New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-06
ELEPHANT ON TIE FERRY.
Trumpets Most Of Way from Staten
IsIand-1nn0ycd By AUTOS.

The swimming elephant Fanny. which has gained
the reputation of shooting the Chutes az Coney ISL
and and landing Midland Beach Staten Island
before she stopped was so troublesome To the po-
lice on Staten Island that they made the show
people who advertising Fanny get her last
night. They did. but they had pecks OF trouble
doing IT,
Peter Barlow. a keeper who has charge of Fanny;
CinEalese who know elephants and their tricks
and strong laborer yesterday Stapleton
to get Fanny Then the police captain refused To
let her unless she Gagged. Barlow had
drop all other work till he got truck He had to
come to this city for it. and 1t finally taken
Stapleton. The Police Departments bill for June
had already been high Stapleton for food for
the elephant which quartered at a stable near
by. So the captain glad get rid Of her. All
the people that side of Staten Island turned out
to see her depart. Barlow had persuaded the cap
tain to let her start toward truck and he got
Fanny as far az Clifton amid great enthusiasm.
Then Fanny baked and refused to bulge unless
she got drink That what Barlow said. and
giving her the drink He failed entireiy She
would NOT move until she got drink Her high
OF whiskey. Fanny smacked her lips and started
again. getting as far as Tompkinsvlle. There the
a crowd Of one thousand was on hand 10 see
a bale Of hay to get Fanny into the covered truck
She would not go. They took the planks down. put
into the truck but she only began to eat the hay
the bale and walked into the wagon gruntin ~
She was locked in. and the wagon started for 81.
George Ferry
In the ferry for Manhattan were a score of auto
monies with Easolene engines, putting: a lot o.
hlcycies. some motor bicycles and a big crowd be
sides. The elephant did like the noise of the
automobiles and trumpoted in defiance. This was
Kept Up on the boat. The crowd gathered around
the truck to see Fanny. and the keepers had 10
push ihem back. She In the middle OF tho
poat. pehlHd g. putting automobile, and she began
trNmpeilng louder than before
II quickly became known Mt the Battery that the
elephant was on board Staten Island ferryboat.
ana large crowd gathered the landing 10 see
the beast She roared loudly when the boat Int
me sip Fanny anger reused of the horses
drawing her truck. and he began To rear Pas
senEers wondered what going TO happen for a
minute. But men jumped for the horse and held
him rs he tried bolt
As Fanny was rolled of the ferryboat on the
truck she kept up expressing her anger and as
the truck rolled off to South-st to walt for
Hamilton ferryhoat. she kept up gruntng. Some
or the crowd bought peanuts and threw them into
ne truck. when the keepers would not let them
Ieed Fanny and she broke the paper bags and
eagerly fed on the nuts.
Fanny. in her truck. then rolled on board
ne whitehall Sh" was a good deal quieter than
When she started. and Barlow said she would he
nave herself on the rest OF the journey to Luna
Fanny is sixteen years old, six feet tall and ex-
trcmely rat, She left Couey Island at 1870 o. m
on Thursday night. according to the log Of her
snowman. and reached Midland Beach across the
lower bay at 10 a. m. next morning. he says