The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-20
BABY ELEPHANT 4
 BIG ATTRACTION  Some Curious Facts About It's
 Peculiar Habits BAILEY PLAYS NEAT TRICKS Whitney Allen, the WeIl-Known Au- thority on Zoology Gives Some
 Interesting Details About
 "Little koko."
BAILEY PLAYS NEAT TRICKS

work yesterday, said:
 "Of all the animals of the natural king dom there are none so interesting as the elephant, and 1t is that sort of interest that never dies out. The largest of ani- mals of tho present time, and belonging to the same family as the largest animals of the prehistoric ages, he combines with the huge size the largest mentality or all living creatures with the one exception of man himself His great intelligence makes him easily domesticated and for centuries he has acknowledged man domination. But in one very important thing he retains to greater degree or wild beast life, and that is their lack or disposition to reproduce themselves in captivity A striking illustration of this fact is to be found in the further fact that there have been but three elephants born in captivity anywhere in the world. It has been claimed that there have been more. but the records fail to show them. Another most singular fact in this con- nection is the fact that all three of these elephants born in captivity have been born in shows owned by James A. Bailey. The first was born in 1879 at Philadelphia at the winter quarters of the Cooper x Bailey show.
 There is an interesting story in connec- ton with this baby elephant At the time of his birth MT. Bailey and the late F. T. Barnum were rival snowman. MT. Bar mum, with his great show business acu- men. at once recognized the fact that In this baby his rival had stupendous at traction. He had already felt the force or MT. Bailey's masterful oppositlon' anu he determined to disarm him in that re- spect. He knew that MT. Bailey was very young man with all he had in the world invested in his show. MT. Barnum was already a very wealthy man, ana ne thought that his money would be ire sistable with his young rival. Accordingly he telegraphed MT. Bailey as follows;
 Of Great Value.
 "yv,u give YOU s1OO00O for your baby elephant"
 Imagine his consternation when MT Bailey wired his reply:
 'rYou could not buy my baby elephant for $10O0, GOO.
 1 MT. Bailey's next move was to have both telegrams reproduced in fac simiie as mammoth posters, which he placed on the walls and fences all over the coun- trv The natural result followed Every where the people fiocked to see this won derful baby elephant. At the end or the season MT. Barnum approacheo MT Bailey with a proposition to go into part nership with him and consolidate the two shows. Mr. Bailey accepted the proposi- tion with further proviso that MT. Bar nunn should appear in the arena at every norformance with the show while he (Mr. Railey) should have absolute manage rial control of the show. That arrange ment continued till MT. Barnum's death' when MT. Bailey purchased the other halt | interest from the Barnum estate ana De- came the sole owner. So it may be fairly said that the first baby elephant born III captivity was the real father or Ihe Greatest Show on Earth"
 i The father of the first baby elephant was the unfortunate giant among ele- nhants. the mighty Mandarin. who went insane on board the steamship Minneap- oils when the show was ret rning from Throne last November. and the huge fol- low was strangled to death on board the ship while she was lying at the dock in New York The second baby elephant was born at the shows winter quarters at Bridgeport, Conn. and is now one of tbe performing elephants with the show. | ia hnh horn with the show while it was exhibiting at paris. at the Gallerie des Machines, Paris, a little over year ago.
 Large Babies.
 Elenhants remain babies and are not weaned until they are about two years old. Little Koko, the last baby with ms mother Colonna will arrive in this city l Saturday, and will receive the public afternon and evening" He Is an extreme ly playful little fellow and does all sorts of foolish tricks, such as trying to stand on his head and so on. He leases his | mother a great deal, but she submits | ouietly until he goes too far and ther | chastises him in her own peculiar way until he cries. and elephants babies dc
 
 fondles him until he stops crying and be gins to play again. He is very fond oi candy, but will not eat peanuts nor hay or oats. When the show left Madison Square Garden last spring he could wall under his mother, but he has growi very rapidly until he is now half as tai as she is. He seems to be very fond O watching a herd of half grown elephant who play battle scene in the programm and sometimes gets away from his moth CT and tries to join in the scene and imi tates the actions of the elephant actors
 Chief Trainer Emery, who rehearses tn battle scene nearly every day and teache the young elephants new tricks, says tha Koko will make fine trained elephant and as soon as he gets little older s that he won't have to be fed by his moth CT he is going to begin training him. Ko A Cingalese, or native Hindu, who ha spent all his life among elephants in In dia until year ago. when he was brough away from India By MT. Bailey especial, to take care of the baby. Koko plays al sorts of jokes the Hindu. and the Cing the same as auman beings, never leave him day or light With his hair worn il coll at the back of his head and with hi long skirt like woman's the Hindu Il generally thought by everybody who sec him and does not know how the Hindu t>z af1 Dol nj