Show FIVE LIONS LOOSE IN A CIRCUS RING I Boone the greatest of all lion trainers dead or living is now in this country exhibiting ex-hibiting his performing lions under an engagement en-gagement with the management of Adam Forepaugns circus Those tivo ferocious monsters aro all performed free and unshackled un-shackled in the steelencircled arena They are made to mount pedestals form lofty pyramids with their bodies dance play seesaw and are harnessed to chariots and driven around the arena and ride tricycles Colonel Boone their trainer is by birth a Kentuckiana linel descendant of the pioneer hero Daniel Boone He has been engaged in ivory and lion hun ting in Africa since the close of the war of the rebellion I In an interview with a newspaper correspondent corres-pondent he stated that he had devoted two years to the taming and training of these forest kings He says he never punished I his lioiine pupils to do this is to make I them your enemy afraid of you he becomes be-comes worse not better Patience and I kindness aro his methods They are not at raid of meand I am not afraid of them this is the secret of my success All my lions are fond of me and we respect each other In performing tho lions the colonel is accompanied ac-companied by a noble German boar hound A lady lion tamer Miss Charlott is also with the colonel and performs the ferocious creatures Tho management of the Fore paugh shows whidfi is to exhibit hero on September 24 and 2 i j pay Colonel Boone a salary of 81000 weekly for his services ho was engaged in London England in which city he recently gave 150 consecutive exhibitions ex-hibitions and a still larger number in Paris He has appeared before all the crowned heads of Europe and in all the leading cities of tho old world The present pres-ent is his first season in thorUnited States |