The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15
DISCIPLINE AT THE CIRCUS.
METHOD III UHICH THE mo SHOW
~ NJDE 10 MOCE SMOOTHLY.
A Place Where Everybody Has 10 DO what
lie l. Told-This Applies to senis as
Well ms to Men Nice Work WIN me
lnNnlcnle DiscipIine After the SHOW.

tnynicade Discipline After the show.
The circus is n place where everybody has to Il"
what h" N told and do II quIctly. II does NOT
max" any difference whether he Is a war elephant
50 big that he can hardly scrap" IN under me Dig
door or whether he Is merely n person Nh" coats
himself with bronze aud stands around IN n cal
c'Im light and prrends To b. a statue Except
for the men who roll up the carpets IN W middle
II the rings between times, II hardly ever seems
to the people on the srats as though anybody
were giving orIrrs or taking them, II Is easy
enough Ia 500 that these poor men have n captain
over them and that when he clalS his hands they
Jump and run as though they were gong to be
struck with a whip If they did not hurry. Bat
for al the rcst they come out when thc" seems To
b" an opportunity for them, and perform untl n
tell rings Ia tell them that II Is time to give some
one else a chance A. least tina is the way things
look 10 one who has never seen what Is going on
behind the big folding doors from which all the
performers come and through which they dash
aft 7 their las, Wild whirl ahoH, the arena.
Behind those doors is a space about rs big as
the inside If one Of the rings, 1t Is not circular,
though. 1t Is very narrow. II runs across Tn"
back Of the Garden. and Al either end Of i, are the
stairs by which the horses come mp from their
stalls in the cellar In this space before the grand
ca'alcadr which begins the show comes cut into
tn" arena are packed SIX great wagons, each with
SIX or eight or more horses, and one Of them with a
hon ruos,lug ON top. Besides these there
nr" forty or ATTY horses with their riders and two
four horse charutS and two elephants, II is hard
for any one who has not seen AL these animals
and things packed in there behind the screen Ia
byieve that they could all be- put into 80 little
space, hut IL re they are. Even II YOU could see them
there waiting for the bell To- rrg and the doors
to open, II would be- hard to believe hat they could
all untangle and unwind themselves and move
Out without So much as scratching a bltof paint
uIi a chariot hub For heSIdes all The living things
and circus apparatus In The place there are pillars
ana supports that must be avoided
The tell ut m the arena rlug>, ile band begins to
play and te he doors SWING olen. Tie leuIle
out IN tie seats scr a column Of horse, four al rrHSt,
with riders. clad IN riltcrng mail, come franc.
lng cut as freely and Efandly ~ though they had
.llNt come IN from tie street and not aS though
thcy had been a> closely packed against thuse
d"rS a minute before rs f under TIE Id ~ = sar
dine can. In ."ulnd tie screen tie eight unr-s
tcalI that draw" tie hon cage Is working back
and forth drawing the wagon cut lrrm among the
pillars and heading II straight tr ~. duuto lie
loat ON which ,ulumuia all clad M red, white
and blue, Is T. preside over tie EHlaNS # her sisters
IN tie | Mon Who surround Ter is turning a hall
| circle WITHIN It's own length $50 that Il ,un fit INTO
the space winch the hon wagon has left co.
lumba SITS not IN her ipity seat during these eyo
!ulunS lEe entrance l. aN low aS an Ere Canal
bridge. She II lying Hat upon her face on the
TOP II the car
When a procession Is SO crowded IN It's begin.
ming rs this one II and 50 much DEFENDS on IT'S
keeping n good hlc, II vcdld not do at all for
anNh"dy VINO belonged T. tue 'front.' part # tie
procession 70 come rushing NJ t!e star, Just be
lore te hell rang, pushing and showing m an
effort Ia reach his place IN unle h. 60 out with IA"
rest II would not uu. either. iur tie driver of
the four horSr and r.Eht-hofc teams not To- he
ready To- h" fitted m vixen the stag" manager,
| "a m l.. lTl,4t ~ a rFF at FLtfr O in. l .ItA. Ia rn To
for HIM Everybody must be- on time, and must
NJ get int, hs Place lrfpre 1t T. rcHdy for hlm.
Men with I"Hs end with whistles stald around
giving the signals FIR every move that any one
makes. Every movement mat everybody makes
Is watched Out in the rings Il looks A. though
the men with tHe tall hets and the long whips
which crack So alGTHlugiy about tie heeis II tie
clown were very powerful men N tie circus world
But the CIRCUS Ieuplr are not half So afraid Of
them n, they IRE e tie men with nutebpukS who
stand around watching thing lehnd TIE scenes
ana "t,lng down the names u those VINO do not
get 10 ther 'laCes on tine and Who DO not step
lively Wien the march legI.S
The hig PROGRESSION is arranged 50 that the last
OF II Is lust moving out Of tie nng through the
riCht-hand door wien the Nag ms and floats are
swinging through the dor RI ~" left Tie horse
men and ~horsewonen CHATTER down the runwayS
10 the cellar, leave their hor~rs and scamIer mp
60 tie dressing ru1a vi Trough the SNOW
TIE dressing rooms are ~ a Il nm. l'rlrltIy
colorrl suit, are swinging overhead. yarously
"ilurrd leg e" hirNi0E IN the air IN the effort To-
fIip I'M" uElts ~ eNIr4u9i,ly rs possible, trunk
Ids are slammlug NJ ~" tim" there Is a steady
rom Of talk Ore man complains that Il ie ha, to
keep the sane hurs" tur ugh tie 'rasuu either
the bore VII Fil nm - h" vii kll the horse
You would never have taught from tie stately
way b" bowed and nan. Ell Ar 'tnd The rng that
the horsr was anything but Il prince 81
the animal Eingd, m. But tire man who rode
him says thnt lie !. a murderer Tie ralkf'r Is
never allowed & interfere with tie dressing. which
gees on constantly. Nobody Ia, any TIM Ia
rest l","ee', mnes Being 'ardy a second may
Everybody secs, q course, how the animals
are made 20 obey II" educated seals give the
finest explanation Of that part If the circus dis.
CipliEc The seals DO not like o. I've good. Il
they could have all the raw FISH To- eat that they !
wanted 'hcy would never be good at all; They
would simply >lrsh around In 'lcir tank in tie
basement al! day long, vauling from one side
II tho partition To- the other and spllshinc every
body within forty feet. and when they were taken
rp''airs end PVT on the platform they would
do none Of the things which their Instructor hrs
taught them, ltut those wh" Maich the saaIs
carefully while they perform viii see TIM, none
get, ANYTHING to eat until he has earned # either
by performing . trick or by krrI INK quiet white
thc Other, are reforming The smallest seal Of
has not learned Yet that The way tu get FISH IL not /
90 run all over the stage after II, but n stay in
his place and he good. N"rnctm"S when The
rest II the company are rendering ;hct, soulful
symphonies On the drum AND the CymhAlg and
tire hi" bass horn, lie takes short excursions a''cr ,
hSh. hen Tic music l., over, all he ie,t get
with n whiu. There Is So liuic inc for the whole .
show when there l. 80 much 'u I've exhibited hat
lIA fNfl lf "fN|N cav If IfsN iitflI lltlF Ter .
forming The Hlhcr Night twp ~. them ia>i ted ?
on going on . journey around the platform before
firing Oft The mN.krt and the CHuGDn which were
waiting Tor theta. They waddlcd uu 'u ne can
non and the muSket after awhile, hut insisted
on boxing the audience over n little before pulling .
tie triggers. TIE circus m"n cannot iiGo n seal /
80 fur Ills eor' ~ Representation, 81 10 fines him
one nice fat FISH anI doe, not ,ri him IRE ne ran
a. all The seal r:oc, oI to hi oarrinsr louking
yCrv cheap indeed.
The Great Dane dogs have the tightcst Quarters
ofall dunNE the 'rc the how STAYS in the arden
Down among tl" hurs" sails thee j. a rI!c IF
cuiEn-likc boxes ZACH box Is about rirltc,u
inches vide and ju,' high ENOUGH for a doc rr
crouch in. Thr Great Danes live in thcsc mos,
81 the Tin" Nhcir trainer takes them u!t for
exercise aud water several iirIc, a day and they
GO out for thcir performance But they seem +,
he satisfied with whal they have
The discipline vt the circus runs rich, on afcr
the p~CtiurmanC" Is over In a Zig city Ike tli4
tie performers do not ca and sleep nj the place
whore the Performance is given. They live .,
their homes ur at boo riding houses ur hptCIS Iui
Il ere are about two hIudrrd and fifty hclncrS and
o." u''lc" stall who irk" their meals at ihr Garden
Tho tables are laid for them in ,hc restaurant
a. the front of. 'Ic building a.r4 II they arc not
thcrr on lime they ~u hungry. The circus H. not
Tho ullce where any one. big ~ iitlc. can de- as
he plcascS.
WHY HE CiNE To NEW rORE.
A Lawsuit, Railroad Smlsh.up anil "a Bro
ken Anki" Turned tn" Winning Card.
What prompted You t. com. t. Now YOKE"
asked a guest 81 q man now successfully engaged
IN this city.
a railroad accident had u good d"oI 10 Do with
IT, % was the rrulv Il had boon having , sr,t,s