The sun., 1902-11-10
CIRCUS GETS ITS LAND LEGS,
"ALt ASHORE" AND ALL CONTENT
BUTTHE LITTLE ELEPHANTS.
The, wouldn't Walk the Plank without
PrOddinE. and u Took the Dean Of
the Herd 10 Get Them Into the cars
The whole Outfit on for bridgeport.


The whole Outnt an for bridgeport.
That encycol q la of enterprise. tho
circus, or the Greatest Show on Earth. a
Il prefers 10 b. called. got safely landed
on American soil yesterday from The steam
ship Minneapolis M the foot ~ Houston
street
II took about eighteen hours TO land the
$40 ANIMAL. the 200 wagons and the tons 81
miscellaneous baggage and put them on
two trains Of twenty-five cars each bound
for Bridgeport II might have taken less
had not the elephants interposed a some
what vigorous objection to such a swift
transfer. They were the only ones that
did object
II you ask a vet ran Snowman when h"
feels easiest he will tell you that IT Is when
he knows that the elephants are all right.
They are the bane Of the circus mans
life. There are twcnty-three Of them now
in the Barnum 4 Bal ley show. There were
twpnty-four until the execution of Man.
DARN on Saturday night.
II was not the big elephants that pro-
tested against being moved hut tho smaller
ones The big elephants from Gyp, the
dean of the herd down, took the whole
business with perfect calmneSs All OF
them were hoistcd ont in the cradles which
had served as stalls during the voyage,
deposited on lighters and landed at the
end of the dock
The smaller ones were taken down
specially arranged gangway. II was
pretty steep descent and the little elephants
didn't like il a hi, They would get to the
top and look down the incline. The next
minute there would be sound like a steam
siren. the elephant would plant himself
broadside against the gangway and
would take half an hour Of pushing and
hauling to ge, him turned and headed
toward the pier.
There were fourteen Of the smaller elo-
plants and thirteen were finally induc' d
to 60 ashore this way. When il came
the turn Of the last one. Alice, no amount
Of prodding could induce her 10 move
Finally the elephant men gave up and
Alice was landed in cradle along with
the big elephants She didn't take to
this kindly but she coulin't make her pro-
tests felt
II was a great day for the small boy.
Fifty policemen had 10 he kept about tn"
pier all day 10 prevent IN" small boy and
the elephant from getting together.
lot more had 10 pre~"rr" order along
third streets, whore all uf the moro dociI"
animals and the rest of the show wer"
loaded on the cars When the elephant
were got ashore the small boy closed aroui
them in such numbers that more pohc"
had TO be sent for.
The elpphaIts AZ fast rs they were landed
were taken out of the cradles in which they
had made the trip and were then led TO IN"
pier to wait for their private cars, They
were confined so long that none OF th' m
- L. e. f.Nx fnlr ~ IL
first to try walking. almost fell in heap.
His legs were 50 crampad they wouldn't
move
When il came to load the elephants on
their cars, which were q he only ones brought
down 70 tho piers there was more trouble.
And right here Gvp showed how a good big
elephant can control n very had l'tl" el--
phant. Gyp. who is by the way, male
elephant and the largest Of the herd, since
Manda rims death, IL the monitor Of the
hock All over furope he has trained
them in etiquette and has seen that their
manners were fiji for al APPEARANCE b"for"
heads crowned and mcrowrcd.
Gyp wasn't 50 glad 10 get back her"
that he forgot the rules Of polite society,
hut the infant class Of tho school did When
they were asked 10 mount the inclined
plane which lad into the car they went
down oil their hind legs and planted their
front legs on the gar gway.
Then Gyp would take hand He would
be brought up and led away with IN" result
that the little elephant would follow 10y
he big ones head After circling around,
the two would he bed up Ia the plank and
Gyp would see that lis pupil kept on while
he stoned Sometimes II took llttlr
human urging to get the little ore all the
wav in and few insisted on lacking III.
But all the while Gyp stood by In case any
admonition was needed
Several Of the babies wouldn't move on
the pier 80 Gyp had TO go and get them.
~ soon a. Alice aLd the other obstrep-
.rous ones saw Gyp they followed right
along, however II vas after q O'Clock
before Gyp's work vas done and his pupils
all aboard. Then Gyp walked aboard his
private car without any fuss AT all.
Some Of the camels took "A cue from
the baby elephants. When a camel gets
mad he splits in the face Of even his best
friend, but the camel men got them all
aboard without even the shelter Of an um
hrola Most of the other animals, incIud
ing the 2ebras. rated a. the most intractable,
started for the cars on the run and were
put aboard Wit hout hitch.
Those animals that were not put on the
cars al the pier we're led up to 1hirty.ihird
street 90 that the small boy saw a good
deal of the circus after all
Three hundred men who have travelled
with the show all over Europe helped to
load the cars and start the animals for
Bridgeport. They were superintended by
Mr. Bailey himself who has every detail
of the movement of his big show al his
finger ends.
The freaks, including the What l. II
and Soon San and Tang San. the new edit ion
of the Siamese twins, took early morning
trains either to Bridgeport or to other
places. where they viii rest before taking
winter engagements. The twins are new
freaks, 50 ihov will have to winter in ~eclu-
sion AZ Bridgeport, They took an ordinary
railroad coach for that city yesterday and
had TO buy two tick~s, under protest
The body of the ed Mandarin was
taken fifteen miles out 10 sea yesterday
morning on a lighter and there buried witt
honors beftng his rank Five thousand
pounds of railroad iron went overboarc
with him
WEBB SCHOLARS IN 7ROI BLI