The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-13

remarkable things have been accomplish
ed along this line. During this season and
for the first time on record, eight of the
largest elephants have been trained to
dance a quadrille. This, strange to say,
is not mere burlesque of dance, but
almost the real thing itself.
Those who have seen the terpsichorean
accomplishments of the eight pachyderms
saw that II is remarkably graceful as well
as an imposing performance. The execu-
tants of this mammoth dance are -FOUR
male and four female elephants, all an
swerIng to ShalSspearean names, and TO
make the quadrille more CONNIE il fault
each male elephant does the honors to a
female partner They are paired as fol-
lows: Othello and Desdemona; Romeo
and Juliet: Hamlet and Opheia, and An
tony and Cleopatra. The Oldest of the
troop has seen nearly ninety winters; the
Youngest is a mere blooming, blushng
feminine bud of thirty. Il is generally adj
nffted that this quadrille dancing double
duaftette are the highest example of ami
mai training at present before the public,
and eaca of the eigAt have won laurels in
the big tent before they were trained to-
gether for the present svason. The record
of one of these animals is'so unusually in
teregting thai a brief reorganization of ii
is more than permissible.
The enormous tuslzer now called Othello,
was originally purchased for Adam Fore
paugh, Sr., by Charles A. Davis, now in
Savannah as special agent, of the com
bined Forepaugh and Sells Brothers cir
cuses, from the Bellevue Gardens, Man
chester, Eng. At this time Tiny-which
was then his name-wss very intelligent
and playful juvenile of six years of age.
It viii be recalled that Barnum and Bal
lev introduced in the season of 1884, what
they termed 1.-The Sacred White Elephant
of siam" to a much interested and befud-
died American public. Forepaugh was not
going to be left in the rear, and as mat
ter of course, he went the Immortal Bar
mum a point or two better by introducing
not only a Sacred White Elephant" but
also a numerous collection of bejewened
Siamese priests, and other attendants ca
his only and original Sacred Samese
White Elephant" 1t cannot injure or Of
fend the deceased Snowman to state that
our friend. Tiny, direct from Manchester,
Eng was pressed into service Immediate
Nv on his arrival in America, and CONVEX ted
into his Sacred job lots from Siam. Sew
eral barrels of pink calsomine and half
dozen husky calsominers did the job IN
a single night, and poor Tiny was perforce
compelled to look solemn and dignlhed for
a season as the great and only rival to
Rarnum & Bailey's more or less sacred
pachydoTm.
When the sacred elephant gag had run
its course old F'orepaugh sent out a re-
mort that this Siamese importation had
died during the winter, but as poor Tiny is
still alive, and fully as sprightly as ever,
II Is evident that old Adam simply got mix
ed in his dates-the dyeing had taken place
merely one year previous to the announce
nent via the calsomine bucket and brush
route. Be that as 1t may, Tiny, who has
developed into very intelligent and teach
able animal was taken in hand by then
vyel1-known negro elephant trainer, "Eph"
Thompson, who taught him the art Of
scientific boxing, and renamed him John
7, sullivan It will be recalled that the
elephantine John l.. Sullivan and the ne
gro THOMPSON were for several years one
az INC great features Of Adam Forepaugh's
show and more than an offset to Jumbo
ana other stellar features brought into
being during the same period by Barnum
g. Bailey.
John l.. Sullivan, however was growing
larger and stronger all the time, and good
natured and playful as was his disposition
his blows became more and more danger
Gus 10 his sparring partner. Brother
thompson; so John L. Sullivan in his turn,
disappeared from the arena For the past
few years Othello. the natural successor
Of Tiny and John L., has been a valua-