Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-05-06
GENTRY'S TRAINED ANIMALS
Salt Lake Public Goes to the Dogs in
large Numbers.

II one wants to go to the dogs In the
good, old-fashioned way, the place is
Gentry Brothers trained animal show.
at Fourth South. between Main and
State, where the bow vows are more in
evidence than in the time honored age
Of old Mother Hubbard There are
dogs and dogs, fat and sleek, until the
sight would make the eye Of q sausage
maker bulge with greed There must
be fully hundred and fifty dogs-the
finest trained animals In the world. II
may be Of interest TO know that the
average life Of DOG Is seven years,
and II requires one year to train a dog
Of average intelligence. The French
poodle Is the smartest animal, while the
white greyhounds are capable Of the
least instruction.
"Ringwood, our famous long dis
lance leaper, is the brightest greyhound
intellectually the Genry Brothers ever
owned" said Mr.. ". w. Gentry to a
News" man at the show grounds this
morning. THE dogs are fed but once
day, continued Mr.. Gentry In his
interesting way. "and that after the
night performance. II Is not necessary
TO feed them oftener on account OF the
little exercise they take. besides too
much food has tendency to make a
dog lazy and stupid, they resembling in
that respect the press agent"
After each days work the little ami
mails are washed and dried thoroughly.
They are said to relish their morning
bath TAR more than the average child,
but once in awhile the more dlminutlye
specimen puts up equally as great a
howl. The three best dogs In the show
are Jeffrles, the bag puncher Rags, the
high diver, and Barney, the clown. Bar
ney holds the blue ribbon and Is the
best In the lot. He seems to appreciate
the fact that he Is the star Of the com
pany, and invariably waits for the ca
ress of the ringmaster after performing
one Of his wonderful tricks. Barney Is
hit and his work is duly appreciated
and always applauded by every specta-
tor, Among the ponies, quite the pref
test thing Is a wo-year-old colt about
the size of a Sunday newspaper. Thin.
BILE is its name and its mother is Dot
tie Dimple," the talking pony. Thin
bic Is a beauty and the pet Of all the
children. Speaking OF the children.
Mr., Gentry declares that Salt Lake fur
nishes more children at his perform
ances than any other city In America.
Usually our matinee audiences are
made up largely OF children, but In
Salt Lake the night houses are liberal
ly sprinkled with the little folks, there
being over eleven hundred of them In
TO see the show last night. The big
tent was literally damned with de-
lighted spectators. and the matinee this
afternoon Is the same way. The Cen
try Brothers conclude their engagement
in Salt Lake tomorrow night. a word
about the ponies-the finest In the lot Is
Arlington, a neat imbed little stallion,
who resembles a miniature Arabian
horse more than a pony, I'VE usually
take about six months 10 train a pony"
said Mr. Gentry, they being much easier
trained than the dogs. but our monkeys
OF course. give US the least trouble The
elephant is the most difficult Of all ami
mails 20 teach, with the exception pos
slhly OF the camel Our three baby
elephants are. In our opinion. at least,
the best trained IN the world" conclud-
ed Mr.. Genry I'VE spent several years
In bringing about their education and
II would take more money In silver
coin than the three OF them weigh to
detach them from the Gentry shows"