The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-13

900 to the quarter ton which he weighs.
He is about II years old, and has been
in the show business with Professor
Bristol all of his life. Speaking of his
show, the professor said:
Wherever we have visited our ex-
hibition has proven a wonderful sue
cess. The public loves horses more,
perhaps, than mules. CThen Denver
winnowed in fine tenor voice. And
when the sagacity of the animals is
brought out, as in the case with ours,
the people realize what horse sense
is.
Denver is essentially comedian;
he couldn't be solemn if he was draw
ing a hearse at a funeral, though in
some parts of his act one will readily
imagine him to be a kicker of high
degree But speaking of sagacity. Take
Sultan. who plays leading parts in.
and is mathematician of the company.
He will work out problems in horse
way and tell you McKinley's majority
or total vote Any example given him
will be quickly solved by his paving
the stage Another thing; you can
take your watch, set it at any time you
wish. and he will tell You the hour.
I never met a more intelligent horse
in all of my experience.
Another great feature of the per-
Torrance is the act done by Tony.
There's a horse that swings, Jumps
from a swing through paper hoop
and lands on a pedestal. then jumps
back again. To teach this required six
months hard work He was nervous
at first. and it was hard work for him
to steady himself. l used box heav-
lily padded on three sides until he could
Jump and land squarely on his feet;
then the sides were removed and Tony
made his first jump on the bare swing
And Tony has been jumping ever
since"
While the professor was expatiatins
the good qualities of Sultan and Tony.
Denver sized up the situation and
bowed assent TO many of the good
things said about his colleagues, for
Denver is not jealous. Once he left
his seat and meandered around the
room. stopping at the reporters coat,
which was hanging from a hook on
the wall In less than an minute the
mule had extracted weeks supply of
chewing gum and devoured it. No one
will deny Denver's sagacity. Having
done a good thing. Denver neighed
again and Professor Bristol continued
his remarks:
some people nave oil lNtd llldt We
must have thoroughbred animals in
order TO teach them the various acts
they perform. This is a mistake.
Blooded horses are not suited TO the
work on account of their nervousness.
| pick the animals. of course, for their
intelligence and YOU can find intelli-
gent animals on every horse car line.
man who is accustomed to handling
horses can pick an intelligent animal
from the shape of his head and his
eve.
TO train the animals requires from
two TO six months according TO the
tricks they have 10 learn. | rarely use
the whip because a lump OF sugar will
accomplish more than the lash We
brought down only 10 animals for the
reason that they give just as long
performance as the so which we own
and because the cost of transportation
across the Pacific is very heavy.
"On Monday we will have pro-
cession in which | will drive pure
white horse without using lines or bit.
On Monday night we will give our first
performance and for the accommoda-
ton of ladies and children we will have