The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-10
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PUP AND PACHYDEM.
Dog is Three and the Elephant Fifty
Years Old, But They Are in Love.
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Now that circus days are here again,
there are several strange, yet true, sto-
ries about the animals, which are in
teresting to the public. One of the
best of these is the remarkable love
existing between FanchOn, one of the
Ringing Brothers biggest elephants.
and Prince, clown dog. They are con-
Stantly tOgether-almOst as inSepara-
bic as the Siamese twins. They run
races together, they play with ropes
and rubber balls, and at night the dog
curlS UP at the side of the elephants
big trunk and thus they sleep till
morning Prince is a bull terrier. 3
years old. FanchOn is 80, but such a
harmonious union of youth and old
age was never before known. The dog
and the elephant met for the first time
during the circus parade one morning
last August, in Denver. It was a case
of love at first sight.
Prince sat with his master on the
seat OF a butchers wagon as the pa
rade came down the street. When he
saw Fanchon numbering by he wagged
his tail with JOY and the big elephant
playfully lifted her trunk and caressed
the dog in her own peculiar fashion
There kindred spirits met and recog-
nlzed each other. The dog bounded
from the wagon and followed at the
elephants heels. When the parade
reached the show grounds the dog was
still following at the side of Fanchon.
Pearl Souder, the superintendent of
the elephants, tried to drive the dog
away, but Prince refused to leave the
side of his new friend. Fanchon also
objected to the separation. She showed
Souder away roughly with her trunk
and picking the dog up tenderly laid
him on her back and walked into the
menagerie tent. All that day Prince
and FanchOn stuck close together. and
Souder watched them from one end of
the menagerie- In the evening he
called the attention of one Of the Ring
lings TO the strange union.
I can't keep the Whelp away from
her" explained SOuder. When I try
it she bowls like a demon and the dog
whines as though his heart would
break
Even a dog is not tolerated around a
circus unless it works; so it was de-
cided if some employment could be
found for Prince ne might remain.
George HartzeIl, the clown, was look
ing for a dog to use in one Of his acts.
Prince seemed to fill the bill. so Hart
eel made friends with the elephant and
began to train the dog. Prince was an
I apt pupil. In a weeks time he was
being shot from the mouth of a can
non. He liked his new employment
and as it did not separate him from
his big friend, he put his heart and
soul into the show business and was
assigned sleeping quarters in one OF
the elephant cars. The strange affec-
/ ton increased as the days passed.
/ Prince has more influence over Fan
/ chon than has Souder or any of the
animal men. He can lead the big brute
when she would not bulge for Souder
! He spends the forenoons with his pom
+ derCus companion.
/ Their favorite pastime is to play al
I tug Of war with a hemp pad Fan
( chon wraps her trunk around one end
! OF the pad and Prince sets his teeth
fl My in the other end. Then the bat
/ tie begins. Though the elephant i:
! strong enough to toss the dog over tbs
tent. Prince is always the victor. He
+ writhes and wriggles as If he was
! shaking a rat to pieces, and Fanchon
with just enough resistance to make il
/ sport for the dog. follows wherever
/ Prince may lead.
. q @
! ITS the strangest love match I ever