Show THE TRAGEDY OF THE TIGERS AND THE I POWER OF HYPNOTISM HYPNOTISM II I I C DEPEW was wa at the bottom of all nil till the trouble not lint the j punctured senator from flom the state statu of New York but hJ hiI his namesake one of fd the handsomest t striped double royal roal I Ili rf li Bengal tigers tIers ever er captured Depew was the tho central figure In the group grOU 1 I which Miller the trainer of oC tigers tu laid hud d worked so hard hartl to educate and ani it f was Ills his rebellion which mn made e the thO i teachers teacher's labors of oC years eals come to naught Late te In the season atte spent In giving the tho finishing t. t touches to their education while the they were wele with Ith a small part pail of th the show how which was exhibited 1 near Cleveland Clo tho tigers were welo brought to aln land n a rr group of oC eight beasts all Jungle bred an and 1 each cacti worthy wor ivor- I th thy of a a place In an any Ia Per Per- Perhaps haps imps It Jt was ns the discomfort of or MIP hl journey journe In the small traveling cages a possibly the change chango In the tho surroundings surround surround- jugs ings and the nearness of lC if th the ha other animals excited then them but hut hah er the the- cause there thel was trouble in the then n narrow tro ITow runway wa at the back of the dens delis when the they entered It IL o go o to the exhibition ca cage e for their first I Coney Cone Island 1 appearance t The sound oun 1 of oC their snarling and anil growling the reports of pistol shots shot nna the cracking of training whips caused mused a sensation of In thi th audience until the tiger houn bounded through the door 1001 at al the back backof I of the cage closel closely followed 1 by uy a ah h half lUlU dozen ozon others other Dangerous b beasts r the they looked 1 as the they threw themselves eo against the stout bars which rattled rallied 1 from the impact of oC their great glent bodies an and 1 the out front seats eats of oC the auditorium ti w. w wore r quickly vacated b by the audience lence The rho noise In the tho runway continued but the tho deep deell throaty growls which c. c came caine me from rom behind the tho dens were of a different quality from rom the snarling and anil yapping of the seven se beasts bast In the ex exhibition ex cx- cage and when the last of the tigers appeared In th the doorway the arrivals ma made renewed efforts to the bars bals 1 It was vas Depew Depe not the good iw goo lUi I who whose Ji jL J great gleat cat e i. i L ha e have eaten expression an and r 9 1 t T t hJ Tho First TJ Tiger eJ Hounded Through h I Iho lie Door ioor I smug whiskers JS J'S ha had 1 suggested his his- ante anie but itil a fI I r who gono gone bad 1 as the animal trainers can call 1 It anu wan stood lor br a moment In tho the doorway wrathfully surveying sUr and selecting c lIn his Cr A- A a aa victim Froth rth was as dripping from roni snarling snarling- lips his small eyes COS were cre hazing blazing like two two H of tie 1 r S. S Hair hah on tin his neel and back bek stood up Hk like hike bristles and his great tall struck the door easIng resounding whacks as mis IS h he la lashed hashed It from rom sl side l' l to side Only a a. moment 11 he stOod lh there and then the great striped body lody hurtled hurtle through th the air as If It shot from front a catapult und mind covering a good oo twenty feet fet Inthe in III inthe the spring it landed lall d fair all on Bombay I Inne one of or th largest tho-largest tigers ers In the group The aim was a true one and the sou sound nil of If breaking bone hone mingled with wilh aS a u S scream of pain jatin from his victim as a Bombay Bomba sank un under the weight of the blow his cervical vertebrae crushed between powerful Jaws The rite loot door laid hall been closed close 1 behind Depew when he ma made his spring and the iho other oilier were chasing about the g great cat cage looking hooking for tOI UI u a I 1 chance to escape There was no desire de do sire to fight left lert In them hut but when the they collided c 1 with each other they the snapped an and 1 struck with the Instinct of presen self preservation their sharp claws and 1 teeth cutting culling gashes in the thc sleek k striped 1 coats coat It II was as l e evident ent that thai all nil training had hind been forgotten tat tI-tat fear of anything so 50 puny as man mall hail had departed departed departed de de- parted from the minds of the tigers and a groan went erit up from Crom the tho audience audi audi- ence when the door 1001 was opened 1 an and quickly cl closed behind Miller the theS S trainer who stood whip and training rod iOl In hand han 1 in III the tho cage with the mall maddened animals lIe He went about his work vork as aM quietly as if IC it were only an ordinary performance his object being to return his pupils to their dens bons before further damage was done Ilone and to try to make them recognize that tIle the they were obeying him Depew was still sUII crouched crouche 1 on the hod body of QC his victim biting at the neck un und and 1 growling ferociously his tail tall lash hash lag Ing irom ironi side to side Miller MilicI never ne took his eyes from him and kept between be be- tween an and 1 the thu door as h he called calle the others b hy by name an and 1 tried lo to regain regain re re- re gain control of them One tiger after afler another was released et glad of oC the opportunity opportunity op op- op to escape as ns the door 1001 to tho the runway was opened 1 at Millers Miller's signal until only Depew the thic bod body of Bombay and ami the traIner occupied the I cage The rhe other tigers had enter entered into a h. h general free light In hi the runway but was un unheeded unheeded un- un 7 the noise notee of or I their bickering excitement of th the con- con hee heeded cd In th the o w L' L t h. h the Was ng ll SUM Still Crouched on Body ly of oC Ills 1115 Victim Depew exhibition cage test In the tho nn and 1 Miller crac cracked ed his whip rose a as p rush him and made a his Ik the trainer met with which It hard roll rod pronged while thc widely jaws his Ills whip rained muted blown fI upon the Ow tI tigers tiger's erR I face foce But Hut lie he was vas only chucked checked for fot a amOIn mOIn moment nut atHI under his fiercer attack the trainer u wa was tas forced to give gl ground 1 I The They were vere w so o close that the tho tiger or could not spring but he struck savagely say sav with his great reat forepaws and I tried again and nail again to pass the guard uarl which Miller 1 maintained with the training using It a. a as a fencer uses a foil It was an unequal contest contest con con- test and the trainer realized that he was sas b beaten Depew W Woul Would 1 not imi be ue driven Irh en from front the cage The Tue mlle trainIng trainIng train- train Ing log was discarded and a Fava savage ravage e Iu rush h from thu tiger n I met l b by a pis- pis tot tol shot In the face lace blank cartridge of course but bU buL I effective tho for fOI a moment Five moc FI followed In quick succession and the trainer hacked backed fJ quickly ulc l toward t the ht door when II his IR toot fool supped slipped he be was Vat on OIl his back and Depew quick to seize the tue advantage anlage StOOl stood over nver him E CI Every keeper connected with the show sho stood tood about thi the cal cage the I l Depew loll Coughing hll and lre v ru I Hack Bach r r. r Roman Homan can candles leN fire fare extinguishers pistols pis tol and on any or oi all of them would woul have willingly entered to rosette rescue the theman man but experience CX has taught them that two cannot c work ork together In a aca ca cage e with animals TIle They we were quick to act an and 1 a team It o of water under hea heavy hie pressure gure front from the Ow lire ho hose e ei j i struck the he tiger In hu the side exploding fireworks scorched his skin d ln the din of er shots was in his I ears while the wads wadI from the carlI cartridges cart carl I I ridges stung him him but he lie s seemed conscious conI conscious con- con I clous only of the pr prostrate form Corm beneath heth be he- neath th him At la last t his chance had come tho thi lr trainer who tot for long hong months had made him do foolish things which were beneath the dig dig- dignity nit of a aI royal al tiger was in hl Ills his power the revolver which had hall so often checked him n was emptied the cruel training r rod 1 was powerless PO s tar for the thie hand which held it was pinned to th the like Cat tl he lie by a huge paw paused to lo glory In his triumph loath to give Ive the coup COUll de tie grace which would put his hits victim beyond yond the reach of suffering and he stood th there le growling growl growl- rowl- rowl lug ing the bloody slaver slavE from his jaws jaw dripping on un the upturned 1 face of oC the lie prostrate man mall Animal trainers need JO to think quickly quick quick- I ly y an and tt to seize the slightest lIghtest moment nt of hesitation or OJ I indecision on the part of oC their pupils if tIle the they wl wish h to lo bo he long long- lived and Miller 1 a as a. he lie C fell II had hind thrown his useless pistol out of oC the theca ca cage e and red the thc one word woid Load Loal There was no time for that t but Tudor seeing t that the trainer ler had hod one arm arn free threw hi his own ti pistol through the bars and It slid across the tho Ji li oi of oC the lie cage straight as a die dieto to 10 o tho the outstretched hand It wan Avan Avana a time when fractions of u Ii second count and LIHI D p hesitation robbed him of Ills his revenge re The opened jaws WIS W vur i vIthIna foot a u. u a- a afoot foot root of or tho tue trainers trainer's thru throat t when hllen the muzzle o of the pistol w went III between them and Depew coughing and choking drew back his eyes YS eS inn ino- blinded by the stream lIn froma from froma Ioma a fire extinguisher while Miller struggled struggled gl d lr to h his r flout feet r I People vho ho hoet see et th the tho crowds at al mU m my show think that thal I 1 must coin money r. said aid the Proprietor PIol as asie Jie as-Jie JI joined the till Press liess Agent an and and- J Stranger St an r after aftel the he performance that lint accident In the Arena means menns a it lo loss of lift fifty thousand dollars to me thai a high h figure even on If the they all die asked the Stranger who had hail been doing a n little mental arith aUh For t OS Ight t yes res although a trained 1 tiger Is worth all nil sorts of mono money but 1 I have purchased twenty twenty- I eight in all for fOI that group an and 1 the thic others have been killed one lJ by one n fighting among h themselves Thc They average average av R av- av r rag over o cro a apiece for or 1 I bought anI only the best and ami figure uj ui the cost of or their keep nn and 1 trainers trainer's salaries for 01 three year anti and you ou will find nOli thai lint I am not nol fax fai out That Is the of ot the thc sho business s in America the public de- de demands de mands so much It is lS s a mar elou thing when you ou to think of oC It II It to see seo C one educated d tI tiger I but J if In his 1 the wore WOle e evening clothes cloths and played tiddle lIe It hi would wouldn't lIt Impress the Americans Ameri merl cans they thy would demand a full Cull orchestra or ox chestra I can give 1 an act an nn bout houi long In Iii Paris with one hl high h school horse hone but here they want rant fitly fifty liberty horses In a bunch and ani only care cal ti ti I watch them Item for COl ten tell eq minutes I realized realized real real- that from Bonavita's act with the lions Huns no individual lion hen did 1111 very ver much but the fact act that hint there were werl t twenty seven went so on of them In tho cage case drew diew the crow crowds That's what shat made me start In with the tigers and amid 1 I intended In Intended Intended In- In tended to lo get a big group but now I 1 Iam am back where I started from I dont don't believe e a troupe of oC if tigers can canever canever canever ever be trained I Hag Hagenbeck nh c has them hoin ventured the Stranger They The rho seem as tame his show sio as kittens That ju just t the point answered the Proprietor The They ate are as tame tam as kittens un undersized brutes which have been raised In captivity an and which go 0 through their act like dOmestic domestic do dO- cat cats That Isn't what the lie public pub lie lic wants A sens sensation the sensation the the realization ion tion that ever every animal in the cage Isa Isa is isa a wild animal Ll and that ho Is liable to remember It at an any minute minute minute-is is what hat holds attention That Is wh why I II always use when I can cang I get g get t them for or although the they can be beas beas as well chi trained tl the they always alwa's perform under pr protest test and it makes it exciting ing lug nut lint the tile losses es from n lighting fighting mak II It mighty might ex pensive to keep keel up UI the hl big groups which shiichi the American public demands s. s one In of uC till lie things 1 which drove dlo me rue o out t o of tho the show business said the Press Agent as he ho IH set t his empty glass gla c on the table an and 1 signaled signaled sig sll- I to the lie walter waiter A guy uy name named 1 Merritt Merrill and m myself had hail a snake show in New Nev York a few ew years year a ago o which presented the most complete collection lion tion of reptiles ever ovel gotten gollen to together ethel for fol It contained specimens of ever evel every species of wriggler known lo tu herpetology herpe and a good man ninny many that were not described In the books booles That runt man Merrill Merritt was an Inventive In genius rind and had hind the California sharp Burbank beaten a mile when It came to Inventing Invent invent- ing lug new species Jcl When hen business was dull hed he'd take a lot lol of common ordinary ordinary nal nary snakes Into Inlo the till back room an and 1 with a bottle of peroxide of ot Pt fl Hydrogen and an assortment of aniline dyes dyeR he lie would bring out all albinos an and 1 spoiled spotted and striped snakes which made the scientists open their thell eyes pes and anti I kept em m hus busy Inventing In new Latin names Ills His bi biggest gest success was wa The Great Greal Two horned Rhinoceros Rh Serpent Sl which made I Vm m all nil sit up for Cor a a. month antI and If I hadn't seen een Merrill Merritt working over OVel a common boa Ictor with wilh wilha witha a pair pah o of sharks shark's teeth tutu and a u dish of bird limo It II would have fooled foole 1 me inc That Thai snake was wat proud of lie tho horns which Merrill l t glued d on h hi his is head too and h he lie used to chase e tIme the other snakes around the time cage an and 1 butt bull emit em like a giddy hlll- hlll billy oat But Dut in spite of all his Ingenuity In iii originating now new varieties va va- va- va s. s business was wa dropping off for fOI ci the public demanded quantity as aR well vell as quality ane anti and we ha had 1 skinned the local snake market clean We were sere sitting In tIlL the one she itt day figuring on Dim where there w we could get all additions to our OUI coll collection ellon when a stout re red faced faced little lithe man who hmo had hind sea sen captain written written writ- writ ten Ion all over him hurt came caine In nn and 1 asked I If Ff we wante wanted 1 an any aims more mOIo snakes e 1 Mer- Mer I allowed that thai we wc did If IC the snakes and aid tIme till prices were 1 right and asked e where we WI could cOhill I W oil 11 1 Ive I've got gist one that thai I blou brought ht i i from Borneo BOlneo and hes he's on a u ship shill down In the harbor says th lie Captain We VO wont won't argue arlIe ii about the price for If you'll come Il down wn antI and tale take him hini r 1 avav you Oi can have lla him fOI for nothing |