New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-26

IN THE NIGHT THE CIRCUS GOES TO
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DIsMANTILNG or THE GARDEN-T1IE ELEPHANT
HARD AT WORK.
The animals have left the Garden, ana the CHI
dren OF New-York have forfeited one OF their Joye
70 the children of Brooklyn. Last night the circus
was exhibited to the infants old ana young OIL 'ne
greater section of the Greater New-forK TOT .ne
las, time this season. and almost before the suoi-
ence could realize that the show was over II was
gone from town The features OF the CIRCUS 'n"'
are shown to the public are not the Only interesting
or.s that II has few people. for instance, saw
another Of them a week ago tomorrow morning. IL
they happened. through staying out all h'eh'' 10 oe
IN carly enough This the procession down
broadway OF tn, zig wagons that carried the tents
and the tent ies-poles. seats etc ihe'e "ee
so many OF them that probably NOBODY VINO was ny
70 see them at all would trust himself 10 guess no"
many Everything looked fresh and new, and the
horses were a fine sight In themselves as '"e ~
mum & Bailey horses always ac
p,, tho dlsnlav in and about the Garden AFTER the
show last night was even better. The audience nau
not been gone five minutes before the "orN Vi NC
mantllng was well under way. Tnat Is 10 say, ''e
dsmantllng of the fixtures Of the arena ltse" a
ood aesl had been done elsewhere long before thit
,o, s,aoa ~ the proceedings. The menagerie
90. M, kent omen while the show was on, as II
usually is While the people upstairs were e"'oSi's
the performance the cages were co'ereu anu az
the possible preparato were maze lot iio''e
Al l0I5 O'Clock the mer were UP on tne s''eiS III
Tho roof clearing away all the acrobatic furniture
and hangings At the same time another gang
- oa,,,y tho cages up out OF the basement
Tba, vas the best fun The cages are pretty
heavy and the incline that they have 10 mount Is
ureitv steep so that the work Is ~ no means "s''
And this was the way that 1t was done Two men
ok hoId of the pole OF the cage steer 1t. and 1t
was harder TO steer than an ocean steamer III soou
weather Then a dozen men took hold OF a long
roma fastened 10 the pole. and pulled IL was ali
they could do to manage the cage on level ground'
and they could NOT have stirred 1t on the incline
Rut they did what they could toward H. Inc"
Mandrie one OF the biggest OF the elephants put
his head against the rear END OF the cage anu s."'
nushed IL I'D the incline When 1t was SAFE al the
con tho men we're able &c manage II alone, ana
Mandrie waddied back and got ready to push up
another His chief preparation consisted OF TAXING
drink out of a trough and turning around 10
hunt up the next cage that ne was eNpee'eu ~
when everything was ready the procession moved
dawn Fourth-ave. and the Bowery to the Bridge
1.-THE animals went across two by two,
The elephant and the Kangaroo
r,,s ,s noe,rv. but It may or may not be truth.
for the cages were closed and nobody could see
how many animals were going p IN the pro, men
TONED by the poet VINO wrote the Epic Of the
AK The Brookyn Bridge was Iled ,hl them
from about midnight till O'Clock or so THIS MORN
'h Tbo elephants packed their trunks with peanuts
Yesterday afternoon in anticipation OF their migra-
ton in the evening g., . . -,
The animals were naturally full or regret al
leaving the home theatre for they know that
after the Brooklyn engagement OF a week tney go
on the road. Then begins long season OF disGom-
fort and annoyance for the monkeys and the aliga-
tors are perpetually squabbing for the upper
berths In the sleeping cars and the trips between
one-night stands are most fatiguing TO those mem
hers OF the troupe who in happier times have spent
their days In no more arduous employment IMAM
basking In tropical sunshine. while the music OF
thousands of brilliant birds hled their sleepy ears
The procession was silent one. save Tor the
m
chains and sad to say. the bad language OF the
monkeys and little dogs. There were no bands
and no decorative floats. and the steam calliope
was silent a mercy duly appreciated by late pedes-
TRANS who the grave. untinsclled parade