efforts that bring forth the best
results. Months of time must some
times be consumed over some trivial
point before the animal grasps what
is wanted.
First the animal is named and the
name is never changed The name is
the fundamental cue Co all its future
training Kindness and a thorough IN
Outstanding of the animal in hand is
the only whip needed around a train
ing school Without kindness no ami
mai can be made to know what is
wanted As TO the barbarity Of their
training, there is none of it. The dumb
animal can be trained by only one
Observation-Disclosures The real trainer
never thinks Of resorting to cruel
practices. Punishment is sometimes
necessary and is given effectively, but
never with the barbariOus method one
so often hears about
The Work Of Trainers.
There's no set ruIes or set OF rules
by which wild animals can be trained.
Every animal presents a different prob
lena different disposition
A few set rules are applicable TO