The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1902, Page 7

c s manager, \_J =" the famed murderous lion that was gored to death by fter fighting a sanguinary draw with the Wombwell still more recently from an adventure in New York with d jungle lion, is come to take charge of the animals in the zov at the new Chutes. That means that /~ OLONEL DANIEL E. BOONE, soldier of fortune, lion tamer and r fresh from his Mexican experiences with Parnell, a Toltee grizzl a newly he must get personally acquainted with all of them, and teach them collectively and individually how and why he is master of the whole jungle at task in less than two weeks, ard the manner of his conquest, as he in the following article, is absolutely unique. Colonel Boone has been training animals tells it He ed colony. has accomplis for thirty-six years There is not a beast of any sort known to modern zoology which he has not trained in one way or another, and with the exception of Australia, he has performed in every country of ths giobe. This contribution there- fore is one of the most valuable and published in a newspaper. most thing important the Chutes t meets brute force a animal that has e tartar. His s { his treache s blunt sav to stri wher the lio the cont 14 able ance of this fact deal with was game lion, but Thien fall-off ‘n the hired by jer! he wasn't o pleges red lions are neil was the dangerous years when 1 first heard ich wondrous stories were wess that I de- With my assi ap for him—a the bottom size and pr m interesting animal stories ever wer A cage Lottom the pit, entered it he was drawn up. s in captivity. T w a lion who more, bhut this he of as And and a ated the degra- ry spirit made excellent “‘show” animal. In threz I was performing with him, much to methods followed always begin the value of at my mer. the Norvell House ving over after the we O town and one night me al ah viliainc p, Whe ned out to be the of the show, famous for his il co Well, we ere and d ing, and I ow who and what he was. was a lion tamer, and 1 was. age wild beasts myseif,” said I What's your/show?” said he. “Davis’ show,” said L The feilow didn't catch on, and T went on “Bob Lee's been managing the show.” Axd still he dig not comprehend, but he looked at me 1 !} Bob ing the Civil' War, and 1 was referring to when I bandling wild beasts. n j the devilment of the th I offered to bet the fellow a couple of baskets of champagne that I'd enter the cage where his wild beasts were kept and do any t he'd do. To my ut- ter consternation he took the bet and there 1 started out as a lion tamer. 1 remember the next morning when L[ started out to the shows. I looked up or the hill and saw the tents standing still and white, reminding me for all the world of tombs However, 1 watched the fellow close and when he came out I went in with a pistol in one hand, a whip In the other and a lump in my throat big and hard as a hickory nut. I never whipped lions and tigers with so much vigor in my life. There I was with my teeth set, a ter- rific scowi on my face, jumping round like mad, shooting the beasts in the face with a pepper box pistol loaded with heavy wads of paper and laying about me with my whip for all I was worth. Wonderful to relate everybody thought I had the most complete control over the beasts because I even made them jump, and the fun of it ali was that every movement I was expecting to be gobbled up whole. The result; in a fortnight I got a flattering offer to be lion tamer for a big show and I took it. THE SUNDAY CALL. method of subjugating the man-eat- ing animal tribes I have found to be the Lest ever since m rtling debut, though it nearly cost me my life about a month ago in New York. As it is I shall never aguain have the use of my left w::a, which was so badly mangled that T feared for a time that it would have to be ampu- i was at Bartell's, the big importer of animals, that I first saw this one—a for- est-bred lion of immense proportions been brought from Africa. ed me at first glance. 1 said, “I'd like to borrow which had j 1t artel t lio: What for?” he asked. To open at one of the theaters next week,” I replied. “Why, that lion hasn’t been in captivity more than a month,” he exclaimed, in prise. ded at once to get acquainted with his highnes my first meeting Chutes here. When I thrust my left hand through the bars of the cage he sprang at me with a deafening roar. Instantly [ fired two shots full In his face. He re- coiled in blank amazement, and before he could recover from his astonishment I had stepped into the cage with a heavy whip and a big revolver and was hustling him about in a way that he had never been hustled before. ‘And then, before he, had recovered from the second surprise, 1 had stepped out of the cage again quickly as I had entered. Ah, how hungrily he licked his cho; when the iron gate slammed cruelly a shut in his face as he sprang after me. He didn’t profit much by that first ex- perience, however, and when I visited Lim the next day he was just as keen to murder me. There was the same tempt- ing hand through the bars, the same sud- den flash of the pistol, the same confus- » much the better,” I sald, and pro- } The introduction” was just the same as j with Wallace at the ing smell of powder, the same heavy whip, the same audaclous hustiing and the same sudden escape that had bewil- dered him tlie "day before. He could { TRE RANGAR. TAKES A LESSoN 1N BoxiNG. scarcely believe his senses that such an outrage on his dignity could be perpe- trated and the offender escape without even a scratchs Mijss A. Loaiza, daughter of a “Tommy Atkins.” Of course you once in the past, and each time by Guess again, or—wait and see. series was Miss Adalaide Murphy passing beauty. ¥You are not the curious over their identity. ond was Mrs. Thomas Magee Jr. as M. F. Swift as “The Duchess of Gainsborough,” and the fourth was Mrs. J. A. Clov~r as “Folly.” The others in the series will be “Em- . press Josephine,” “Twelfth Century Court Beauty,” “A French Prin- cess” and “Columbia,” all of ther: posed by women of more than Who 1= Tommy Atkins? 0-DAY you have the fifth in the beautiful series of fancy cos- ¢ tume poses by prominent San Francisco society women. She is her costume, “The Hungarian Princess,” is not.only correct in every detail-but fabulously rich in rare fabrics and costly gems. The sixth picture, which will be published next Sunday, is all think you can guess whom “Tommy Atkins” will be, but—can you? Now this is not as easy as it seems, for this character has been impersonated more than an exceptionally pretty girl The first of this altogether original and strikingly attractive as the “Water Sprite.” The sec- wealthy old Castilian family, and “Sunrise.” The third was Miss ‘ only one who is mystified and Now the forest-bred lion is bold and audaclous, the most daring of the whole animal kingdom, but it will never kill unless it is hungry, as the tiger does for pure love of killing, nor stealthily in the sneaking manner peculiar to the tiger and all other members of the cat family. The lion cannot be controiled by mere persuasive power. He must be conquered boldly, fearlessly, quickly, and so it was hat when I opened my engagement with Bartell’s lion his dash and spirit and ferocity made a tremendous hit. He was a “gdod shower” in every sense of the term 2nd I feared his savagery far s than the servile cunning of the animals born and trained in cavtivit But by the close of the fir: ek ke had got accustomed whip and even the pistol and in th of the per- 2 ce he su I knew z the moment I saw him top, of the c ere he ng to the. bars a very d crouch for a spring. olutely no chance of es- nctively I threw up my left ward him off. y back to impact of his = 1 was pre- wall of the d from faliing by the h my right hand free I fired a vol- full into his eyes. The powder b nd blinded him and he let go, but , when h rang at closing with a snap a second time. Again I of blank cartridges into his d again he let go, only to me a third time with greater This time his heavy jaws near- red my left arm at the elbow, but though the pain was something awful the sense of my -langer and the certain knowledge that a lion only attacks thres times and if it fails then will abandon the fight for good kept me from fainting. Once again I fired a volley at him and my assistants arriving opportunely we _beat him back into a corner and I slipped out from the cage soaked in blood amidst errific excitement. Then to allay the ars of the audience and prevent a panic T slipped into another coat and stepping out on the stage, reassured everything was all right. A doctor was summoned at once and in- them that |\ MEDICING \Te THe sisted that I _would have to have my arm amputated. I protested. “I'll have to cut off the ‘funny bone’ anyway,” he said. “There’s not. l!l? replied, “th In the eveninsg, funny 3bout that” I won't be ticklish here- afte with my arm bound in him as usual n savage than ever, I was master. utes learned the same 1 in ju , too. Now I ve only to make a motion toward my pistol pocket, when he is up on his feet at once and obedient to my every wish, this way he can be made to stand up t the bars, lie down and roll over, back up or rum, just as I desire. Rajah, the tiger, on the other hand re- d more time. 1 had to prod him it a great deal and keep him thor- y ed up for a whole week be- lly learned that I am boss. rered that fact for 1 the tricks he is never alc Now hfmself he can be that b lion execute rom treacher: ast to the cannibalistic animals, r is much more d , though far intelligent than I've always maintained that th is the king of beasts. I've imals all parts of the world ver seen anything tkat can al a grizzly for gnacity and age. There isn’t any more flinch in an American grizzly steel rip saw. than there is in a But he is not a fighter by nature, as the lon and tiger are, though he can easily whip either of them. All hat the bear requires is to be weil fed, vith patience he can be taught small black and brown to know you by leading ac then to climb upon a pede nd s hind legs, roll a barrel and so on his education is complete. It must all be in the nature of pure fun, however. The jaguar, the leopard and the hyens, though the latter is ys considered so dangerous, are all _really as tractable as the Feed them well and pet them, n as they realize that you are friendly they can be led about iike pet dogs. Much surprise is often expressed that a kangaroo can be taught anything at 1, particularly boxing. This in reality very simple. The attitude of the fighter absolutely natural to the animal, and all that s Decessary to teach it to per- form is to spur it en to its own nataral mede of attz hen when properly trained to with a pair of b sloves.