The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-02-17
HATTIE DOES TRICKS.
Young Elephant at Central Park a c,Iavor Cake Walker and Magician.


 Young Elephant at Central Park a
 Clever Cake Walker and Magician. Roaming in the jungles of India six months ago, Hattie, the S-year- old ele- phant at the Central Park Zoo, was as wild an animal as ever dread captivity. To-day, for the amusement of hundreds of children, she does the cake walk waltzes, plays the harmonica, and, be- cause of her docility and intelligence, promises to learn still more remarkable tricks.
 Hattie likes to please her young vis- itors, and their shouts of glee over her performance urge her to put more zest i into it. At the command of her trainer, Prof Snyder, she rose up on her hind feet the other day and, gracefully way 1 ing her fore feet to keep time with the
 music, she and the professor" cake
 walked around the cage with all the
 snap and life of two darkies putting 1 forward their best foot. Then they ad-
 vanced to the front of the cage, and
 Hattie, looking solemnly through the bars, blinked her eye at the youngsters
 Reversing. she and her partner chased |
 on all fours. The trick is a most diffi- cult one, and there are only one or two
 other elephants who accomplished 1t. | Hattie knew other tricks, and at a word from her trainer mounted large 1 tub. She seized eagerly in her trunk 1 the harmonica which was offered her.
 She essayed first My Country" but failing to get the right key switched eff into tune that suggested how Casey
 waltzed with the strawberry blonde. ? The music was somewhat antiquated,
 but Hattie was up to date in her waltz ing. Rapidly she whirled around on her
 small platform and more vigorously she played, until the children jumped up
 and down claping their hands in ap- proval.
 Still playing her harmonica, Hattie stopped her dance and did a few poses, Very statuesquely she stood first on her
 two side feet, holding her trunk in the air: then on the fore and the hindfoot
 diagonally opposite. Finally, holding
 iicl breath, she stood up on her hind 2 ly saluted her audreiae.
 oHo ueSceuueu iIrUlu 1frst tuD, ana as her trainer shouter You're ded,'' she fell over and stretched herself out. - Rest with ease," said Prof. Snyder Hattie lifted her head and rose to a sit ting posture; Salute, and she raise l her right foot; Attention" and sh 5 stood on all fours.
 ? Prof Synder next threw himself O 5 the floor, and Hattie, with the utmos dignity walked up to him. Carefull : she placed her two fore feet over hin : and then slowly brought up each hin
 foot, feeling for the mans body, an : drawing her foot carefully over him. !. was dangerous position for the traine but Hattie was cautious and passe over, harming him not in the least. Neither Hattie nor the children wer tired, and she next did some fanc steps about the cage, finally coming u : to the bars. Then she bowed her hea in prayer until the Amen was sai6 She lifted her head, and at the directio : of the professor moved it up and dowr in acknowledgment of the applaus from the little spectators.
 Hattie was captured in Ceylon, Tn dia, several months ago by Hagenbeck, : explained Professor Snyder, formerly
 trainer with Barnum & Bailey's circu:
 sDireetor Smith of the zoo, however
 purchased her five months ago, in ex
 change for a hippopotamus, and sine
 that time I have had charge of hel
 She is the most intelligent animal eve E trained. Why, she learned to walk O 5 her hind feet in week. It takes tw months to teach a dog the same trick. ! New York Globe and Commercial Ad [ vertiser