The Indianapolis journal., 1893-07-30

particularly favored the camel IN the way
OF physical beauty. He Is always moth
eaten. sheli-worn. faded and rickety.
w here he ls not angular he is lumpy. His
hair Is worn OFT in patches. feet
square. and no one can count the
JOINTS OF his tremulous. loosely woven
legs. HIS beauty il not enhanced by
the soiled and tattered saddle of carpet
ana cheap ornaments which adorns his
back. and the grimy halter in which his
long. mournful head is bound. But the
camel has made hit at the fair. notwith-
standing physical discrepancies. The
camel is the comedian of Cairo street, In
Midway Plnisance. He keeps the sunny
street ia n bnbb BILE OF excitement and laugh
ter While he is tipping people into all
sorts or frantic attitudes and angles cGns-
log women TO shrek and make a reckless
display OF pretty ankles and delicate lin
gerie. and sending an idle Gro wd into par
oxysms of fau9hrer. he always maintains
slow and honely dignity which is perfectly
nstural-not acquired.
Before the rider mounts the camel 10
made tc kneel-n0 one can tel! how he does
Ii. But he sort OF telescopes himself. folds
uplike u jackknife. settles II com plete re-
pose on piece of mating and awaits bis
cargo. The driver. q big dusky man IN q
loose gown ana twisted rurban, rasps the
prospective rider around the waist and
deposits her on the saddle as though he
were handing sack of corn. Ii
she shows desire to fall OFT and
In rising he grasps her firmly by the ankles.
and. In vOlley of vehement egyptian. begs
her to keep cool and hang on. When she is
securely seated the driver tugs at the
halter and thumps the camel over the neck
with his stick. At first the camel shakes
his head In drowsy protest. Then suddenly
his headquarters begin TO lift. They keep
on lifting. 1t seems as though he 10
using one end at time. The
she shrieks and makes frantic
grab In the direction of the animals tail.
As she ciinge to this forty-degree incline
the animal panses, then be swings to the
right and left with q drunken motion,
causing her 10 give good illustration OF
the movements used In swimming and
finally untangles his front legs. While
she Is tipped back to save herself from slid
ing OIL the saddle and down his long neck,
he let's ont another link. and the front half
OF his anatomy comes MP with q bump.
The woman gives n COmanohc hoop and
narrowly escapes tObogRaning over his
tail. Aftcr several repotitiOns of this come
np-a-notch movement the camel shakes
tho kinks out of all his lege and slowly
turns around. wabbling like boat caught
in the trough of the sea. With nat awry
and equilibrium n little sbaky she finally
starts on the ride down the street. All this
time the hundred or two people who have
been standing there AN hour or more
Just looking on and having good
time have been yelling with glee.
When the ride il ended they return to the
starting place. When it comes to dismOunt-
ing the camel Is a little uncertain. He may
lower his rear launches some eight feet at
one lazy droop and allow the rider to slide
gracefully over his tail, or he NAV swoOp
careiessly TO the front and threaten q
header" Usually, however. he comes
down by degrees. as before stated. merely
telescoping himself. breaking each leg IN u
new place and giving his rider not hing more
than a few uneasy swings backward and
forward. Camel riding has become a craze
In Midway. and you have not properly
done" the fair until you have had u camel
ride.