Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-06
BABY BOO" A FEATURE.
Ringing Brothers Have the Only Baby
Elephant Born and Reared In Captivity.

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The only baby elephant bred, bora
and successfully reared in the trying
Iclimate of North America is Baby
Boo" the pride and pampered pet in
| the immense herd of 40 elephants in
| Ringling Brothers worlds greatest
shows, which will exhibit in Rock ISL
and, Tuesday July Z. Baby Boo is
Il dainty little mite of animal creation
and has exceptionally bright and eX-
| pressive eyes, which look with amaze
ment upon the many scientific men
and zoology students who have trav-
eied thousands of miles to inspect her.
They regard her as phenomenon,
| and unite in expressing the opinion
that she is the most interesting. in
structive and novel feature ever ex-
hibited in any menagerie or geological
garden the world has ever known. I'm
| scrupulous men have often imported
so-called baby elephants at an age
| of three or four years, and braZenly
exhibited them as infant pachyderms
born in the United States. These bo
gus infants were two, three, and
sometimes even five times the size of
| Baby Boo, who is only so inches high,
weighs but 10 pounds, and is scarce
! ly larger than full grown Newfound-
| land dog. She is so small that in or
| der to stroke with her trunk the face
of Elephant Supt SouderS. who is her
especial friend. she is forced to mount
a small pedestal. This wonderful
atom of elephant creation was born
Jan. S, 1908, and four days after birth
| hnIHlx- Il ,,J
protection of Alice" one of her pom
drous parents, and began an inspec-
tion of one of the animal houses at
the winter quarters of the circus.
Alice" was securely chained to "a
stake and could not follow her off
spring. She trumpeted long and loud
and her cries brought n number of
animal men, who presently found
Baby Boo lying contentedly by the
side of Nellie" the sacred cow from
far away India. Thousands of chill
dren have visited Baby Boo since
Ringing Brothers remarkable circus
has been enroute and the little one
holds two receptions in the center of
the big menagerie tent. She loves to
romp with her guests and pouts for
all the world like small child when
| they leave her to view. with eNclama-
tins of delight and wonderment the
other rare and costly animals in the
collection.
| y pair of beautiful giratfeS. the last
of their kind; the only rhinOccrOs on
exhibition, the monster herd of 40
elephants (more than half of all the
elephants in captivity) two horned
horses. an Gland. so species of deer.
and hosts of camels. lions, tigers.
tleopards. hyenas, sacred cattle and
other animals too numerous to men
| ton have a place in this collection,
| which is the most complete on the
| face of the earth. And the mammoth
lmenagerie is but one of the many fea-
lures in Ringling Brothers famous
show. Three hundred and seventy
five performers, the premier artists in
| various lines, give an arenic exhibit
tion that is second to none. while the
browning feature of this truly Won
derful amusement enterprise is the
sublime spectacle of Jerusalem and
the Crusades. This spectacle is pro-
lduced at a cost of thousands of dol
lars, and in il are 1000 characters of
the 10th century are shown. In con-
nection with the spectacle is intro
duced a magnificent 6S-stop pipe or
gan, the only instrument of the kind
ever carried by circus. The Ring
ling Brothers street parade. always
new, better and more entertaining
than ever this season. 1t is three
miles in length, in thirty sections,
and each section is an entire parade
in itself.
Among the interesting animals in
Ringing Brothers geological display
this season is Baby Boo" the only
baby elephant born and successfully
reared in America; two splendid
specimens of the practically extinct
giraffe, two horned horses. several
Royal Bengal tigers, a bi-horned rhi-
noceros. the only one in captivity.
and many other animals, including 40
trained elephants.
There are 80 great soloists in Ring
ling Brothers famous military
| band. and their selections, accom-
panied by a mammouth 6S-stop ca
thedral pipe organ. have never been
equaled.
The rarest of all wild beasts is the
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tivity is in the menagerie of Ring
ling Brothers worlds greatest shows.
Naturalists estimate this specimen as
beyond price, and scientists. eXplor-
ers and students have come from all
parts of the world to inspect the
curious beast. The educational value
of the visit to this menagerie cannot
be overstated.
Eighty-five cars, double the regula-
tion railway size, are required to
transport Ringing Brothers worlds
greatest shows; $50 horses. .375 per-
formers, 800 dancers. 200 choristers,
80 musicians, los animal cages and
lairs and 1000 workmen and officials
are indicative of the enormous size of