Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-30
DEVELOPMENT OF MENAGER|Es
Epochs in Age.Old History of
Wild Beast Shows.
Snowman OF the Caesars and His Grad
nal Change to the City Zoo Keeper
and the Circus Trainer OF
the Present.

When Julius Caesar visited Britain he
he found tho natives keeping pets, both
furrcd ard fea altered, just as the saw
ages do now and just "a other savages
we know had done two thousand, not to
say twenty thousand, Yoars earlier. In
four thousand years transport has inn
proved ana cages are better. but Nc have
lost In compa rison much of the power
IF training wild animals possessed by
tho unsophistiCated world folk OF that
limo. who were nearer nature and bet
ter understood her children The most
fcroctous beasts were regularly pressed
into the service of man. and the early
traders were the first showmen, exhibit
Ing their strange pets at the ports until
they reached home and disposed OF them
by sale or gift to the royal aud sacer-
dotal geological garden.
The germ of the big show s to he
found in the collections of wild animals
gathered by spectators or wealthy citi-
cons in Greece and southern Italy in the
third and fourth centuries -. G. These
were exhibited at their hating places on
the way to the amphithcatres of the
great cities Slaughter of beasts formed
only part, and often II small part in
the games. and tho smaller towns re-
lied for their entertainments on the
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Very rare animals were found in the
sllowmcns wagons. The earliest tiger
in western Europe was exhibited along
with an elephant at Turin i'm 1i75 bv two
Greeks There was an elephant shown
in Paris in the reign of Francis |. and
about the same time the rhinoceros OBJ
tanned by the Portuguese and sent as a
gift TO the Pone was exhibited at Mar
seillos on route to Rome Tho vessel
WAS wrecked hy the wild charges of the
heavy bcast and the body only reached
il. destinations This is the animal that
appcars at second hand in the paintings
of Alhrccht Durer.
C;rcat novelties did not reach the north
until the Dutch had wrested the rule of
the East from Portugal and Spain. Then
all the cities of Holland became en-
thusiastc zoolopists. and the showmcn
were no less Keen In '"-" ScNehl'r Inc
butchmah traNcled MS eiephaht All over
Europe ana II was VISITED ny saVall'F
ana noniHtN' ana maze such rare
sho" Tor the populace mat 'he governor
OF Mohtronll mao parficades erected 1t
Keep II longer IN mat town.
IN Las the filhoceros OF ahother en-
t"rprsihG ltoliahder' captain lo"Nc
mont van der Meer' was sun more sue
cesSfui. Van der Nicer had all me IN
stlntts OF the snowman il" employed
moHper Oh 'he frehch A'""ch'N u
write n description Oh 'he peast' Ni"c'
was translated lhto several lailSuaS yes
English amongst others. lie hau large
engraVlnss struck, ana Iurther lhiIah'
colossal travelling wagon, drawn D!
twenty horses. 1t was January I'4A
when he reached versailles ana wa
asked to sell the animal 10 the KING
But his majesty would not lace TN
price-lono" crowns, say '-1'"' liz
put on his animal FROM 7he'e IN
went to the Falr or ST Germalh' Il
Paris where Butfoh described the peast
Oudry painted II, ana the town wen
mad about it,
GOOD ROADS MADE SHOWS.
cir,;,.r no,,yorioe mot or;,. en- 1arre
had trave,od tbc J.nitcd Kingdom TO
tho ,,,o,.io,,s fi,.o ,aors Ono ,f those
poIta1lo,s ,.,s drovrod ubon croesiu,
tn Iraland r.ba ,,Lir, of India fnl
r,torv In tho ,rrcnct u.or an, svrchron
izirg win "a. i,o,,,.o,,o,,,o,,4 t., road
from, tho lahore 80 ,,oodo,,. ,roduco
those rreat Wild boas, chow. mat aston
ished rural l,pci.nd IN tho o,rIy mart q
las, centurv