The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-14
SAYS ELEPHANT oUTGREw HER.

Nine. Yucca, Strong Woman, VIII
Sue Circus Company.
The elephant ate all night,
The elephant ate ali day;
DO what he would ~
TO furnish him food.
The cry twas; still more hay"
Wang.
The New York Herald tells the story
of circus woman's trouble.
Nine. Yucca is a feminine rival of San
dow. She Joined the Forepaugh & Sells
circus for the express purpose OF lifting
a 1,500-pound elephant, for which feat she
was to receive the sum of $50 a week.
She signed a contract to lift ~three-auar-
tiers of ton of elephant by means of
ropes ard tackle and leather bands. II
was the elephant that violated the agree
ment, and now Nine. Yucca Is about to
bring suit for breach OF contract She
was dismissed from the employ of the cir
Gus for failing to lift the animal witt the
case and abandon which she had previ-
ously manifested.
The circus Is now making a tour of
the Southern states. It was at Augusta. a
few days ago, that the last straw was ad
ded TO the camel-like patience of the ath-
lete, Nine. Yucca, says her attorney,
George Robinson, accepted the engage
ment with the understanding that Fitz-
hugh Lee, the elephant. which she was TO
lift, was a dwarf.
Strong Of arm is Nine. Yucca. She
bends iron bars and lifts horses She was
easy and confident in the first days OF
her engagement. 1t was a diverting sight
to see the woman in spangles and flesh
lings raise the elephant as II he were an
overgrown infant Then evil DAYS befell
Nine. Yucca, and her startling feat. She
was surprised to see signs that her
strength was failing. She could hardly
realize 1t at first. Nine. Yucca took ton
les and subslsted upon more invigorating
food. She practiced more. Yet there
could be no denying the fact that she no
longer lifted that elephant with sufficient
ease She went TO physicians, who told
her that her fears of physical deteriora-
ton were groundless
Sorrow filled the life of the strong wo-
man. At last there came a fateful day,
when at her practice she was unable 10
lift "Fitzhugh Lee" from the ground. She
was wringing her hands IN despair, when
her manager suggested that the elephant
be weighed. This was done and the pachy-
derm was found TO tip the beam at con-
siderabiy more than the weight at which
he was supposed to be lifted. Mime. Yucca
held up her hands In astonlshment.
Ibid you everg she exclaimed. Give
hundred pounds morev'
Then the female Sandow demanded an
elephant, or any animal that weighed /, 800
pounds, be It gnu, buffalo or dromedary
In all the menagerie the circus managers
could find no creature of the required
weight. Then they insisted that the fem
mime Sandow had signed to lift "B'itznugh
Lee" and must do It. Nine Yucca was
highly indignant. She now says che was
entrapped by circus guile. "Fitzhugh
Lee" she now AYERS, was kept exceeding
ly small by doses Of whisky and tobacco
Under the genial influence Of that he for
got to grow.
Nine. Yucca says that the circus folk
desiring TO eliminate her specially from
the performance, declined to let her 10
into the arena except In the company Of
"Fitzhugh Lee" Then the whisky and
tobacco were withdrawn and the elephant
was fed with fresh grass, sweet scented
hay and everything possible Of highly
nutritious and fattening nature. The ele-
plant spent his days, in feastins and grew
far beyond his contract limit
IT Is expected that the circus will appear
in New York state before long. Then Nine.
Yucca's attorney Will make an effort 10
attach enough Of It's property 10 cover his
clients claim