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Circus Rider is Thrown Into a Cage of Lions

International News Service.  Paris, July 13. — Louis Juge made each night “the Circuit of Death.”  Which is to say he rode a bicycle around the edge of a cage in which were pacing several mature and ferocious looking lions.  Small boys voted it the best stunt in the circus.

Opening night of the Paris engagement made Juge nervous.  Just as he reached full speed the bicycle slipped and precipitated him among the lions.  His rib broken, he was unable to move.

The crowd was horrified.  Several women fainted.  Tremblingly, circus employees went to Jude’s rescue.  Only the lions, leaving the wounded man considerably alone, seemed bored by the whole affair.

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