Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-03-08
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Reualniss~aoes Of the Circus Rlng hy e
 ssptaaEenArian Clo~n.

Reualnisaeaces Of the Circus Rlng hy e
 ssptaaEsnArian CloWn.
 "Iwas for seven years the head clown in Dan Rice's circus. and al- dhongh l am seventy-nine years old can sit down and lay both of my heels on the back of my neck
 Then the speaker, Ahram Teits- worth, proceeded to make bis boast good. He grasped bis cowhide boot in one hand and slowly drew hts foot up and over his head until the foot actually rested on the back of his neck.
 An officer. noticing the condition and the venerable appearance of the tall old man, whose hair is white as snow and whose long white beard makes him look like a patriarch, con clndei to take him down to the DO hce station for safe keeping during the night. Here a reporter found the queer old character.
 T guess I've seen bout as much Of the world as the average man ever sees in these days said the old gen. tleman rehectively after be had showed the reporter his acrobatic abilities. T was stolen from my home by Dan Rice's circus men and staid with him seven years, and many a time have l run down the spring board, taken a leap into the sir and turned three or four somersaults over dozen horses placed side by side
 Yes, Twas stolen from my home, ' continued the battered lodger. ''One day l was playing hy the roadside at my fathers house in Marsiown. N. J. Looking down the road l saw, to my surprise. tremendous string of wagons and horses and animals. was wrestling with some of my playmates. and being remarkably strong l could toss them about like puppets. We'll. the circus fellows noticed it, and one of them got down of the wagon, grabbed me and took me right along with them, During that summer acted as ehoreboy to Dan Rice. got acquainted with all his horses and in the coming winter they put me into training for the ring.
 T tell you, could keep their clowns level when l went into the ring the following summer. Many times in my boyhood days used to back our old mare up against a stone wall and practice jumping on and of her back We clowns used to hunt for dear life for all the odd stories and jokes going. 50 we could guy the boys and girls who always at tended the circus. It almost broke me u9 trying to keep my stock of jokes and stories ready to use on the spur of the moment. twas So hard to recollect them all
 For three years rode in the ring Dan Riee's famous horse, 'Philadel. phia Flag It was the prettiest horse ever saw, and so strong and ugly no one. could handle him but myself. But I've ridden that horse in the ring and run him and licked hiEn so hard he'd actually squeal. I rode that horse three successive years l on. ioyed circus life immensely. When was not performing I used to get out fine horse and go tearing around town to create some excitement. l guess 'tis good deal the same streak to raise mnss that the cowboy gets into. used to ride along at break. neck speed. standing on my head on the horse, then standing up on his bare back or letting him go slower and turn somersaults right up in the air, and come down and light on bis back amid the yells of the delighted villagers.
 Dan Rice was one of the most liberal men that ever was When ever l wanted money could go to Dan and say, I want thirty or forty dollars, and with voice like a tru.n- pet old Dan would say. You can have it, sir-r.r' You could hear him all over the circus tent. 1 earned siO0 month. and at the end of the month just as sure as I lived I'd be in debt.
 We didn't have railroads and pal. ace cars in those days. We just had to travel by night over muddy roads from town to town. Travel all night in the mud and rain, exhibit in the afternoon and evening. n--C Chicago