The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-12
All Kinds of Animals AAOat on
One Big Boat.
CIRCUS TRIP ABROAD
II Sailed on the Massachusetts aud
Will Be Taken TO Iondon-No
Room for the Big Animals TO Lie
DowE-JoEanna, the Ape, Is the
Star Traveller of the Show.


Lin" pier II, the loot Of West Houston street
there sai'cGthis Inorningthe most wonderful
and miscellaneous cargo Cf freight and
passengers since the days of Noah.
Slowed away beneath the decks and pat
tened hatches Of the big Atlantic Line
steamer MASSACHUSETTS is Barnum * Bail
ey's biz show. For eleven days and
eleven nights it Will thus be housed. The
herd oc elephants and hnrseS will not have
even su much as chance to lie down.
The big show is to open in The olympia
Theater, London, on December 1. and will
Remain in Europe for about three years.
Already part Of the aggregation is com
fortahly quaTtered ia tie English metrup-
oils. James A, Bailey has Preceded the
show broad. and General Manager l.. T.,
Cook, Press Agent ''Tody" Hamilton and
q corps OF assistants are already at the
Hotel Cecil.
Three hundred performers are also Al
ready In LoE,iun or On route init her, though
some went TN the Massachusetts today.
The work Of loading the show began with
daylight Yesterday. The first streak Of
dawn shCv ed that the open space outside
the Atlantic Line dock had i'een occupied
by an in vading army Of men, horses and
wagolS. GIeat gOld-tippeG, white-wheel
chariots, trucks that carried tons Jf poles
aud acrobatiC appa Tatus, cages OF varying
size. herds of swaying elephants, camcls
and dronledaries. horses, ponies and sacred
oxen fiIleG every inch of available space.
Already the big d-Tricks were at WORK
above the yawnng hatches OF the steam
er. Impertinent little pony engines began
putting aud kissing nd the work Jf load
ing had heEun.
AL day long the busy scene was con
tinued. The ship, which IS 46o feet hong.
longer than two city blocks, had been al
most rcmodrlrd 10 Accommodate heTstrange
cargo. Decks had been taken out; hatcbes
had been covered over, and numberieSs
stalls Constructed.
Tne gang toremen worked with blue print
diagrams, and at nightfaI Capt. Finley
declared hc had never seen such ur@aEiZ1
tion or ~ r.uch work Accomplishment ic such
a short time.
Trouble was anti cipa ted from the
elephants, but from Mandarin tie big
4 static, who has been I-iru, Clarly ob
sirrperuuS for the last few weeks, Gown
TO Baby Ruth and Little Mary" the
Invalid. they were or their hest hahs .iur.
Little Mary" who broke her lee scme
time ago. 81 course came To tb- ship in
her own private wagon aud WIS thus car
ried on board. Wien Mckay, the keeper.
undertook to guide Baby Ruth aud a herd
OF SDsll.r elephants on board, ne merely
took hold of her trunk To steer her up
the gentle incline in the open E.;nEway.
EaCE succeeding elephant caught hOid or
the proceeding ones tail and Il herd Jf
eigh. Young elephants. resembling string
of RroI'lijgna gtsu sausaEes plOdded abpard.
Altogether the most aristOcraiic member
OF the aggregation is Johann, the female
chimpenzce. No prima donna or feted IA
vorite ~ the music halls ever had more at
tcntion or was more exdcting in her de-
mands.
Not only has She special partm ent>, with
assurances from the head steward that Sine
VIII be free from draugtItS 1ud noise, but
q speoia. staterOom has been Reserved SO
that shoqld her quarters prove uncpmfOrt-
able she can roam with her keeper, Nc
Kay.
Her diet too, wiz he only such a prIms
" ate. except, Ike Mayor Strong. 10 tea
Two cases of Burgundy two boxes Of
oranges, five tig lunches Of tananas auI
twent y-fou' dozen fresh eggs have been
provided for her especial table.
TIE csIavanSary consists OF pa work |
ingmen, 80 heads Of del ailments. clerks |
a nj book Keepers. 40 horses, 20 elephants |
10 camels o. ponies. 81 cages of animals. |
70 general wagons. 8 wardrobe Wa gons md |
a score or more of yaks, zehus, Hamas, "a |
cred cattle and other led stock
To feed this Caravansary until il reaches |
the Royal Alert docks, London. the Massa |
elusctts carried 4 500 pounds of fresh |
beef. for the animals only: 20 tons of |
hay. 10 tons of bran, 10 harrels Of pots
toes, : barrels OF onions. barrels Of feets, |
3 tons OF carrots, l., 4Co pounds of bread |
and 1000 pounds of Trash fish for sea |
lions, seals, polar bears and other tank |
animals.