The Training of Wild Animals

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Frank Charles Bostock. The Training of Wild Animals

The Training of Wild Animals

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PREFACE

THE TRAINING. OF WILD ANIMALS

CHAPTER I. IN WHICH I BECOME “THE BOY TRAINER”— A LION HUNT IN A SEWER

CHAPTER II. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WILD-ANIMAL TRAINING

CHAPTER III. HOUSEKEEPING FOR WILD ANIMALS

CHAPTER IV. THE FEEDING OF SNAKES AND ELEPHANTS

CHAPTER V. CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS

CHAPTER VI “GOING BAD”—ANIMAL INSTINCT

CHAPTER VII. HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE CAPTURED

CHAPTER VIII. THE WILD ANIMALS’ KINDERGARTEN

CHAPTER IX. HOW WILD BEASTS ARE TAUGHT TRICKS

CHAPTER X. AN ANIMAL SHOW AT NIGHT

CHAPTER XI. THE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING

CHAPTER XII. THE ANIMAL TRAINER—SOME FAMOUS TRAINERS

CHAPTER XIII. ACCIDENTS

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Frank Charles Bostock

Published by Good Press, 2021

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After one of the worst quarters of an hour I ever spent, I gathered as many of my men as could be spared from the show, put a lion into a large shifting-cage, and covering the whole thing with canvas, in order that the lion should not be seen, we set off for the mouth of the sewer, all armed with as many ropes, pitchforks, pistols, etc., as we could carry. On arriving, we placed the cage at the mouth of the sewer, with the door facing it. I knew perfectly well that the lion would much prefer to remain in his cage than to enter the darkness of that evil-smelling sewer, and so it proved.

Then, with three of my attendants, I went three blocks back, lowering ropes down each of the manholes on our way until we pretended we had found the lion, and then I lowered myself into the depths through the third manhole. The next thing was to fire blank cartridges, blow horns, and shout as loudly as possible, and, owing to the peculiar echo, the noise was deafening. One of the attendants had been instructed at a given signal to lift the iron door of the cage up and down quickly, and then suddenly clap the door down with a shout.

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