Training Wild Animals by Bostock Trainers on Stage
A detailed account of Madame Pianka and Trank Bostock’s lion training methods for stage acts. Trainers select steady lions, use pedestals and cues to make them stand over prostrate humans, and gradually increase task difficulty. Stories cover horse acts, canine and feline training, and the dangers of training wild animals for performances.
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Madama Planka
Trank Bostock
Madame Pianka
Madame Planka
Bostock
Ion
Tartok
Mr. Bostock
Clyde Powers
New York Hippodrome
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Hippodrome
Pat eBimillerhy
Lia
Martin J. Potter
New York
Doctor Potter
Pegasus
Mr. Powers
Baltimore
Bostod
Europe
Oldest Major League Infielders Highlight Veterans
The piece surveys aging infielders headed by Fred Tenney now Boston manager who may play first base, Harry Davis the longtime Athletics captain, Rhody Wallace a Pat TeBeau find, and Larry Lajoie whose career spans Philadelphia and Cleveland since 1896 with about 15 seasons.
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Fred Tenney
Boston Nationals
Tenney
Boston
New York
al Bridwell
McGraw
Harry Davis
Connie Mack
Davis
Rhody Wallace
Wallace
Pat Tebeau
Cleveland
Larry Lajoie
Big Show
Phillies
Philadelphia
Oxygen Breath Tricks for Runners Claim Nine Minute Hold
English researchers at London Hospital tested breathing oxygen before race. A doctor held his breath nine minutes three seconds after five minutes of oxygen. Dr Leonard Hill suggests oxygen beforehand could conserve energy for a faster quarter mile.
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Medical School of the London Hospital
Leonard Hill
Jockeys Sign European Contracts for Turf Season
Four prominent jockeys depart from New York to ride for European patrons. Fred Herbert, Micky Miles, Vince Powers, and Willie Knapp signed foreign contracts. Herbert, Powers, and Knapp race for Baron Oppenheimer and Richard Heinal’s stables in Germany, under American rider James H. McCormick. Miles, nicknamed the Irish King by Willie Shaw, is contracted to ride for M Bygedi in Austria.
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Europe
New York
Fred Herbert
Micky Miles
Vince Powers
Willie Knapp
Herbert
Powers
Knapp
Baron -Oppenheimer
Richard Heinal
James
Cormick
Germany
Miles
Nick
Willie Shaw
M. Bygedi
Austria
McCurdy Protests Prize Award Reassignment
J A D McCurdy the aviator has filed a formal protest with the Aero Club of America challenging the 3000 dollar Havana prize awarding Rene Barrier of France. He alleges he completed the Havana flight from Camp Columbia to Morro Castle and back on February 6, with the prize due to be decided for the period January 25 to May.
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McCuray
Minnesota land boom winds toward Canada Mecca
The article notes shifting farm land interest as buyers seek land in Minnesota before value rises, with fears of land values inflating in the United States. It mentions a writer's tale of a farm sale three years prior and references migration toward Canada as a perceived land haven.
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Acre
Minnois
Minnesota
Canada
Mecca
Soma
Shun
United State of
United States
France
Fragmentary Phrase Appears Incoherent Reader Note
A short, garbled sequence of words shows stray text with no clear event or identifiable names. The fragment conveys no actionable information beyond indicating a disordered note or OCR artifact.
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Mr. Mack
Athletics
Mackman Davis
Pittsburgh
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Mechanica
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