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Post by sarus on May 29, 2013 13:57:23 GMT -9
¨ ▬  BEARS RUN FROM ZOOKeeper Bitten, One of Animals slain in 'Frisco MeleeSAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 21. ▬ One Keeper was bitten on the right knee and one bear was killed here tonight after four bears scaped from their cage at Fleishhacker Zoo. TRIES ANOTHER ATTACKThe injured keeper was Norman Baker, whose prodding pitchfork was knocked aside by one of the bruins just as it was about to reenter the cage. The bear was killed shortly after its
attack upon Baker as it attempted to charge night watchman John Mallick and Pollice Officer
Jack Leishman.It was Mallick who discovered the scape of the four Malay Sun bears, small but vicious animals. Two of the bruins, Mallick found, had invaded the cage of a nearby tiger. The other two had crashed into the zoo kitchen. He locked them in and hurriedly notified the zoo officials. The tiger proved too much for one of the bears and he rushed back into his cage. The other one continued his quarrel with the tiger until keepers arrived and forced him to leave the cage. He was the one who was killed. Meanwhile, the two other bears prowled through the kitchen, gorging themselves. At last reports carpenters were building a wooden tunnel from the kitchen to the bear cage. The keepers hoped to be able to force the bears to use the tunnel to return to their home. ____________________________________________________
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Post by sarus on Jul 21, 2013 9:33:12 GMT -9
 ´ ANIMAL FIGHTS "A beautiful Tiger against a black Bear". __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ► Daily Telegraph , Issue 7351, 27 April 1895, Page 2__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ |
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Post by sarus on Jul 21, 2013 9:46:30 GMT -9
¨Black Bear VS Sledgehammers, Bars of Wood, Bullets and a Lioness LIONESS AND BEAR FIGHT (1843) ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ► Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 44, Ed. 1, Wednesday, October 18, 1843______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________
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Post by sarus on Jul 21, 2013 10:18:27 GMT -9
¨  "Before the United States come into possession of California, the Spanish ranchers used to rope grizzly bears and make them fight wild range bulls in log pens. One time a grizzly was matched with a tiger on a barge in San Francisco bay and killed the tiger in a few seconds." ______________________ ______________________ ► "Grizzly King of Beasts"► "Grizzly King of Beasts" ______________________ ______________________ |
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Post by grrraaahhh on Jul 24, 2013 10:02:16 GMT -9
´ ANIMAL FIGHTS "A beautiful Tiger against a black Bear". __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ► Daily Telegraph , Issue 7351, 27 April 1895, Page 2__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Thanks sarus. Given the poor conditions of their time, I guess it should not be surprising to read about the numerous mixed animal acts and animal menageries where bears and felines fought. I'm glad we are taking a second/deeper look at these stories.  Your post reminded me of a relating book excerpt. I purchased the book last year (when I return home I will edit this post and provide the book title and author) but did not find anything useful visa vi references. Anyhow, as I said earlier in this thread (see quote) I am glad we are reexamining earlier mixed animal circus acts/menagerie events. Thanks again. |
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Post by sarus on Jul 28, 2013 8:24:15 GMT -9
  NOVEL EXHIBITION.ON SATURDAY, the 6th day of October next, at 2 o'clock, P.M. Mr. Frost, owner of the large AFRICAN LION, lately exhibited in this village, will return here again, for the purpose of having a fight between the said LION and Mr. Wilson's BEAR, called Quarry, for the entertainment of all those who have a desire to witness such an EXHIBITION. Suitable staging and other accommodations will be provided by Mr. Sterling (in whose yard the fight will take place) for all those who may attend; and proper attention paid to their personal safety and convenience. ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ► news.google.com/newspapers?id=fU46AAAAIBAJ&sjid=OSoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1387%2C810049► news.google.com/newspapers?nid=npT69zEmqdIC______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ |
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Post by sarus on Jul 28, 2013 9:47:34 GMT -9
 DORIS  "Doris, a female Russian Siberian bear, was almost too full of fun. She was continually playing some prank on one of the other animals, and padding softly back to her place, quite confident that I had not seen her", relates Clyde Beatty, fare-famed animal trainer. "At a time when I was still training mixed groups, and was breaking in an entirely new group of lions, tigers, bears, panthers, and hyenas, Doris was one of the animals. Her sly trickery amused me and I determined to ignore her and see what she would do. One day I saw her from the corner of my eye as she sneaked off her pedestal, cautiously walked over to a tiger, and deliberately gave it a slap with her big paw. Then she padded noiselessly back and hurried up on her sit. Just as she settled her huge body on the pedestal, I turned around and the playful creature hung her head loke a guilty child. As for the tiger, he didn't utter a growl, either too much taken aback, or determined to help Doris get away with her pranks. "From then I kept a stricter eye on her for fear the next animal she swatted would not be so easygoing. But I have other worries, and not the least of these was jiggs, a big black panther who refused to do as the others did, and was so stubborn that the minute my back was turned he would be off his pedestal. One day Jiggs absolutely refused to be an actor. He would not mount his stand, and I had been so long in trying to make him that the other animals were getting restless. I turned to crack my whip on them, when suddenly I heard a resounding thwack behind me. I turned around to see the strangest sight in my career. There standing in front of obstinate Jiggs was Doris, the bear, Her powerful paw had knocked the vicious panther completely off his pedestal and there she stood on her hind feet with her great paw upraised, ready to give another slap. "Jiggs was smart. He knew when to let well enough alone. Crawling back upon his sit like a spanked kid, he turned upon Doris a look of awe as well as hatred. I never had any more trouble with Jiggs. Doris was always beside him in every act there after, placidly watching him for any mismove." . |
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Post by warsaw on Aug 18, 2013 2:18:03 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Aug 18, 2013 2:42:30 GMT -9
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Post by sarus on Aug 18, 2013 9:53:27 GMT -9
 LEO, KING OF BEASTS, LOSES TITLE, 1 ROUND, TO BRUIN, BERLIN BEARChicago Tribune - Dec 16, 1935BERLIN, Dec, 15. -- A brief, fierce boxing clash at the Herne zoo today saw Leo the Lion lose the title of king of beasts to Bruin the Bear. Leo and Bruin long were on the friendliest terms in neighboring cages, until the door between them accidentally was opened. Leo sprang Into Bruin's abode. Bruin, resenting the intrusion, started to maul Leo. Leo put up a good defense, but one blow from Bruin's paw knocked Leo for the count into a corner. Leo's keeper, hastening to the scene, promptly threw in the towel. _________________________________________ _________________________________________ ► Chicago Tribune - Dec 16, 1935► Chicago Tribune - Dec 16, 1935________________________________________ ________________________________________ ► Wall Street Journal - Jan 17, 1936________________________________________ ________________________________________ |
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Post by sarus on Aug 18, 2013 10:47:46 GMT -9
¨ TERRIFIC DEATH BATTLETIGER KILLS POLAR BEAR AT CARNIVAL SHOW Jones Carnival Company Loses Valuable Bear in Sensational Manner at Timmonsville. Great Nerve of Trainer. Timmonsville, Dec. 5. ▬ During the progress of the pergormance presented here this afternoon at the wild animal show which is being offered by the Johnny Jones Exposition shows one of the most sensational battles to death known in animal history took place, in which Herr von Waldo, the noted German trainer, offers four African lions, two Bengal tigers and two Polar bears, all performing together, Romeo, one of the big tigers, became angered and pounced upon one of the Polar bears; after a terrible battle the tiger succeeded in sining its fangs into the jugular vein of the Polar bear, which died almost instantly. The other animals became enraged by the scent of the blood and von Waldo showed great bravery at the risk of his own life in subduing them. the Polar bear was valued at $2,000, being one of the largest and best trained in captivity. The fight was witnessed by hundreds of spectators ▬ The State. This carnival was here several weeks ago and many will remember the fine wild animals that were exhibited, and will regret to learn the above accident. ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ► The watchman and southron., December 11, 1907________________________________________________ ________________________________________________
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Post by warsaw on Nov 7, 2013 13:35:51 GMT -9
"Paris, Saturday, - Masserini's menagerie has been the scene of a combat between a large bear and a lion, which took place before the eyes of a great number of spectators. The bear managed to break down the partition between its cage and that of two lions, and rushing unexpectedly at one of latter tore great gashes in its side with its powerful claws before the lion had time to defend itself. M. Masserini entered the cage and succeeded in preventing the other lion from interfering, but he could not prevent the bear from killing the lion it had attacked. The fight described as having being terrifying"  |
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Post by warsaw on Jan 4, 2014 12:02:52 GMT -9
 a lithograph photograph postcard published in 1907 of Fritz Schilling with six of his lions and a polar bear at Carl Hagenbeck’s Tierpark, Stellingen, Hamburg, Germany (photo: unknown, printed by Knackstedt & Näther, Lightdruckerei, Hamburg, 1907) link |
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Post by warsaw on Jan 4, 2014 12:15:04 GMT -9
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Post by warsaw on Feb 15, 2014 10:38:50 GMT -9
Circus Day by Courtney Ryley Cooper page 52
"...He had a menagerie in which were quartered a lion and a grizzly bear. Some gamblers stopped in front of the two cages one night and began an argument, He had a menagerie in which were quartered a lion and a grizzly bear. Some gamblers stopped in front of the two cages one night and began an argument, as to whether the lion could whip the grizzly. Finally they asked me for an opinion. I said I thought the grizzly would win. Colonel Boone felt the same way, as did one or two of the gamblers. The others believed in the lion. "Difference of opinion is what makes a hoss race," said one of the gamblers. "Let's try it out and see." The lion was a bad one; it had torn up every trainer who had tried to work it and had a death record of two men. The grizzly had a mean temper also; soon the whole sporting element of San Francisco was betting on the result. The fight was to be held in San Francisco Bay on a barge for which we offered $500 rental. When the owner discovered what was about to happen, he immediately canceled the contract, but not for humane reasons. He had a better idea; he'd let us have the barge free for the fight, with a $1,000 bonus if we'd give him the saloon and gambling privileges beside to the
death- pit! Then other barges were hired, to group about the first one, and to take care of the spectators. Gambling and saloon privileges were let on these also. As far as the battle was concerned, it was not even a contest. The lion swung into its usual three foot fighting pose, lunging terrific blows with the fourth which were disregarded by the grizzly, which closed in, caught the lion to him, and crushed the life out of him. This was in a time when humane societies already had done much work and children were being taught in the schools to pay their dues and wear a celluloid button proclaiming that they would work for kindness to dumb animals..."
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