The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-04-24
A CARAVAN, CIRCUS AND MEN.
AGERIE IN WINTER
QUARTERS.

he. last fall, concluded to winter with
us his great Caravan. Circus and Mona
gerio. lie WAS not long iii discovering
lhut Haywood's, which overlaoks the
Bay. md is SO conveniently near to the
City OF san francisco, was Just the SPOT
to lay oil und rest from the iat;gue OF
several months Of excitement and travel
incident to show life Mr.. Queen found
III Mr., Morris IIunch, Of ten thousand
acres, hear Haywood. abundant room
tor his tiue Cage and baggage horses Ia
recruit, rest and fill up, on the rich and
magnificent rerdure, which appears SO
aston!shingly plenty to our eastern
Trends On the grounds of Tony
dukes, MIR. Queen caused to be erected
humorous buildings for the accommoc
dation of his wild beasts, warehouses;
FOR l:is cages, c~lariots, harness, tents,
canvns, etc. etc, aud the hotel Of Tony
furnished superior homes for the mana
gers and men in charge Of the Great
moving Worlds Fair. In one large
binding, two hundred feet in length
and sixty in width, is arranged on both
sides plain. warm, but very secure
cages and stalls for tho auimals. As
you enter tho door, in M apartment
about thirty feet sqnnre, heavily plank
ed and holted, stands Lallnll KuOkh,
the mammoth AsiRtic war Elephant,
weighing about five tons. BY the kind
invitation of Mr.. A. j. F~orepaugh,
we slept within the enclosure and cvn-
trnsled our diminutiye figure with that
OF the mountain Of flesh. Mr.. Fore
Pnngh insists that she is kind, and that
there Ii no possible danger, but the
immense yOllow bull dog, crouchiRg
IL SylGs ,ltf in ~, go, ,,,.,.1 " -
Look cut, stranger" We took the
hint, aud walked OF, remurking that
" were not selfish, md ForepanglI
might enjoy the eutire visit with his
pet Our next wore q row of double
bumped CunelG and Dromedaries.
ships Of tho desert" sons very small
ponies, and two trick mules. quietly
ninnchiuS their hay, apparently un-
concerned, and unconscious that
strangers were present. We next
passed to tho onclQsIre containing the
white japanese and China Peacocks,
looking remarkable fine, and strutlinp
about ns If they were nnxiously await
ing the opening of tho saw.dust snagon.
The Oaadhf n new addition, n horned
n0niG5"ript, which slightly puzzled our
knowledge at natural history to locate
nmong tho h0Oird Illuminating uunlrI,-
pods. Is in the collection. \ fine rrntiI-
cred Ostrich from tho Desert of Sahara.
and Il splendid Australian Emu, next
attracted our attention They seemed
much at home, and rather appreciate
their position.
The young snow-white sacred Xchu,-
nh object u( worship by the IiInduo-
oviduntly does not recognize his i'm
~portnnce. We ruther c0utrnstcd his
present quarters To those Injurious
apartments lie would OCCUPY in Hinduo-
stan, If lie were only there; for il mus,
bc remembered that u white Xebu is
very rare. and consequently made
double siIcred to those Overwhelming
hcItllcDs. Passing on, our attention
WAS called to tho performing Guunacu,
or Llnmn Of Peru. This animal per-
forms i'll the ring, but Notwithstanding
the elegant associations and surround.
inBs, still retain its abOminablo and
disgusting habit Of blowing its nose un
everybody vino too fnmiliarly approach
cs lis cage. \ huge South American
Condor seemed To 20 one BYE upon us,
ns he conpldCcntly rested upon I'M
immense perch. Ibis is Tie bril- which
We, III our bOyisll days, innocGnlly be-
lIered was not well" when Ito didn't
llS up to the sun every morning before
b~rcIklast, to strengthen his optics.
Tho Immense Spiral.lornpd African
ElanI and IL rare animal, was browsing
away in u corner, evidently cnquir-
ing, IN his Mind" if ho should enjoy
the snlnbrious Climnio of our Golden
State ncxt winter. A largo asgcmblage,
i regular congress. Of Monkeys, AIics
aud Btbo0Hs; sbGmod to 10 loudly Ills.
GUESSING soma appropriation bill, or
investigating some gigantic ring swim
die, OF the ring-tailGd monkeys ,nInouE
them. Tho genuine BLrbary Zebra,
the most beautifully marked animal
wo ever looked upon in any collection,
WIS interviewed, Ile Ia round, plump,
good. nniurcd beast II is ito intention
Of Mr.. QnGGn to hnvc him educated,
so ns tO perform numerous tricks In tho
ring. The pink eyed Albino Doors
engaged orr attention for u mOiuGiit.
They AFRO white as the beautiful SNOW,
small. prutiily formed, have wide
spreading u%htlrrs, ind aro perfectly iiiI-
tin,lliIo. Next in order wns u majestic
Royal Bpugal Tiger who gave % sleepy.
sly yhwn ns we halted in front Of his
cage, exhibiting, his capNOiuus open
jaws; tusks aud moinrs."Ilu looked
likU,G bad crowd. Adjoining WINS n
awny African / %iuness, u doting parent
Of four young ouls, scarcely lurgcr
thnn IL full grown tomoat. These littlo
follows Uxhibilnd their natural savage
fcrociousness. and crept behind their
dam, who susl,iciously eyed aud growl.
cd At us, ia wp surveyed tlIc ErOnp.
A beautiful spotted Senegal Leopard
was tho sole occupant Of the next iron.
grated apartment VIZ could not help
ndmiring those great, large, expressive
and mischicviOns loopard.cycs. TINT
starcd so wirkcdly upon us. nor did wo
overlook the sharp claws TINT u%rnaincnt-
oil her piaws,sa they cHrolcssly ru,tcd
upon The lower bars Of tho cage. An
immense AbyS9!nirn Lihit, Baid 10 bd
from tho collection Of the lato laincntcd
King Theodore. %ncrvously moved a,
round and about his den, and tho littlo
history OF Daniel was Utmost wildly
recalled. and We refreshed our memory.
az we stood gazing at tho great King Of
! tho forsni, A host OF birds, cumrriG.