8 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



I suppose it is possible for such a wild ani- 

 mal to assume. 



The well-known lion Baltimore, who nearly 

 killed his trainer, Captain Bonavita, causing 

 his right arm to be amputated, is still in the 

 Bostock show and behaves as he always has 

 behaved. Quiet and slow, apparently fairly 

 good tempered, this lion is only watching for 

 an opportunity to attack some one all the 

 time. He will probably never more perform 

 with twenty-seven in a group, as he did with 

 Captain Bonavita, but he still performs, and 

 will, undoubtedly, one of these days, do his 

 best to overcome another trainer. A full ac- 

 count of this terrible occurrence is given in 

 ' ' Behind the Scenes with Wild Animals. ' ' i 



There is a most interesting lion in the New 

 York Zoological Park. Sultan has proved 

 that some lions, at any rate, do not forget old 

 friends. He came from Carl Hagenbeck's es- 

 tablishment in Germany and for a time was 

 anything but pleased and contented with 

 America. No doubt he longed for his native 

 home and freedom, but after a while, espe- 



