Show i et NAMING THE BEASTS HOW OW RAVAGE ANIMALS arte TRAINED FOR A BIG CIRCUS it I 1 Is I 1 nolt ot by alint they are subdued but bear 1 er of iho laah ra A callina rm dequire Ke quire ulrea nerve anil and pluck cint cant 11 ito aed by the th kye lye 6 to some me persons who go to tho the circus t there h ere Is 3 probably nothing that causes more aw won 01 1 ier der than to see tho the keepers of the lions the igers the leopards tho the pari carithers and othel other beasts sitting in the cases cages am a A bera bern patting them on their u ugly f gly g h heads eads clapping lapping them on their thel r Z p alha ilha dripping owls and fearlessly lashing them with heir whips if necessary it 1 Is 13 3 well enough 1 to say oh the boist s are arc tri trained tined they would not touch Rny anybody body 11 it is a mistake to suppose that the wild beasts that one sees in tho the menagerie are trained in tho the sense that they have lave licen taught not to attack 1 11 is hardly t the he word mastered expresses better whit what has been accomplished with them balki talking 11 e with head keeper conklin on the subject to jo ae said to me we have ha a tremendous p amount of w work ork 0 o odo do with the wild animals in thew the intel quarters of which wb ich the public knows noth ing you we are gettine new wild an I 1 mals all the time and as they come t on there is not a man living who would dare to go into the cage cages with them during dorf ng the winter we have bare to break those beasts so that we ire can handle them aa as you F seo wo us han hau I 1 die dle them on the road and bow how do you do it well V ell when they come to us they have I 1 leather collars around their necks with heavy chains attached they are more savage then than they were before capture their capture only having solved served to brina bring out catall all that ia is ugly in them they w ill spit sad fi wl at anybody who fiets gets ne arthel I 1 cage and jump at the bar bars until theve they ex ns haust themselves we begin to teach them f manners tho the ery very d ay we get got them and they take a lesson les son in etiquette every day after that until tho the show starts out 1 what do you do to them my men catch the end of tho the chain fastened to the collar around the ne new w beartle to neck and fasten it to the bara bars in such n manner that the beast can only move 0 a short distance then I 1 take a good m raw W t hide whip and a stout club and enter the deage cage I 1 take a chair and sit down in the corner comer t a r ealing perfectly cool I 1 suppose I 1 arti Is yes so lor lorg g as I 1 know that chain ts is alid lid and securely fastened well the in tal tnt 1 I 1 get in fix the beast will give gl roar and spring forme for me I 1 would bo torn to shreds I 1 were w ere within reach but the chain holds and instead of getting at me tho the lion ti ger panther or leopard simply comes to otho tho e end nd of his rope as it were is is brought up wl th a hock that sends him in a heap to the floor e of the tile cage one und and I 1 give him a it lash with the rawhide the beast is at me again in an instant md again ho be goes down und and I 1 lash him I 1 never ne er ban bare bcd u the club on an animal hot but I 1 always keep it handy in case it is ril I 1 keep drawing mf chair a little closer to lim aa as tinn this goes on until I 1 get w close clow t that h t they can touch me with their noses but buccan cr in 1 I 1 abot au bite me ibon then I 1 J just it there and talk to ito them and ai d you would bo be surprised at the power the human oice voice will finally bo be made to exercise 01 cr wild beasts just look with that mr conklin vent went oer over to a I 1 aca age in which were three leopards stretched aule out sido side by bide side on tho door floor dick fanny 1 the three leopards leop ards got up at once and nl stood glaring at their muster with ith eyes that tha t looked ua as though illumined by incandescent incandesce liht light ill illow r lW go ovelio 0 arto the other endt ci d go overl immediately this order was obeyed ly y the leopards who cringed in the farther corner comer of the cage k do you think they understand your words mr conklin I 1 asked well I 1 dont know ho he answered you can sec me they understand something and do what I 1 tell them to but to go on with how I 1 break a wild beast 11 while I 1 eit alt talking to koono one just out of reach of his teeth it he gets ugly and at tempts to spring at me I 1 give him the raw hide I 1 keep this up tip and utter after a dozen or 0 o lessons i they get so that they only snarl and growl at my entrance As soon as I 1 think it batol safe I 1 try the beast without a chain it lt I 1 is a little ticklish business at first but I 1 have ha e plenty of help ready tor for the first effort 1 it it Is a success the first time you gen legally have ha your our beast mastered although once in awhile a brute that has been tile ble enough will break breakout out and find go tor for hia his 2 keeper we had a case cicro in the garden two year years ago when tt hen joseph roster poster aa an experienced lion tamer avas da clawed ned by a lion lioness esus and nearly killed 11 gt in tho of a winter winte rivo wo can get a i beast so that ho he will not attack fais his keeper when he enters the cage mr conklin con continued ti aued we not only faveto bai to get them so thit that they w will ill not riot attack L leevera capers though alio llio agh but so that they will cot nos attack cich each other md and that ia i a hard job sometime wo can call never do that there is an old tiger t one of 0 I 1 the meet most savage brutes bruit I 1 ever handled had I 1 could take yon you into tho the cago cage with hi him 1 m biow without the slightest bligh teet danger dano ei I 1 if f I 1 dared ared to put him in the tile same compartment with that bi hig 9 berical there though I 1 would have 4 a dead tiger on my hands in two seconds notice the long mark on the I 1 belly that la is where the Ahe beng bengil il ripped him two years ago when I 1 tried to put them together as they would show better that way if it the bengal claws had no not t en clipped ed he be would hine have ripped open the other on one and dk killed him are the claws of nil all tho the ferocious aali teals clipped j 1 hose those of the cat species always am it I 1 Is an undertaking that requires pretty careful work w ork and plenty of men too yon have to get your lion your tiger your leopard or jour your panther bound in such a way v ay that you caa an throw him on his side in the bottom of the cage then you have to reach in through the bara bars grasp graspo his paws pull them out through the bara bars and hold them tight they struggle terribly to free themselves I 1 killed a fine leopard leoia rd this winter trying to I 1 cut his claws ho he struggled so that he burst a blood easel vewel and died instantly what truth is there in the story of t the he power powe r of the human eye over cove r wild beasts ft t la a pretty thing to eay say and that is abbat abo it all mr conklin replied A man wh w ante wants to gu subdue adue a wild beast has got to be fearless and go about it la ta a coura gaus way and the eye plays its part tho the man who attempted attempted to handle a wild beast 4 who was not chained with nothing elbo elrie than ft a fearless eye would ba be in n a pretty bad bole Lole though what man must hat 1 good heart beart plenty of pluck lots of kind in his neck as ns tho the bay u tho the eo so cret of successfully 1 li wild beasts beats it to acoree imbued x i a confidence that ild beats arc are I 1 lilly cowardly esp eal ct lly if U the they F belong to tho the CA t famil family y if jou are not afraid and you k now how to do it t it la is tasy easy enough new york herald |