The record-union., 1899-05-28

WITH ms Keeper, j uleS OdII. AL lhcii
sympathies were with the man at first
because of the greatly superior size OF
the animal but after watching closely
for few minutes Jerry announced his
conviction that the performance WASH
on the level, but had been fixed before
hand and that if he was refereeing the
bout he'd order the pair out of the ring
and declare all bets off.
Dat wrasslin' game always was
crooked, anyway" he remarked sagely.
When the running dogs in harness
came on, each pair hitched to a little
pneumatic cart driven by boy only
little bigger than the two eager OBJ
servers. the unwisdom of bliShing
the offspring of the Bowery in an arena
box again became evident, for the re-
porter's guests straightway exhibited
most lively excitement and gave ad-
vice at the top of their voice:
"Give 'em de whip; y'aint hardly
movin'"
"Say, I'll put our old cat agin' dat
outfit wy doncher git move?"
"Wot'n yer take T. lemme drive sem
round oncet?" asked Jerry, feeling for
his capital of 81 cents
Probably they would have kept this
up indefinitely had not a very royalty
appareled ringmaster walked over and
hidden them be more quiet. A retort
trembed on the lips of Jerry, but his
more polite friend jabbed him in the
neck with a warning elbow.
Don't give him no guff." he said in
whisper Hes de boss of de show,
an if yer gets gay wit him it queers
our chanct See?"
Thereupon they turned their attention
to the high school riding, of which they
didn't think much Movement was
what they wanted for their money, and
lots of it. and the slow, graceful PAGES
of the splendid thoroughbreds didn't fill
the bill at all. Jerry observed that the
animals walk like a kitten when yer
tie it's feet up" and Seek suggested that
weights on the horses hoofs would
probably teach him to waste less time
in lifting them SO high and get more
speed into his motions. He even went
so far as to describe the horse as a
skate, whence it is evident that even in
a circus there are some features which
don't appeal to the small boy, for whom
the circus is primarily made. Soon they
were diverted by the temperance Of
the clowns, who bore musical instru-
ments and gave an imitation of Sousa' S
band on the stage. That imitation is
something worth seeing, even though
the hearing of it is calculated to have
distressing effect upon tender nerves,
for it is a bit of real comedy. 1t was
just little beyond Seek and jerry
however. They listened critically while
the clowns band scattered around the
most despairing and nerve shredding
tones that ever were wrung from long
suffering brass and at the conclusion
announced seriously that it wouldn't do
Dem fellers is all right when dey
play deir games said the critical
Jerry, "but dey're bum German
band"
Seek said nothing at the time, but
when the band passed him on it's way
out he leaned over, and after making
sure that the ringmaster wasn't in
hearing. called to the leader:
Say! Git new job Yer fred"
In response to which the leader made
a hideous grimace of agony, fell fiat
upon his face in the arena, kept on fall
ing, till in a mysterious fashion he had
come up on his feet again and stalked
out behind the scenes with his nose in
the air, the picture of injured pride
while the two detractors. now in mo-
ment become his ardent worshipers
clutched each other and shrieked with
glee. Thereafter they saluted him per
sonally every time he came into the
arena The horse races suggested new
sport to them, and they began betting
on them, cents at a time. Over the
tandem fours race they almost came
to blows because the second horse in the
four backed by Jerry fell when half way
around, was rolled over by his COM
panions, tore loose from the harness,
rose and followed on to the finish at
the top of his speed, his three fellows
meantime coming in ahead of the other
four. Jerry demanded the money, but
Seek put in the pleas that as his full
outfit didn't finish, he had no right to
the stakes. They were on the point of
clinching over the argument when the
reporter declared the bet off and held
the stakes for the next event. They
forgot their troubles temporarily when