12 WILD ANIMAL CELEBRITIES 



and I still keep the same opinion, although I 

 have seen many wonderful instances of ap- 

 parently "tame" wild animals. 



In the Mundy wild animal show at Luna 

 Park last year I found two lions, twins, 

 Schley and Dewey, who were born at Co- 

 lumbia, Tennessee, on September 20, 1901. 

 The father and mother are inmates of the 

 same show and are trained animals which are 

 still performing. At first there did not seem 

 to be anything particular or out of the way 

 about either of these animals. They were 

 both well grown, finely developed and ap- 

 parently healthy and well cared for. But one 

 day when Mr. Mundy was taking me around 

 the show he told me how wonderfully gentle 

 and docile these two animals were, especially 

 Schley. Dewey was only docile to a certain 

 degree, and when put out about anything 

 could get decidedly ugly, and was then dif- 

 ficult to manage. ! 



Schley, on the other hand, up to the time 

 I met him had never shown even the slightest 

 indications of ill temper or unruliness in any 



