The daily gazette., 1883-03-23
ELEpHANrs rRoMENADING.
How Jumbo and the Rest of Barnum'
Herd Marched Down Fifth Avenue.
Nnrr York sun March p.


New York SUM- March =.
As Jumbo aud several other elephants
were walking down Fifth avenue. last even
ing.Iieaxly fn front 81 the yandernl lls 8lace,
the smell bows who weue ewaSming around
Jumba atIproached 30 close ID the pillars OF
flesh which support him that Scott, bis
keeper, motioned them away. A big police-
man who had been standing on the corner
rushed in between Jun bo and the boys and
howled:
aShtand back Shtand back, tell yell"
Jumbo had been walking along very
quietly, trailing the end of his trunk in the
| dust. When he heard the voice of the po-
| liceman he halted and reached for him with
| that prehensile member At that moment
the policeman looked over his shoulder. 1t
was but momentary 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 pachyderm.
Jumbo and Is other elephants, big and
little, were taken at about s O'Clock last
evening from their special cars In the yard
| at Mofrisania, whittier they had been
brought from Bridgeport in the forenoon.
The moonlight falling upon their backs as
| they stood herded together made them look
IKE q. bank Of dark clouds, illuminated
above by moonbeams. They switched their
trunks impatiently, and occasionally
| emitted suorts that sounded like the blow
ing up of steam pipes In lower Broadway,
until Argtingale, who had charge Of the
herd, gave the word 70 begin the march to
Madison Square Garden, Then they fell
| into line, with Chief for their leader. Jumbo
brought up the rear, and Queen and her
yearling offspring Bridgeport. chained to-
getheF, were Just in front Of him. Men
| ran ahead to warn drivers Of teams
that the elephants would claim the right Of
way. The elephants shuftled across Harlem
bridge, apparently without suspeeting that
they were not on solid ground. They
wheeled out of Third avenue by the first
turn to the right and into Fifth avenue.
Few teams were met on the way until
Seventieth street was reached. There It was
4 decided to turn through Sixty-second street
into Madison avenue. In that avenue the
street cars were running at frequent inter-
walls, and the horses seemed terrified by the
mammoth animals. Near Fifty-third street
the elephants, apparently annoyed by the
antics of a street car team, began trumpet
ing, and half dozen Of the foremost made
stampede. Their trumpeting and the
shouts of the keepers as they ran after them
made such din as is not often heard by night
in that quiet neighborhood. Hundreds OF
windows were raised, the stoops OF houses
were crowded, and persons focked TO the
corners from the side streets. The ele-
plants that had not Joined In the stampede
were turned into side street Jumbo be-
haved we'll. His only breach of decornm
was to emit a stupendous squeal that chilled
the blood OF the servant girls who had
flocked to the sidewalks from 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 stampeded were brought under
control a few streets further down, and
were turned into Fifth avenue to join the
others.
alt would have taken but little to start
the entire herd on the rampage" said Ars-
tingall, land then it would have been a
lively night 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 hackman objected TO being turned
out of his way.
elephants be -" said one of them.
"Pve got call just above here"
But when his horses began to prance he
changed his mind and gave the herd the
right of way. At thirty eighth street the
elephants were wheeled around Into Madi-
hOh a. oihs AAiC iulbl thO9
down town the greater the number of per-
sons who locked to the street to see them
and the larger became the throng that was
following on the sidewalks. Amid the
groups waiting on the corners came from
ladies clinging to the arms OF their escorts
such greetings as:
"Ah, here's Jumbo ahead Isn't he a
monster? But what's this coming 2
WEe-e-e-w -
"0f course" said their escorts. "Jumbo
is the last one. The head one is Queen"
1t was just about two hours from the
time of starting when the herd turned into
the Fourth avenue entrance to the Garden
r The distance is not far from 5A miles
Jumbo and Queen, with her baby elephant
were put in pen by themselves. JumbC
signalled his arrival by trumpeting mildly
: A CANINE SET-OFF.