. Scientific American Volume 87 Number 16 (October 1902) . America. Indiaand Australia were first trained in Ham-burg. In addition to the three groups inAmerica, there is another performing atBlackpool, England, and another at Nice, onthe Riviera. The former is made up oftwenty-one animals, between three and fouryears of age, and the other of sixteen ani-mals. Mr. Hagenbeck has won considerable fameas an animal importer, and now claims thedistinction of being the largest dealer inwild animals and curious beasts in theworld. He has made some decided hits atdifferent times in securing specimens
. Scientific American Volume 87 Number 16 (October 1902) . America. Indiaand Australia were first trained in Ham-burg. In addition to the three groups inAmerica, there is another performing atBlackpool, England, and another at Nice, onthe Riviera. The former is made up oftwenty-one animals, between three and fouryears of age, and the other of sixteen ani-mals. Mr. Hagenbeck has won considerable fameas an animal importer, and now claims thedistinction of being the largest dealer inwild animals and curious beasts in theworld. He has made some decided hits atdifferent times in securing specimens of the rarer animals. Thirty years ago he obtained anAfrican rhinoceros for the London Zoological So-ciety, which was the first rhinoceros seen in Europesince the days of the Roman Amphitheater. Sevenyears ago he imported a Siberian tiger, and four yearsago a Persian tiger. Four years ago, too, he landed inHamburg two lions from Balkash Lake, in CentralSiberia, and a couple of tigers from Russia Turke-stan. These beasts created quite a sensation in zoo-. and a tiger. The peculiarity of this b2ast is that ithas a tigers body and a lions head. It weighs nearlyfive hundredweight, and measures ten feet from thetip of his tail to the tip of his nose, and stands aboutfour feet high up to the top of his shoulder. Thereare five other similar animals at Hamburg. has also crossed zebras with horses, at thr;advice of Prof. Hewitt, of Edinburgh, Scotland. Herecently helped the Duke of Bedford to cross Persianfallow deer with ordinary Europeandeer, so that a bigger and stronger deercould be obtained. The whole idea ofthis crossing, of course, is to secure abetter blood and a stronger breed. Inthis way he has secured a better breed ofpheasants, by crossing pheasants fromCentral Asia with the European are larger and heavier birds,stronger on the wing and prettilymarked. In conclusion I would add thatthe great dealer is now busy building azoo at Stellingen, a suburb o
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