The Training of Wild Animals

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Training of Wild Animals, by Frank Charles Bostock, Edited by Ellen Velvin
Frank C Bostock
THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS
BY FRANK C. BOSTOCK
EDITED BY ELLEN VELVIN, F.Z.S.
AUTHOR OF “RATAPLAN: A ROGUE ELEPHANT,” ETC.
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO.
Copyright, 1903, by The Century Co. Published July, 1903
Printed in U. S. A.
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO MY SON FRANCIS EDWARD BOSTOCK
Before editing this book, I took the opportunity offered by Mr. Frank C. Bostock of practically living in one of his animal exhibitions for a few weeks, in order to see things as they were, and not as I had always heard of them.
I was allowed to go in and out at all times and all hours; to enter the training-schools whenever I liked; to go behind the runways and cages,—a special privilege given to the trainers only, as a rule,—and to be a spectator of whatever happened to be going on at the time.