New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
THE ELEPHANTS PULL.
SHE TIRED OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERT
MENT AND CAUSED THE CROWD 10
DREAD HER DISPLEASURE.


Whatever the British public may think of Bar
NUN & Baileys show. the London papers are
evidently enjoying it more than any other show
that has visited their town in a long uihe.
"Tody" Hamilton is using all his old devices for
their amusement. just as minister uses ms oio
sermons when he goes to a new parish And he
has some new devices. too, II appears. HOW
much an elephant can pull. says The London
Daily Mail" is moot point In engineering
science "Tody" Hamilton has always adhered
to the Baconian method of scientific investiga-
ton as being more productive Of press notices
than any other He would never think Of argu-
ing such d question as this. but he did think OF
trying it. and he invited some newspaper men
TO come to see the experiment. Toward the
end Of the exhibition. it appears Mr.. Hamilton
found it necessary to conduct retreat, and he
seems to have done so in a manner which again
proved his eminent qualities of leadership. In
such a case a man needs long experience in the
circus in order TO know the exact moment when
discretion becomes the better part OF valor, and
II 1t had lot been for the timely example or MT
Hamilton nobody knows how many London
newspaper men might have been slain on the
field Of their duty. The Daily Mall" after some
preamble tells the story as follows:
"Mr "Tody' Hamilton, the scientific director Of
the Barnum IL Bailey show. in charge OF
yesterday afternoons experiments His testing
apparatus consisted Of patent spring resistance
dial-recorder attached to the immovabe earth
by deeply driven stakes. some stout cables, two
elephants, two horses lOl muscular men and a
J. Lyons & Co luncheon.
First Of all the two horses were tried against
the dial-recorder. They pulled their best and
registered l 10 foot tons, a record which with
Il. - hx.
two-ffhs II ton. Then the big elephant Man
DARN was hitchcd up to the pulley Of the APP
paratus. He looked around, saw there was not
a full audience. and declined to exert himself
beyond the extent Of Is tons.
"But after that Babe, smaller but more en-
thusiastic elephant. was harnessed to the ma
chnery. She gave tug and found she did not
move it. She gave another savage tug and
found she did not move it, This surprised no one
but herself. inasmuch as the machinery was an
chored to a number Of piles deeply driven into
the earth. But she did not know that the force
she had exerted had been all applied to the reg
isterng on the dial OF 81 tons. Every one else
thought this great achievement Indeed
Mr.. Tody Hamilton was so carried away by en-
thusiasm as to ,care that it was stupendous
manifestation of the unimaginable energies OF
this mammoth quadruped. compared to which
the most gigantic specimens Of virile humanity
are but as the notes that people the sunbeams
against the massive bulk Of a Gargantuan ca
thedral
Just as Mr.. Hamilton expressing this
opinion George Conklin. the head animal keeper
observed certain indications on the part Of Babe
which caused him to say Snakes, "Tody"!
She's cooking her tail AS soon as Mr.. Hamilton
heard that. he turned and ran for his life His
eoatails gave two wrinkles and he Vas imrne