Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-17

DID not mean any harm when | told the
Japanese jugglers that they ought to kick
against having those Russian cavarymen in
the show the fellows who ride horses standing
up, in the wild-west department, cause had
listened to their Russian talk, and it seemed to
me they were spies who were looking for
chance to do injury to the "poor little Japs." l
could see that / made the Japs mad the first
thing, and then told them that pa and all the
managers of the show felt sorry for the little
Japs, cause some day the big Russians would
ride right over them, and kill them right in the
ring | said that everybody thought the Japs
ought to resign from the show, for fear of
clash with the Russians or else they ought to
have some grown persons to act as chaperons.
YOU ought to have seen the look of scorn on
the faces of the Jap jugglers when the inter
prefer told them that the circus people were
afraid the Russians would hurt them. They
jabbered awhile, and then the interpreter told
me that the ten little Japs could whip the 20
Russians in four minutes. Probably it was
none of my business, and | never ought 10 have
repeated it, but in a circus everybody wants
to know everything that is going on SO when
the big leader of the Russians asked me what
those brown monkeys were talking about, |
told him Nothing particular only they say
the ten Of them could lick you 20 Russians in
four minutes
Want to "Killovitchp'
Gee, didn't that Russian talk kopec and
damski, and froth at the mouth. Then he
called his Russians together, and the talk
sounded as though soda fountain had burst.
Then they all yelled "Killovitch the monkey
puskis."
I went and told pa there was going to be
riot between the Jap jugglers and the Russian
1,o-ea,,er ord nrOhah1v the fU11t world taLe
place when the Japs came out of the ring at the
afternoon performance, and the Russians went
in, right near the dressingroom. | asked Pa
not to mix in it, but keep away in the animal
tent Pa said, not much, he wouldn't be away,
and he told all the managers, and they all got
around the dressing to stop the muss, if
one started.
Well, to show how the Japs were organized,
as soon as they felt there was going to be a
row, they kept their eyes on the Russians all
the time they were in the ring doing their pole
balancing, and the little Jap up on the bamboo
pole, with fan, kept jabbering to the fellows
down on the ground, and [ could see that
trouble was coming. When their act was over
the laps bowed to the audience, and started out
where the Russians were lined UP to come rid
ing in. The big Russian said Look at the
little monkeys" but he hadn't got the words
o. Of his mouth before the Japs turned and
every man grabbed the tail Of every other
horse, and jumped up behind the Russians, and
each of the ten laps took Russian by the neck
with iu tsu strangle hold, and reached out
his leg and wound it around the Russian on the
next horse, and in ten seconds they had un-
horsed the 20 Russians. The whole thirty
men were on the ground rolling in the saw
dust, the Japs rolling over and under the Rus
sians twisting their legs and arms in an utl-
known manner, and making them yell for help
like mastff that has trifed in an overbearing
manner with little bulldog, until the bulldog