The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-08-23

s"on p"o time when You amt looking oul
nell play You nm ugly trick--baulk when
when You're jumping to let you tumble on
the g1und, or rear and fall backwards on
you. They're cunning about that sort Of
thing I've seen . splendidly educated
horse $me into the ring and just stand still.
not % : single trick. and seem 10 enioy
seeing his owner hooted at.'
DO you .lever punish hin? |?
{ sfta,nly "a by but J aln4zarbprhg him for.
lWhSii be done wrong he knows it just as
we'll ts do, and knows also that be must
take the consequences. But | haven't
liftedthe whip--against him for more than
two vars.
What is the method Of educating ami
malsY
well, with different animals there's dif-
fcrentways. With horses and dogs. you
show em 6rst what You want done. and
show em often enough for them 10 UNDER
stand /. Then 1 lit them around and put
them through the motions. After several
times ihey find out what Is wanted, and do
it themselves. Then reward them on The
spot. les all easy you've only 70 keep
your temper and be kind. Vcry.sften il is
necessary, in the beginning, to fog an ami
NAL soandly. but that to let him know who
10 master. Some horses learn yery quick
ly. but that kind forget just as soon. |
like best slow horse, because he n femen-
Der longer ~
Have they good mcmories?
80, 80. You can teach horse for q
year. and then IL you turn him out TO grass
Or a few months he'll forget he's learned
except the simplest things and two or three
words of command. These they will mover
forget I think ucir minds arc not big
enough 70 bold much
| How DO you dispose Of them In winter? =
/ Leave them to board somewhere in The
country. keep Charley over in Jersey.
and 40 10 see him every week 10 put hin
through his tricks. That keeps them fresh.
You know during the winter we don't d
anything but practice little now and thcn,
that Is. unless We get an engagement in |
city. can make money enough any sum.
mer to live comfortably all the rest Of III,
year. ! get $500 week.
Elt}niast be rather an expensive business
10 start circus
| 1t is that-takes from $40. 900 any
where up as high as you like 10 go. An,
lisa risky business, too. A ra;n-storn
| will cut down the money one-half. There
lots Of fellows been busted in the business
cause the expenses must 60 On just th'
ame.n
\ 'Howdo you manage about travelling
We have two agcnts. One goes o.
ahead two weeks and makes arrangement
for ms; gets ont the advertisements an,
secs the posters put up and that sort 0
thing. He engages rooms. hires the 10
for the tent, and writes back telling Us ho,
We are TO come and BY what roads. The
the other agent goes ahead day. and b
Sos that everything is ready Cor Us and j
good order. and. IL il is necessary, take
out the licepso, When We come along /
night he meets us out Of town and shov
us The lot. and then We 60 70 work
DO you journey much al night?
II Whenever We can. For. for instanc,
tomorrow We show atP -. fifteen mil.
from here. Tonight while we are pc
forming the hands will get their suppe,
and be ready to take down The tent befor
the people are all out cf Il. While Tho
,, are doing this We win have something
eat. About o'clock the tent viii |
packed up. the boxes ready. and wc wi
start OF 70 p-----. When there ~c 40
. bod. The hands will have y be up ear
70 get the tent up and hx the seats, aud .
; ter that they will 20 to sleep again. II
morrow night the same thing, and % on
! .Isit not fatiguingf
Not very; at least do not find Il q
I get all the sleep want. and as for mig
travelling, rhcn one is accustomed 20 il
orso'f mind IL. Pye been Ia circus
!, a good many years, aud u hasn't hurt q
. yet
'Apparcntly not; but you live such
y temperate lifc.'
=, A circus man wouldn't be worth shuc
y unless he's mighty careful. It's all We
nice for Sunday-school books 70 say Oh
} We get drunk every night, but I'd like
know how long man could perform II
\ drank drop. Look at these teetotal (,
! lows running their nerves with tea and Q,
! fee. Why We don't touch even thes
= But its timc for mo 10 dress sov. A
!. you coming this afternoon1'
n Certainly
Z Iwcut. and throw 10 Orlando Hen
y . Harrison the, largest boqsot.I could hn
Ill sss.S~-Ss~-.-
J. There hs man out 10 Oregon who has
= mulo. A few days ago be was driving Il
d animal acfoas'tke prairie, whan Il sudden
is stopped. The man left bis wagon and q
q tempted 10 induce that mule to move O
but without success. He beat u. be ooa
!. cd Il. hc threatened u. and he cursed
}, but u refused 10 bulge. Hc tied fr
l-d crackers 10 i.s tail and exploded them. b
b tho mule merely turned its hcsd Ia la
I guild sort Of way. examined the Gro vorh
4 and calmly yinkcd at the man. I Then u
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