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Show u. ,.a HilwJ . .u. :J : . Vcn:a Fnint Trltli" Hcrrcr is 'lira Zlz?' Is-Sur-: ' ;. reeled by Us TrcrzIM L:3ts; ' -v iii ;. ., -.-.- i teetlitt masa 0f biting ctewln. Tear- I iny Hons, knd la tb center stood Bona vita. Wd"mb' Iw - tn rowJM bCUdin Bereamed arid fafntM. . Mate hurried from the Ql&ce, tearful ttiat the anl-' maJ migbt ecap from the- cagis. A dozen keepers, larmed with rovolvers nd Jour -iron as went to the side of the cage and began to prod the beasts .wejr from the trainer. At this Juncture FVank Bostock ar-rtved. ar-rtved. and he opened fire on one, beast aa he was crouching for a spring; at the lion tamer. The shots struck the animal ani-mal in the shoulder, and he backed away, howling-. . - - Bostock then entered the eafe, threw wide the doors leading to the smaller oages, and, aided by the keepers, drove the enraged animals frora the lareer care. - i .., T t S . . .. . NEW TCKS. July 17-Capt. Bona-Tita Bona-Tita will not -be able to festtnie bis place for some time as a. trainer of lions In the iaclmal h7w at Cotiey Jslana. aa a result of , a teiylble strus-ffl with 'his .chates. l" ' ; - i -. BonaVita escaped with Ms Ufa. but be was scratched and bitten and he lost -a thumb fn tbe encounter. The "Itom fclnr" nad reached - that par f his exhibition where he ar- , ranfa a-doxen or more Hons la a pyra-. pyra-. nidi , Aii the lions bad takes their places but Monarch, a huge African. Bona- : . vita cut him with a small rlOta whip and. was driving him slowly to his , place. His back was toward the oth- : ers.' X keeper outside the cage shout- : ed. v BonaTlta turned In time to see i twe Hather lions? Prince and Tandal, leap from their places. . - ' , Prince ncade straight tor the "'lion kin"; VandaI eneared the stubborn! aninal which bad refused to toey. . Bonavita Jumped away in time to escape es-cape Monarch, -but before he could sub-due'fhe sub-due'fhe fighters they had overturned the pyramid and an jof the animals for busy. ' ' In a moment the big arena was a |