Show BEAR BEARUP UP About he time Latest Attempt to o teach The rime North Nob At time the great establishment at nt Hamburg presided over ove by Mr Mm Carl Can Hagenbeck the time famous ani meni animal mal dealer four Cour young oung polar bears are ara being trained with a view to their enabling the daring Norwegian N cx ex Capt Amundsen to make a 11 dash the north polo 1010 dur during durIng ing II forthcoming Arctic expedition To 0 ng more or QI m this novel scheme Sch a n representative of Answers waited upon Mr JIll Hagenbeck Hagen beck at mit his ho hotel hotel tel lel when In London lAndon time the other day da r It Is quite true huo he said and by bv contract I have hao to deliver tho the troupe to Capt Amundsen by b May 1 Furthermore I have guaranteed the bears will be bo as tame and as ns as a doss toI I tell you ou how I r am amu training them perhaps you would ouid be bc interested to tJ learn how I r secured d them The four COUI wore were chosen chos n from a collection lon of or 14 or UI m not oyen polar beat bear one gets hold of can an ho be tamed They were caught on the groat great Ice Hoes floes by whalers whon more mom cubs cub and sent s nt to me mime at Ham Hami burs burR In III great gr at tubs or casks When tiey arrived at the depot In September last they were about seven seen months old very savage Knowing that I had to train four bum of oC them I 10 ot of r them in a very large l rs cage cago and emit on In the very ery CI day da of oC their arrival one ona of my men wa was i sent sont Into tho th cage c se to t C d them The TIlt object of this was WIlS to e rt gt t the th beasts boast used u cd to the presence of or 1 human being while it also alEo has the fleet effect of taming them thom somewhat They Th at one once flew tiel at the time Intruder but hut huta buta a n tea few a long stick sent sont them brick book to their corners comers In a few weeks w ks they the realised that IP l was useless to attack the keeper so they thoy allowed ll hint to entel and leave their den deli as lie he pleased plene c r I f f He ire then carried them honey hone sugar and fruit of or which h they the are very font fond fondIn In lii h a I little while some of oC tame tamo as to run ru up to the time man miLl and take tall his offering out his hand At tills OIls point we selected sel the thc four ho he h decided to train for fOI the th explorer consigning g thom tl to cage Another man mall was now liol Called Into s service cia land the two tWI pent hours together among the tho tt boars bears every evenIng At the all that the tho bears nr or actually doings to how hois h to dray draw pieces of f wood round rl by br means of a l rt of if while 1110 the trainer endeavors to steer st r them thorn In Irous manners mannen Sometimes S ho walks beside them Indicates his wishes by bi on tone one one side or 1 tnt the other of 0 their theil soft fluffy fi try h at oilier othor times a crude sort of or bit is I In lUiiS animals mouths o and they Cue steered starred by hy Very cr shortly how nel new the hears bears be bo to carriages and then to sleight sleighs that run on wheels heels jt t la I Capt AmUI Intention on the bears to draw the sleighs BI g s over 01 the hp frozen frezen ice lcd By next 1 ext May Ma the bears bearss will vl bo hO and alid I nd close up upon on em n ft 1 top tall apiece The polar bear beam e I is the biggest bear in the 1110 th world wold w rId and amid I strong stron Indeed jve I late ate tp that a full gr b bOat ars ls as as 10 horses or s Foul Four bea therefore equal to 40 10 gs lu ted l Iz n t th u uthe the bear bellI orly bear be X with n The Tho i hairs haIr hal not only keep heep his feet warm 1 rm n when the tho f ff f 1 freezes but hut prevent t him from roni slipping lec slopes lopes herol lOot jot catch ills fu r coat he the coldest that over blew I 1 ed the ot Pt itral trained bears henr over Ier dogs dOg arc are arc many mammy man Should water he b l ears bes i Qu 1 easily swim It LimO Iho si Lilt tm III ti i iii v 11 t ii enabling th to loat on time the surface I see Im reason at aW vh the m re should not be i c tp te s c iJ lX I It |