New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-25
ACTITELY AT UORK N THE BIG GARDEN
PREPARING THE ARENA FOR THE CREATES
SHOW OK EARTH'-NEAHLY ALL THE
ANIMALS OK HAND.

PREPARING THE ARENA FOR THE GREATESE
SHOW OK EARTH NEARLY ALL THE
ANIMALS oN HAND.
The men who work for Barnum & Baileys Great
est Shov on Earth did not ind that yesterday was
a day Of rest. An exacting public demands that
everything must be- shipshape by Thursday next;
when young and Old viii flock TO the show
The wonderful collection OF animals. headed by
twenty-four elephants had marched down from
Mott Haven Saturday night and were none the
worse yesterday when in the Madison Square
Garden for their little trip from Bridgeport, Conn.,
Their winter headquarters.
Almost all the animals housed in the base
ment.
There were the elephants some Of them trumpet
ing for all they were worth; the lions. not 10 be
outdone, roared their level best, while the hippo
potamus. missing his usual bath, sent out grun,s
that fairly put 10 silence noisy gang Of wolves
who have carriage next door to his own. The
polar bears have been on the road before. so nave
the grizzlies the browns and the blacks. and tn"
peered out of their travelling vans with "A look
that distinctly sad "Well here's this awful bore
again" and just blnkcd in silent contempi at The
lucky visitor who was allowed inside the Garden
Abrown bear evidently recognized the genial "rody'
Hamilton and tho reporters for he turned nunib"'
OF somersauts and then begged for peanuts. He
was rewarded.
With regard TO the animals. the public has never
seen better show than Will be exhibited this week
Of elephants is a sight in Itself. Then there are
zebras. llamas, Guanacos, camcs and Il giraffe, be
sides all sorts of dogs hogs deer ara almost every
animal that man can think Of
The Garden itself was see ne OF great activity.
Men were busy putting up the Platforms and nets
for the acrobats and swinging UapeZe bars and four
rings were already in shape. The eastern vii
be FOR athletes. the centre for equestrian.
cephantlne dog and other shows aud the western
one viii be tank OF water ten feet deep, into which
men and VIII dive from a height OF sixty
five feet and give other aquatic exhibitions
4 funny incident with regard TO this last ring oc-
CURED yesterday afternoon. Three greyhOunds had
been romping around the arena, jumping into and
out of the rings. They thought the western one
was similar TO the others. and, as IL of
follow leader each landed inclined painted
surface and bedaubpd with paint, and then
when they found foothold utterly unable TO
chamber out OF the pit "A ladder put down the
face OF the water tank. and man down and
brought up each dog under his
'Mandarn,' the useful elephant pushing the
biz vans around the arena. or wherever they were
wanted The actions Of this elephant are rea Is
est wagon and pushes ii along while men in the shat
direct IL in way 1t shall so. The Walton Broth
ers acrobats, practising the floor and sew
erai OF those who will do trapeZe work. especially
the women were giving critca eye to the fixing
Of their apparatus. This afternoon and until the
opening Thursday next, there VIII be full re-
hearssls by the whole corps OF fully 1000 members
including man and beast and on Thursday evening
the people who view the results VIII b. amply re
warded.
johanna" the gorilla. and Rainbow Willie. the
mandr will leave Central Park for Madison Square
Garden early this morning.