CHAPTER I. 



LIONS 



Wallace, Tula, Sultan, Baltimore, Schley 

 and Dewey. 



THERE are so many stories about lions, 

 and so many lions in captivity which 

 have become known or celebrated in some way 

 or another that it is extremely difficult, in a 

 book of this size, to determine which to select. 

 It would take a whole book to tell of all I have 

 heard of or even seen and studied myself; 

 so I will only take a few which I think will 

 be most interesting to the general public. 



Ntearly everyone who takes any interest in 

 wild animals has heard of the famous lion 

 Wallace, who is so notorious for his savagery 

 and many escapades. Wallace was at one time 

 the property of George Wombwell and finally 

 became the property of Mr. Frank C. Ros- 

 tock, in whose animal show he is still to be 

 seen. This lion has been exhibited in all 



