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Show LION CHASED HIS TRAINER Tamer Slipped in Case and Brute Sprang on Prostrate Body. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 28. Charles Hendricks, lion tamer at the Chutes, had a close call for his life during his Sunday performance. He entered the cage-of the lion and a few minutes later accidentally slipped to the floor. The watchful brute sprang on his prostrate body at once, clawing him severely se-verely on the leg, tearing the flesh open almost to the bone. Hendricks would unquestionably have been much more seriously injured had he not drawn his revolver and fired several blank cartridges cart-ridges in the face of the lion. During the animal's monentary astonishment aston-ishment the tamer crawled to the door and escaped. While badly shaken up, Hendricks Is not likely to suffer a serious seri-ous consequence. |