CIRCUS LION'S MUTINY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 10

CIRCUS LION'S MUTINY.

KNOCKS', ITS TRAINER DOWN IN THI CAGE . Wallace,, tho African lion in Purchaso'»' monagorie, mutinied :at Lattersea' on ruary *7; and- tturned on / its ~ trainerj -\ a coloured.man.'named'• Marco;.i., . Marci had: put. tho lion . through' his cus- 1 tomary performance, which .-,-iwas : .isulleuljr done, aud 'had- left him . a'? nsnal .standing 111 a corner , m.. the. attitude: described by • heraldists as "rampant.",.. . . . ; . 11 Tho trainer, stooped: to unfasten tho door. His.baok was turned on the bruto,*who, no longor cowed by, tho mystio . power of ..tha, human, eye, leaped. at him, knocking , him l down. •' ~. .. V ; '>The lion laid, a paw. on his . back, lashod its tail furiously,',and roared.- : v Women shnoked and the audicnce waa ■ .! terrified. . -Mr. Purchase, jun., .and.a numberof attendants rushed up i with bars, h,owover, and .forced tho lion to abandon his . prey. . ' > Marco 1 jumped to his feet,/and belaboured , tho beast. with.a whip until ho-resumed his rampant attitude- m the corner once more. Then Mnrco slipped out of. tho cage. ..f'l felt nothing at all whon .1 was down,"said :Marco lo an 1 : representative. "I felt uo -tear—it'would have been all up With mo if 1 had\been afraid. I am not angry .with Wallaqfe; All wild beasts-do hko that somotimesi'. 1 ' >•,•■■■■. i ... .Wallaco is said- to bo one of the best . specimens in the ' kingdom, .and is valueo atinearly £400. - Ho is.fourteen years old. : : ' I. .! . . ■ .= , ; 1 ■ ■