The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-12-30
THE CIRCUS IN WINTER.
a YOUNG LADY IN TRAINING AS AN
EQUESTRIAN PERFORMER.

Dangling from the Arm of Gibbet.
Knee Work" for Beginners-Teaohing
Novice the Desired Motions Which
Add Grace TO the Rider.
A broad-backed white horse, with a silver
silk name and one Of those bilowy tails
rarely met with in real life, eanUered into
the ring. There was an arch in MS swan
neck and proud carriage Of his head never
seen outside Cf ls0 circus ring \ white
corded Cirth secured q pad on his back, am,
the lines leading 70 his bit were Of blue silk,
Trayed and solled.
Then the invaluable young animal, whose
capacity for taking up tricks was hmitless,
came on She pushed aside the calico hang
ings at the curtained doorway and walked TO
the horses side. She was . girl, with a big
bunch OF yellow hair OF the top Of har head,
a pretty pink and white face and q blue Han
mel bIOomer costume cut high in the neck,
ample as 70 skirt and ending in pair Of
Turkish trousers gathered III at the ankles
I amt a-going to do no knee work to-day"
she said stoutIy, when 5fr. Marks had swung
her light figure to a seat on the pad She at
once lifted herself from a sitting posture 70
Ter feet and proceeded To clasp a snap-buckle
into an iron ring which was sewed 70 the belt
about her waist. The snap-buckle was st the
end OF a rope dangling from q gibbet-lke
arm above
-An right" remarked Mr. Marks, zone,
two, three and away you GO
He cracked the long whip IN his hand with
a report Ike a pistol shot, and winked at the
writer out OF the tail IF his eye
DANGLING FROM THE GIBBET-
Now you viii see some fun, = he whispered
The first few rounds o. the ring ought al
WAYS TO be taken By the beginner on her
L =
ting, and it is almost Indispensable in catch
ing the horses gait; but mademOiselle knows
better than do and although she has only
taken three lessons you have heard her pro
pose 70 give up knee work altOgether-ah,
thought So
For the first half dozen yards madeInoiselle
went bravely on. Her sIippered feet kept
their hold on the pad, and although her body
swayed dangerously Tirh every move Of the
gently Iopinx horse she braeed herself BY
bearing upon the bride, and seemed deter
mined 70 vindicate her judgment IN abandon
ing knee work at this early stage OF the
game But with every yard the sway1ng
grew more pronounced and her balance more
precarfous, until suddenly with a shrek she
fell A fall OF some five feet, while II an
erect POSITION on the hack OF Z moving horse,
might easily Be fatal. especially when the
horses feet are shod with iron and the faller
aIights in bis path
But rnadeuoiselle did not fan far. The
rope dangling from the gibbet arm held her
syIspended from the middle II the air, Ike
captive frog. kicking with arms and legs and
E1akfnZ some vigorous remarks with her
tongue until the horse had completed the
rings circuit and once more placed his back
beneath her for her support
Now. Won see, mildly began the trainer,
as he helped her again 70 her stand
''No. I don't see she snapped 4 can
ride this horse without no more knee work,
and I'm a-gOiug % do Il
which she proceeded % DO. taking an in
voluntary and painless hanging at irregular
intervals. but clinging 70 the work with
grit and q pertinaci5y which excited Mr.
Marks unqualified admiration
TEACHING DESIRED XOTIoSs
Let her keep Oh and she can command so
A week when the next SEASON opens. he said
-sr0n go % $40 Is the average weekly ST.
uead for riders Of from two 70 five years ex-
peris1ce, and Is Il requires winter pTacClce,
when Of course, no salary . paid the work
Is worth the money. Al young riders begin
Lvrs1Inz On TIER Lalees- When they can 20
around the ring confidently II thLs position
they must rise % their feet for second, then
down Oh their k1ees again Up and down. Up
and down 2 thousand times Finally the
young lady : able % stand erect with fair
decree q confidence and now. when no doubt
va imagine the hardest part q the task %
be over my Work begins n earnest
a human being standing on horses
back l. naturally an awkward animal The
girls want 90 20 about the ring With their
h-l-Ls and arms either hanging Ike
pump hands q their sides or
cls- launched out Violently every
o-Lzr Elil-te n an effort g keeping
TIER balance, the whole effect being STIFF and
u1-raczf-L I must teach them every dc
zz-ei motion AID have names fo- each mo
ti14 So rilat when I r--lI f-r . the rIIzr VII
know ez2ce-y what IS wa--ezl- For Instance
VIXEN I cali for foot Ea--1 s-e IS zsg1iEet %
throw one foot behind le-- resting IL zoe
gracefully on the horses lack There are
several kinds u -foCt back and 'f5cc front
eezh u which Elusc Be learned Thoroughly
never put q beginner sc sCsEd-gp riding on
waking horse the lopi1Z gasr is much
easier 70 Eide L requires consIlsra BIC ETz--
zee 70 stand On walking hOFse, a4.a aasn-
luIS genius % keep 3 footLo.l wien the al-l-
nal Is trOtcilz
there IS more work II c1e matter q pre-
peFl1g = circus for TIE road than people IN
sZ1nes and what With taxing care q the AM
mas, training them regI-dlaz the band
wagons and deLs and mapping oEc routes ws
ere al kept II seglusion from The tine re
tz-n II n November until ~ turn cut with
tie flowers that boom q ths-chesrnut -
Henry Newport II Detroit Free Press.