The Savannah morning news., 1903-07-07

/ back and forth through the air makes
! every mothers heart in the audience
stand still. But the little Potters IKE
/ il. They have been brought up on H..
/ Baby Potter stays a the car with her
! nurse while the performance Is going
on. but she is not a stranger TO the
/ dizzy region in the top Of the tent.
I Nearly every morning during the prac-
4 tice hour she goes up, tucked safely
/ under the arm of her father or mother
/ and one of these days her baby Dps
I will part in their first smile OF re-
Spouse to the applause that always
| ereets those who perform the daring
/ and the wonderful.
On the Lookout for Novelties.
/ The circus managers are on the look
| out for novelties They Will pay al
most anv price for clever and daring
acts. But when these are contracted
/ for. and played up in the advertising
il is very necessary that the perform
ers live the sort of life that viii keep
them i'm good physical condition to APP
/ pear regularly. There never was a
time when good living and close atten-
ton 10 work would bring as good re-
turns in the show business as at pres
ent
Although the circus is an estabhshel
institution very little is known about
its inside life. The people marvel at
its wonders. but few ever gain any
more knowledge Of it than what they
see from the audience. How in the,
world do they ever teach the animals
to do such clever tricks? - one hears
this question on all sides while the per
Torrance is going on. Pauence Is the
first and great essential in the char-
acter of the successful animal trainer.
The men who can teach an elephant to
- head neTGna0P nOTS
to do the cakewalk, could do almost
anything else ne made up his mind to
ACCOMPLISH The training of an animal
depends in a large measure on its IN
dividual intelligence and tempera-
ment.
In the Sells & Forepaugh show there
is one smart little elephant that learn
ed to stand on it's head in one forenoon.
and appearing in the same ring with
him is a stubborn, hard-headed old EEL
low that had to be lifted 5000 times
with a block and tackle before he
caught on what was wanted of him.
Early Lesson to "a Tiger.
The members of the cat tribe are
hard to manage. They are very stub
born. To make a tiger sit on stool
the animal is placed in an Enclosure
containing nothing but the stool it is
expected to mount. The trainers crack
their whips and keep the big cat on
the move until il is very tired. II
Jumps over the stool again and again
as it rushes around the inclosure.
Finally the men close in upon it, and
the cat takes refuge on the STOOL Then
L is left alone to get its breath. If
tabby is smart she will soon discover
that on the top of that stool is the
only place in the arena where she can
have a minutes peace. One cat will
comprehend this in a few lessons and
another will hold out for months.
Animals learn to do their tricks eth
er from fear of punishment, or expec-
tation of reward, the trainer, taking
advantage of their cowardice in one
case and their appetite in the other.
Many amusing things occur TO show
that the animals know what is going
on around them, and that they have
high degree of intelligence. A pony
with the Sells & Forepaugh show was
being taught to lie down in bed, pull
a blanket over itself and then blow
out a candle standing on a table at
the head of the bed. After the eonclu-
sion of the trick the trainer would pet
the little performer and give him a
lump of sugar. The pony soon found
out that the caress and the sugar
came Immediately after the blowing
ing that part of the act first.
Every elephant has a grudge against
whip. If the trainer leaves one lying
around it will surely be broken or
thrown as far as the big animals
strength can send it. To prove this the
trainer carelessly dropped his whip as
he walked in front of the line of sway
ing monsters. He stood apart talking
and apparently taxing no notice Big
Katy, standing at the end, suddenly
caught sight of the offensive object ly-
ing in front of her, and in a fash 1t
was snatched up and sent flying over
row of cages so feet away.
Amy Change DemOraIizinE.
change of routine is demoralizing
TO the performance of trained animals
Ringing Brothers have added a pipe
organ to their band 1t was first used
during their st. Louis engagement, sew
eral weeks after the opening of their
season. When the organ was turned
on for the first time the elephants near
ly stampeded. and the seals and ponies,
which were also performing at the time,
were so astonished and alarmed at the
unusual rumbling sound that their
trainers had difficulty in getting them
through their acts.
Any little thing like strange work
/ hand approaching too near the plat
| form, is likely to make a trained seal
/ cry out with fright and to send him
/ fioundering between his trainers legs
/ for protection. The horse trainers,
/ when working with new animals in the
1 winter quarters, beat tin pans and
/ make all sorts of noise. and then caress
| their pets to show them that, no mat
1 ter what strange things occur, they
/ are there to protect them.
! Great care must be taken to pre-
! serve the health of circus animals, as
nearly all of them are very susceptible
to some form of disease. Monkeys take
1 cold easily and unless quinine is given
I them at once quick consumption is al
most certain to result. When a mon
key has to take quinine IL makes a
/ great fuss. This is why a mother tells
her young hopeful when he makes a
grimace over his medicine: Come now;
down with it. and no more monkey
faces!' Elephants have rheumatism;
camels have skin disease. and all men,
bers of the cat family must be given
| lime juice to overcome the bad effects
of stomach trouble
Incidents of the Ticket Door.
One hot morning the side show men
were yelling themselves black in the
! face shouting: "A dime-ten cents
! pay here" when a big fellow who had
been standing around with his mouth
J open and his arms rammed into his
| pockets up to the elbows, stepped UP
| and asked: Say, mister, how much
| does it cost to get in?" The ticket man
| retorted instantly. Three dollars for
| one. or two for five. How many do you
want?" The countryman hesitated a
moment, and said: You're purity steep