| Show SOME SMART CATS wonderful feline performers pol former who training required years of labor the most novel anil and in interesting te 7 feat uro tiro of ilia public performances in paris Is a troupe of cats at the circus they do some wonderful things and ire arc attracting tr large t crowds this is the first time linio that trained cats have been exhibited in public there and trio ano fail sex have gone one absolutely wild over the clever tricks of their choir feline these animals are natives of Holli hollnad ind and stare with eyes wide open abil a i low murmuring 0 purr at tho indies lad who pat them on oil the head stroke their backs and feed them with can candius dlos the trainer and master of the cat cals ia mr donnelly Bon notly and they are familiar not only with his orders but his signs 1 and even liis his looks 1 mr bonnelly Bon netly gave aye indications in his early infancy of a love for ani animals nials and showed 0 great reat bactin tact in their practiced with dogs 09 0 groats goals donkeys mules and horses and nin ni quite successful with them day it struck him that thai lie he haj had neti r tried a cat and lie resolved to do so s he procured two fo iia natives tives of horen said to be the most intelligent in the tha world and lie he found them thein so difficult to control that lie ho determined to brin bring C them under subjection tion iio he spent a great deal of time and patience in training ts the two and finally succeeded in Is getting ettin them to do almost what lie he wished one by one lie ho added to the number until at last ho he gicla had a troop of twenty the late comers were i ditore easily instruct crl erl than the first because they imitated their comrades ile he first taught them ithem to jump julip then to run in a circle anil and then to go in ili different directions some ono one war and some another it was very difficult to tench teach them to jump ra c at t 10 the lo word they sometimes stood unde undecided elded looked at the ilia little stick hold out for them to leap ovar over and then at mr ali bonnetta Bon netty without budging s frequency frequez ly they appeared not to understand what lie he meant and that thai too after much instruction in it the sound of the word and what ho he wanted item to do when lie he pronounced it il he ha never lost his temper but when a hitch occurred stroked the cats back and fondled them until they became anxious to learn earn what lie lia desired ho he was firm at all times and novel nevee k aavo ave up until he succeeded in tho the end the cat comprehended ended what was desired of him and he limped jumped that first result obtained the work of education bo became amo more rapid by degrees the animals learned to walk up tip the backs bf chairs and over the necks of bottles these of course are not difficult feats for cita as ever body knows but the wonder is in ili making them to order by and by lie ho taught them anem to leap through flat flaming ning 1 i hoops and ride o ol oi 01 i the backs of monkeys there was yot yok however a last and more important feature remaining ma ining and it was a question whether lie he would ever be able to accomplish that mr bonnotto Bon notty netty had trained his cats at home and brou brought s lit them to perfection ho he had bad no idea whether or not they would stand the footlights 0 the band and the audience he tried them and they refused to let act they shrank back in a a corn corner er of their hu huge 0 cage in in a lump ni in a ve veritable lit fit of sava savage e fright no amount of coaxial coaxing well would A have brought thorn thora out the more lie ho ur bryd d tho the closer they ther cromley to eaher and for all he could do they refused to budge bridge driven too far tho ilia training t disappeared app carcil they became once more sava savage e and mado a wild dash clash for liberty he had bad much trouble ill in securing ini them but he did so finally with as assistance sistan cc and then lie he had to go go over the training again from the ilia beginning they could not be treated like do dos dogs s or other animals whipping hiff was butof tile the question as was all violence or chastisement ill HJ could only count on their willingness or disposition 10 to lo oblige and when lie ho had bai got them into a thoroughly good humor they were very good the appetite too loo had much to do with their affability mr bonnetta Bon netty rarely foil his cats until after the show and then mostly in it accordance with their performance for mance manco and being batelli intelligent ent animals they came to know that t good work vork would be rewarded with a choice supper and plenty of it il in tile the course of the second training mr bonnetta Bon Bonti netty etty accustomed his cats to lo music and in audience and at last lie he had the pleasure of seeing that they would act just as it if there was no oil one it in tile tho place ile ho exhibited them throughout holland and some cities in ili germany and fina findly ly camo cam a to paris where ha be is making a fortune ile he has bas cats now that walk a slack and tight light rope and go through gha a whole series of clicks tricks by themselves ile he has likewise like avisa accustomed them to live in a ca cage cae e walh canaries white mice inico rats rals rabbits barci wid and guinda nine pigs when lie he opens llie lie doors of file cage ave ank anil I 1 says mircle Mir cli tile llie c cats its ilia filo but slowly anil and loida foidl r taking no notice of any abl lanng in but Bon bonnelly netly the birds fly about and often light on their backs but the cats move on oil 11 as if unaware of ilia alio the rats and mico inico run under feet but tile cats koep matching mai ching I 1 on oil to the music without wil hout wee orice coimin deigning to look down in the ten tell years that bonnotto Bon notty netty has been training raining and exhibiting cats lie ho hiis has lost a number likit but only regrets one that was a i cat ilia like ot of w which aich lie will never see sac again lie thinks and he 1 disappeared I it at Bv brussels A largo large re reward ward wis was offered for his recovery but no word or sign of ln him in has ever bren been heard or seen n mr bovin Bon bonnetta city netty think that lie he was stolen by a duch cag esst who offered a large larg osum sum of money for idu and taken to england 0 N M f Y horning journal |
