The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-07
JUMBO COMES TO TOWN.
A Moonlight Stroll with Herd Of Other
Elephants in Fifth Avenue.
fNew York SUM-

ELEPHANTS IN fiftn Avenue.
Ne~ York Sun.
As Jumbo and several other elephants
were walking down Fifth avenue, nearly
in front OF the Vanderbilt palace, the
small boys who swarmed around Jumbo
approached 50 close 10 the pillars Of Hesh
which support him that Scott, his keeper,
motioned them away. A big policeman
who had been standing ON the corner
rushed in between jumbo and the boys,
and howled:
:. Sh,and back! shtand back, tell
yez,-
Jumbo had been walking along very
quietly, trailing the end of his trunk in
the dust. When he heard the voice Of
the policeman he halted and reached for
him with that prehensile member. AT
that moment the policeman looked over
his shoulder. Il was but a monetary
glance, and as he passed from that point
to the sidewalk the tails of his coat made
right angle with the body thereof The
policeman did not return and club the
pachy derm.
Jumbo and eighteen other elephants.
big and little. we're taken from their spe-
cial cars in the yard at Morrisania, whittier
they had been brought from bridgeport
in the forenoon. The moonlight falling
upon their backs as they stood herded to-
gether made them look like a bank of
dark clouds. illuminated above by moon
beams. They switched their trunks i'm
patiently, and occasionally emitted snor,s
that sounded like the blowing up of
steam pipes in lower Broadway, until
Arstingale, who had charge of the herd,
gave the word to begin the march to
Madison square garden. Then they fell
into line, vi h Chief for their leader,
Jumbo brought up the rear, and Queen
and her We, Ring offspring, Bridgeport,
chained together, were just in front of
him. Men ran ahead to warn drivers of
teams that the elephants would claim the
RICH, of way. The elephants shuffied
across Harlem bridge, apparently without
suspecting that they were not on solid
ground. They wheeled GU, Of Third ave-
nue. by the first turn to the right, and into
Fifth avenue. Few teams were me; on
the way until Seventeen stree, was
reached. There it was decided 10 turn
through Sixty-second street into Madison
we're running al frequent intervals. and
the horses seemed terrified by the mann
moth animals. Near tifty-third stree,
the elephants, apparently annoyed by the
antics OF street car team. began trum-
petirs. and half dozen of the foremost
made stampede. Their trumpetins
and the shouts of the keeper as they ran
after them made such din as Is not often
heard BY night in that quiet neighbour
hood. Hundreds of windows were raised.
the stoops of houses were crowded. and
persons flocked to the corners from the
side streets. The elephants that had not
joined in the stampede were turned into
a side street. Jumbo behaved well His
only breach of decorum was to emit a
stupenduous squeal that chilled the blood
of the servant girls who had flocked to
the sidewalks from the basement doors.
The main body Of elephants was wheeled
into Madison avenue again. and marched
TO Fifty-fourth street, where they turned
up to Fifth avenue again. Those that
had stampededawere brought under con-
troll few streets further down, and were
turned into Fifth avenue to Join the
others
Ill would have taken but little to start
the entire herd on the rampage" said
Arstingale, and then it would have been
a lively aight for New York.
On the way down Fifth avenue all the
teams that were met were turned into
side streets BY the men who ran ahead,
and men in the rear of the herd halted
the teams which came rafting up behind.
Now and then a hackman objected TO
being turaed on, OF his way.
Elephant. be -" said one OF ;heE.
= We got call just above here
But when his horses began 10 prance
he changed his mind and gave the herb
the RICH, of way. A, thirty eighth stree,
the elephants were wheeled around into
Madison avenue again. The further they
came down town the greater the number
OF persons who iiocked to the street to
see them, and the larger became the
shrong that was following on the side
walks. Amid the groups waiting on the
corners came from ladies cfinging to the
arms of their escorts such greetings as
All, here's Jumbo ahead. Isn't he
monster. But what's this coming,
Whe-e-e-w "Of course" said their
escorts, Jumbo is the last one. The
head one is Queen"
II was just about two hours from the
time OF starting when the herd turned
into the Fourth avenue entrance to the
Garden. The distance is not far from
i've and quarter miles. Jumbo and
Queen, with her baby elephant, were pu,
ia pen by themselves. Jumbo signailed
his arrival by trumpeting mildly.
Mr.. X. +. Hamilton. speaking for Mr.
Barnum, says tina, Jumbo has grown in
neigh, about nine inches, and in weigh,
a quarter Of ton, since he came to
America His tusks have grown abou,
our inches. Scott has photograph OF
Jumbo and himself. taken when
Scott was the taller. He has no hope
'i regailing the advantage in tina,
:, spec, which Jumbo has held for some
years. Jumbo IS said to be - years old
: don't know said Mr.. Hamilton,
when elephants get their growth =
whether II is at 8, years. or Is, or At some
later period in their lives"