The sun., 1889-12-22

rector All Jones and Mcclellan we're fancy
| riders, and Conklln was trick rider, Manager
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UnHP css. Hs mss s FOR Ssa eS S5sSs wss A
shidFea $ FS sSESwins &Ra them agTS Ss'ts au
guns oiiSEed ovSE @ %'p mss mics
dow down The coast and his hide With
TThous2nds Of people, paid dollar eoch 70 zee
turned 70 he South in isiS. John Robinson.
made a big sensation by, riding four horses
bareback. They were nai1 trom 800 g sl25
each and and for their big HGt
hsn and IeIS So GnS aSIen
In is4s Mr.. Stone returned 10 the, North
ph.h hSatTe in phlsdeiphiS. wEeFe siSs' Avery Very
Smith and Dick Sands wero performing;
Edwin ForPesf and he ssys Sen1 he dre% p mure @
money nightly in Philadelphia and New York
by his, Indian bareback riding than they did
bin ran It, and In, 1851 went to England under
RS "HHS Ga opeSeS SaS a BrRy
Lane ThentIS In London, and Mr. Burgess.
s OF s9 thSaTs ad the
ono years. Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and
the nobility saw Mr.. stone ride, and everybody
MeSican horse, as also By his Indian ny yelis, WI"
1 used to scare the wits out OF the English
Sa woad @ lot sem a' loose S,a sMsn WRcn roasG
SroWd g,d got n9af ,a the ropes, sometimes me- the
yell. and the bulles would scatter in all direc-
ticns. They had never seen an, Indian rider
face dnubed with war paint and Seiim was
really wild. l always mounted In the stable;
Sf o boy TX 1t RS nS sd
and he ran n his stable. He often took
Noblemen tipped my. groom many q half
Once in n Western tour selim took shoot into
the orchestra. knocked down the trombone
5nP.5 sEsd Se hole h Ss drum r. and then
dow In the theatre, and landed In the street.
Hamblin and party OF friends In the old Bow
ery Theatre struck the stage which gave way
In few WIN minutes % the horse ] APPEARED are i0na IN the
caught him. Cordelia. Lady OF the Lake.
and half mile racers OF true blood. In 1856 /
returned IS to America @ will show you some Of
In the dining room were paintings and en-
cravings given to Mr.; Stone by admirers. They
@ by END soS mea EVEN ew TO
Stone BY citizens Of Cincinnati in 1910 is beau
ty, and so is g gold sppfI6ox which was present
set with diamonds and rubies; with an eagle
the a he MsrSS 81
. 1883. and received this medal from sixty gen
s@s5iptIcn @ stating that tSe & medal IS q e!is @ 70
OF appreciation OF his artistic merit and
private worth" The medal cost s1.oO0.
Mr. stone gold watch thHs RssSss WAS
a cable chain Of gold, with a, solid gold horse.
set with gems, for a charp. Mr.: Barnum gave
the many thousands Of links IN the chain are
SO ANAL thai as has be
Of Boston. Philadelphia, New Orleans, and
other elites are SRd .d
many admirers. A silver mounted saddle aud
bride. with saddlebags holsters, 30. for n
First Michigan Cavalry, and silver plate on
the saddle bears the name OF Col. T. d. Town
Mr. stone neo sens hs Outfit
\. g; s. N. y, to use. and after Fisk was killed
eral VIII ich he highly .cherishes. One is written
and was presented to. him ,in England In
1872 He was partner IN the Weoh h bs Hsrnan
ners did not pay the debts and the EMPLOYEES
wages: But R he paid every dollar. and zoo gen,
,emsn gaSeh hin banquet t% at Br%mnGhham
Hpresided. and REPRESENTATIVE Of London
banking houses were present. Among the sig
Nicholson. Frederick Lodge, editor Of tho Bir-
nngham asG; + Smith. MssSoc Lessee OF SeS bs9rs
tes,i%onisl bears witness that Ir; Stone
and and that he can say: W II have acted as a man
should act" It further states that he promised
h Of a1 M
Stone 2 set 9f silver plate. and E ,S y; smith % Of
tion written % on % Darc6@ent ] tS 10 1855 by Robert
Bonner. to the Journalists OF this country. The
ists who desired fac-simiies Of tho signatures
Of the famous editors, who signed IT. The
that aB ad6e3ed M
this country. and has been the reciEient OF
hSRGrf FSnG IN RaroPeaR @any c0n
intinate friend 81 tRe re most alsti9fqis4hsd 9
courage. assist. and harmoniously asso.::
ists tne waqS @6. G that OS Mr. sdSs
win live long after he Is dead, and George p.
In his profession in the world" Mr. Stone OK
hibited letters and editorials showing that
Major Noah, Horace Greeley. George y. Cur.
Swayne. Col. Page Moses Y. Beach. Henry J.
Raymond. George ". Childs. Mr.. Abeel. Col
Forney. George Graham and other well-known
newspaper men were his friends.
with regard to salaries paid to circus peo-
ple." Mr. Stone said. much nonsense has been
published. From 1928 70 1882 general per;
washing. Special men got. $50 70 ,S75. That
was when We lighted the ring with tallow Gan
dies. Sil Spencer was not paid $50 until ne
turned a somersapt on A. a bare back horse; II
got more than others when we turned back
somersaults from a horse. and landed on our
our own price: SO did Other n. sDecIalists Rob
others we're. good general riders. In
1856 the Geological Institute, which
formed an east. west, south, and
north division. made up a circus trust to con-
troll tho business In the United States and fX
a salary rate. This monopoly burst up small
concerns, pushed Jim Banker two or three sea-
sons although performers worked for Jim
gratis because he had paid good salaries. and
ont 10 hire the only lots In place for exhibit