The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-05
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Horse Show Amphjtheatre Now
Occupied BY Wild Animals.
.BosTocNs BIG COLLECTION
Lions, Bears and All Sorts of Wild
Beasts Have Come to Rchn nj o
Speno the Winter-W.Il soon
Be on Exhibition.

One section Of the Bostock Shows
reached here yesterday morning about
) O'clock. 1t consisted of all of the wild
animals and few of those that are
re; quite so ferocious. The animals are
Wild IN every sense of the word, and are
q. fine looking lot The trains that have
reached here consisted of thirteen spe-
clal cars, built extra large to accommo-
GATE as great number of cages as pos
sible. The animals are packed into as
snail space as is permissible to their
comfort in shipping, their cages only
being just large enough for them to
turn around in. The elephants and larger
animals have special cars for their ac-
con'modation. built as large as the rail-
read regulations will permit.
AS soon as the show reached here
rrepara tons were begun for the moving
OF the animals to the Horse Show build
ing. Everything was sde-tracked at the
Laurel Street yards Of the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railway
1t was found that the plan Of moving
them on fiat cars over the tracks OF the
street railway lines was impractical, as
l.. would interfere too much with the
schedules Large wagons were conse-
Gueutly secured and the work or UNI
loading commenced. Extreme caution
has to be used In handling the cages.
and the force of attendants when &C
company the show always load and un-
load them
HORSES SCARED.
oSnariencp fn the
horses attached to the wagons. and the
spirited interest which they took in the
proceedings was very remarkable. New
life seemed to be instilled into their be-
ing. and from the start to the finish OF
the moving procession, they were young
again. At the show building last night.
the animals were scattered about all
over the place. In the ampnltheatre
were the wild animals, while the STAINS
underneath furnished accommodations
for those less ferocious.
There are about one hundred mons,
tigers, bears. hyenas, monkeys. and IN
fact everything which accompanies an
animal show, only on a larger scale than
has ever been here before
AS supper time was at hand. and sup
Der had not been served the vast ag-
gregation were bUsiy engaged in enter
in, protest against such treatment.
What their special grievance was could
not be determined, as the mixture OF
their protests, from the deep roar of the
lion to the chatter of monkeys were too
complex a proposition to unravel and IN
terpret
Among the animals are some curiosl"
ties rarely seen in this section OF the
country. Lions of all sizes and dispose
lion 20 the chatter of monkeys, We're too
handled with all safety. to the t.ercest
monster; bears of all kinds among which
are a large co lection from the polar re-
gion, and seldom seen with travelling
show Among the smaller animals are to
be found hyenas, jackals. monkeys, In
fact almost every kind of animal in eE-
istence A very interesting and pretty
sight is the mother loness with her
three cubs These little fellows. about
the size Of a terrier dog. are as frisky
and playful as kittens. and seem to en-
joy life as much as if they were in the
wilds of their native heath
Work is being pushed as rapidly as
possible in making the necessary
changes, and in all PROBABILITY the shows
will open to the public some time next
week Managers Tudor and Arlington
will take the matter up in a day or SO,
and viii then make the announcement.
They say that thu show will not be
opened however until everything Is put
in first class shape