| Show TAMING THE TI how FIRST CHAIN HIM HP then take a whip and donic show any fear talk to him DU juu anik mere ain t done in winter quarters eh said george conklin superintendent of menagerie as he chewed a bit outlaw ebythe big stove in the middle of the wild animal room in the quarters at bridgeport no work eh yon think we just loaf all winter keep the fires up and feed the animals well that blows how much yon know about it do you fee that den of tigers over there mr conklin and his visitor ap preached pro ached a long cage standing in line with many other cages in a long one story brick building which bounded the eastern end of the great inclosure which the big show occupies during the winter season the cage had five bengal tigers in it four of them were together the fifth was separated from the others by a temporary iron grating two of the four tigers which were in company had thick leather collars round their necks and stout chains several feet long fastened to them the tiger in solitary confinement was similarly harnessed well said mr conklin ill tell yon one thing we do besides feeding these tigers we train them those fellows in there who have chains on them and arp just now spitting and growling at us in such savage style are new we have I 1 had them only a month or two the others are old boys who will let me go into the cage and not say a word to me by the time we go on the road they will all let me go into the cage I 1 give them a lesson empry day one thing we do during the winter HOW TO how do you them asked the visitor its easily done said the trainer carelessly every day I 1 have the men catch the ends of the chains which hold the new tigers and fasten them to the bars so they can only move a certain distance then I 1 arm myself with a rawhide whip and a stout club and enter the cage I 1 take a chair with me and sit down in a comer the minute I 1 get in the untrained tigers spring at me no doubt they would chew me to shreds if they got at me but the chains hold them back and they only tumble on the floor I 1 hit ahem smartly with the whip and they crouch back and snarl after a little I 1 shove my chair closer then they jump at me again but again are thrown down by their chains 1 I shove closer and repeat the pro gramme and finally I 1 get so close that they can touch me with their noses but not bite me here I 1 sit for a long time talking to them as long as they remain quiet and switching them with all the force possible when they become fierce in the course of a few weeks they bo come used to my entrance md only cringe and snarl at me then I 1 try them one by one without a chain 1 I have never so far used the club now I 1 hold it ready to deal a mighty blow if necessary but it is seldom necessary the tiger is subdued and permits my entrance whenever I 1 choose I 1 have got these tigers here nearly trained they snarl yet you see but next week I 1 will tackle them without chains that fellow in the other compartment is tractable enough but ahe persists in fighting with the big bengal so we have to keep them separate do you seo that long mark on his belly he and the big fellow had a particularly hard fight the other day and that is one result POWER OF THE HUMAN EYE if we had the big fellows claws clipped beforehand hed have ripped open the dewone from end to end so theres another delicate job for me ive got to get those tigers on good terms Is there any basis of truth in the many stories that are told of the power of the human eye over wild beasts not the slightest said conklin disdainfully dain fully of course it is true that a man who aims to subdue wild beasts must show a fearless front and no doubt tho eye shares with the body generally the task of impressing the beast but the real requisite ia real fearlessness if a mans heart is sturdy he need not care a rap about his eyes he can leave them to themselves yes just as he leay esthe ather members of hia body the secret of taming wild beasts is the realization that all wild beasts however ferocious are at heart cowards particularly it they belong to the cat family as lions tigers leopards and panthers do that granted a stout heart a stout arm and a stout whip or club is all that is necessary I 1 never have known fear do you always dip the claws of your ferocious animals of the cat tribe always said the trainer it is quite a job too and requires a number of men youve got to get your lion or tiger bound in such a way as to throw nim on hia ada and then reach m through the bars and grab his four feet these you pull out between the bars and hold tight thia ia no small job in the case of a very large lion or tiger they struggle violently even after they are helpless and while the operation of dipping is going on I 1 killed a fine panther clipping his claws or rather he killed himself after we had him pa aurely down so he coula hardly move a muscle he strained so in his efforts to free himself that he broke a blood vessel and died 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