Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-05-10
Dumb animals on tie Stage.
The Perfection to which Horses and Dogs
Can Be Trained.
WONDERFUL THINGS POSSIBLE
4 HALF Hour Behind the Scenes while the Coul
SAew ID In Progrsss.-Waiting for Cues. ,

HALF Hour, Behind the Scenes while the Coup
Show II In Prosrsss.-Waltiss for Cles.
There was an immense crowd at the
Denver Music hall last night to witness
the second performance Of Mr.. w.. C.
Coup's Equescurriculum. Madame PATHS
audience was nothing to it.
Every chsir was occupied, and every
available nich of standing room. People
came in scores. The ladies sat in chairs
and held the children on their laps, and
the gentlemen lowered about them in the
near distance. There were squads of
children, particularly little boys. And
they were in their element. Nothing
could give North American boy more
genuine delight than Mr.. Coup's horse
show. One little fellow, more imaginative
than the rest, said he dreamed he had died
and gone to heaven, which was q good
way of saying that he was absolutely and
unqualiaedly happy.
LIKE FLEET ARABIAN sTEEDs,
The horses are well worth seeing. They
remind one of the fleet steeds of the
Arabian desert. They are all beautiful,
trimly-built animals, thoroughly trained,
and SO attractive in their appearance that
one loves them instinctively. They are
aristocrats, one and all, and pose quite
equal to any lady practicing In the seclu-
sion OF her own apartment. The self
consciousness of all this acting is amusing
In the extreme. When General Sherman,
the big white American horse, comes on
the stage and strikes an attitude, you can
see him looking straight back over his
noble neck, which is curved in the most
artistic fashion. General Sherman does
the dancing for the family. he is large
and heavy, but nothing could be lighter
and more graceful than the manner in
which he gets about,
And that self conscious air of his makes
him seem almost human.
All the other horses are beauties, and
all OF them do wonderful things. For the
most part they are snow-white, some of
them having sorrel and some black epots
upon their handsome backs and sides, but
Mp and Tuck are snow-white, without
spot to mark their perfect beauty. Their
eyes, ears and noses are pink. They look
like Alblnos, with their long, crlmped
names and pinkish eyes. All the ladies
In the hall wanted to kiss Nip and Tuck,
and all the gentlemen wanted to drive
them. Mr.. Coup, says that little more
than year ago these animals were wild
horses galloping about the plains of
Oregon.
.: SOME INTELLECTUAL FEATs.
St, Their intelligence is remarkable. They
answer questions readily by perpendt-
cular or horizontal shake of the head:
distinguish color In handkerchiefs at sight;
perform the military, drill; swing on
horizontal bars, and manipulate the shaky
terrors of ..see saw" board. Nip and
Tuck, the beautiful white horses, perform
the "see-saw'' act. tits said that If Nip
should move even muscle both he and
Tuck would 60 down. No such cata-
strophe occurs, however. The two milk
white steeds balance the boards evenly
and keep as perfect time going IN and
down . the most finished "see saw, artists
In the world. y ssS 81 4. a; .:.s.~, n
# one IL far enough removed from the
stage these snow-wh1te horses, while pass
Ing, look like equestrian statues. The,
,leafy stage.setting Is very effective and
the result IL pleasing. g..l5s.=.s n.
The horses arc named Bravo, Benito,
Brigham, General Logan, Ingomar, Din
mond, Duke, Sutton, Marie, Prince Al
bert, Nip, Tuck, etc. A pretty little Shet-
land pony named Nick has history.
Nick Is the son of Whoa January, which
phrase or title, It is said, originated with a
famous circus-clown who one dav In a fit
of desperation coined It by addressing It
.unconsciously to the distin guisbed father
Of little Nick. s.: i s.,', -sl.,, ,1sIs.-.
PEcK's BAD BOY. g. - -sES
The mule which accompanies the show
is known a. Peck's Bad Boy. It is. a
droll creature which goes about everything
g mules always do, lazy and easily.
Peck's Bid Boy is never in i hurry. 4 The
drollest thing he does Is to swing in 8 large
circus swing while the band piays sur-
gestively And the swing went little BIT
higher" the mule keeping time. The
horses also enact 4 little play which Re-.
presents scene In a school room. s s. 81
Avisit behind the scenes secures Won
an afectionate caress from the horses.
NIP bites you very softly; Tuck touches
sorrel spots-knocks yoSr hat Oh miscb ia
yiously; Nick, the Shetland son Of Whoa
January, winks at You, and Peck's Bad
Boy steps on you ID clumsy, good.
natnred, matteraof course wa
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