New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-28
CIRCUS STRENGTH TEST.
MN AND BEAST COMPETE
Scientific Experts Watch Elephants
Push and Horses Pull.

ara skilled iu the Law OF the jungle ana the Man
PACK. SAID this and Il was done. There assembled
% tho Garden yesterday afternoon. meath o'E
Fri6er's web q trapeze ropes and bars gathering
OF men among whom were many who are accus-
toned &c measure strength be IL OF man OF beast
These are called Men OF Science. And they "ofA
s. q strange manner, saying. This is an EnknoNh
quantity" yet csduce nom the unknown tne
known Also they employ logaTithns In arriving
Al their ends Which end Is often the beginning
And the Men Of Science. being assembled rodno
q strange looking c0nfrivnnce one hCnoTe1 il7-
were called Tor. and they responded NO" tie coi--
srfvance was q spring Attached thereto was n
clock wherein registered The number OF pounas
represented By the extension C each coll OF the
spring. II a certain number % coils moved Tor
ward. when a rope attached TO the spring was
pulled 81 was equivalent 20 the pulling FORWARD
% so many pounds. Part OF this was The lnFeh-
tion OF Tody Hamilton. and after men had seen u
Shey asked. why does not he solve the orloge
problem
About the only pull that was absent WAS ;he
po,iticiSn's. The machine was TOO costly 70 risk
that
Nov. all being ready. one hundred men q the
alsn Pack took hold OF a rope which was attached
90 the spring. They pulled ard they hauled, and
many were the guspsnder buttons that fed their
dwelling places. And after they had pulled. the an
nouncsr announced that the one hundred men had
moved forward the equivalent OF 600 pounds. or
GHty-rewen pounds a
Next there WIS brought forward Whinny, the
horse First there were two Whinnies weighing
L7o pounds apiece, OF a sorrel color. Berg har-
messed a. n 10 draw wagon, a rope hitched TO
the spring attached to the whieletree. and the
driver OF the Nhinnies said. Get APP" They get
appel" until the spring relaxing. brought them
back With . snap which almost took them from
thar feet This fair test however. be
whinny lazy and hung back Ike
old kettle in open fireplace This first pull
was az the END OF a rope eighty feet long and the
two whinnies pulled the equivalent OF 2750 pounds.
"A short haul. there being six feet between the end
Of HkE H#u~E rE 81
attached 70 the whiffietree. was then tried And
the two whiunies pulled 3T50 pounds after much
paving and pounding. Also the driver cursed bu.
no measurement was taken OF his curs'nE: other
wise the Whinnies would have pulled more.
Then four Vhinnies strived for a record Il being
said that. parsdoxlcal as Il might SEEM two teams
could not pull double the weight that che pulled
This paradox was established 70 the satisfaction
OF all FOR the four Whinnies. pun the end
Of q long rope. could move only 5l25 pounds. while
the short pull the best they could do was 10
equal the short pull OF the team-3.750 pounds.
Next six Whinnies averaging 1870 pounds. had a
tug. When they had urged forward 10 their fun
strength the spring almost Strapped them from
their feet. Yet on the long haul they pulled $50
pounds. and the short. SS-5
This. therefore. was the problem which the Men
OF Science had 20 figure out:
II one hundred pull 600 pounds on a long
haul and two horses pull 2750 pounds on a short
haul and s,75O pounds on a long haul; and four
horses pull 5.iS pounds a long haul and $3.50
on short haul: and six horses pull $3.50 pounds
on a long haul and SS75 on q short haul what
is the pun OF one hundred men TO two horses 10
four horses and six horses; what is the pull OF
two horses 10 four horses and six horses and what
is the pull OF four horses SIX horses?
While the Men OF Science were figuring the
HOmely Humps forth TO have a try First
there were two Homely Humps. They weighed over
loo pounds. They chewed their cuds They
stretched their necks beyond In the alphabet
they didn't lake kindly TO pulling the spring.
They MADE a peculiar sound-somethug between
'Aat O an ancient harmonca and a baEp.De out
o. tune All they pulled 2.750 pounds Tody
Hamilton after that said he would give the canals
handicap Then lone Honey Hump oavo-ted
torth He was frlsky and happy that he frothed
~ the mouth like Champagne bottle But be
wouldn't pun. Neither would he push He two
stepped and watzed and sch5ttis he'd but De didn't
inoVe = pouud. lie gave went 10 The most wofal
cries. Bryan is a % again" said one OF The
Scientific Men Pc s.dcs;epued and did a skirt
t1e pokec his ne-k under his lc and peerci nom
resumed lis norma re, s "a s aen ne
year-old ~ pasture. f-Hsiag lis heels rs high as
Thsn The Man Pack had another Try. Fifty men
manned me ropes and rugged untI 4l-5 pounds
We're registered. Then one hundred meu hauled on
the hemp anc 90 1900 pounds. Again the gftv
pounds were registered. This e..ye he foiiov-,-g
P p65 10. 70 tas ne sciers,s. y o. men can pun as
.oL.os aq 7, ~ men ~ pounds, why should the
They are sLin hunting Tor tie answe-
Next comes the I'rilneybi. he Ponderous Pachv-
oe-m. The Pa1hyde-In. explains ne .our-siT -
It's pushing beast. The ,ieph--t is babe v-e1ef
Ing six tons. Baoe saufiies IN .0nchalautly VITA
a wagon weighing $500 pounds IS placed II. fro-- -
her with . pad on the end facing her. The wagon
y stiached % the spring by rope. Babe displays
Interest ~ the proceedlngs. she iuvesJigates lie
prOboscis. Then her keeper gives the R6rd. ana
ale lowers her head until q presses against lie
crash and the front end OF Tie wagon rises up hi
the afr; halt is cSllcd. and while Babe nom
~le4oi-tAs l--thS 4eN N-eIS or hack
Tie Eason ia repaired. Then a lot 81 circus en-
- lfo We wagon. ne spectators do rot
IN The rope taCtens, the wagon goes forward
the rope. While il is being Ted again Ea6e yraket
playlG sttenpts 70 stave 81 the rear end % fbs
push CT A5Oo pounds is tho result 's~--'' ant
TIE, Ten Albert. another londerous Pschycerrn.
Their heads q the pad on the wagon. S-'
n, H-=-snsDh!" uunpets Albert. what Is this.
eo5 Es-TSgm sP9 t7'anpets Babe. its new trail
The keeper sticks rs anlus into the .r-,-p,
S 81 AISert sne Babe They lower their heads
su1 as remrods RAINING home charre ~
as is1 ssl,5 N ans Gun ne wagon goes forward
tss- s s gives leap. Albert and BABE snap
evss eSs IoTSa-o, ta6e back sguint out OF theft
Me-gnI IAero are Tears for the safety az f5o
back so1nersault, and with tails elo-rste5 80 ~
Ssseflng with surprise resume their original r,os
Ses- whlsJling through their Processes 81 surrisa
ne w9lstle ronlinds one OF a small roy a. -
eI5o pounds 's'' nave pushed
eas 'T no, Is long , h s.e m present who tes he
sssseo Fyriies did At" he announces eU-
are not much on TIE puli 9 : Nr,,r0, eas2hsnts
stor NscSrren have them beaten 70 a stsnsst a Se.
pS.L Lnsy attach rope harness to Bah ~. q
fssper gvss e. "'h 80, 2 suspicious PROPOSES Her
sssrts forward seuesling. II sounds as n a az
crown each other out Babe keeps Tro,i- y tlig 70