The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19

grounds and making sure that you've got q
free title on the lease L. a big Job In itself.
-By the way, do you see tina big black
fellow over there in the sombrero? He's
the Zulu that brought out the lion and lamb
turn. Don't ask me Tor his name. 1t
that he always helps get the animals slowed.
Now he's going to take out the CRATES"
The giraffes, who need a whole lot Of
perpendicular room. do not have to stay
in cages while the show is in the Garden.
One of the first things done was to set up
a tall pen for them in the basement. Their
cages are so tall that they cannot be drawn
past the arches even without their wheels;
and 80 the circus men got ready to walk
them downstairs.
showing how they pack giraffe neoks.
Somehow, the beasts are persuaded to lie
down. Then sings are passed over the
necks to bring them down until the lid can
be closed over them.
The tailboard was off. Two heads that
wore a comical look OF surprise were poked
out. The big Zulu was at work buckling
harness,
Look out!' said Mr.. Address, the circus
attorney, "a giraffe kicks like an army
Out came a big spotted giraffe with q rush.
-Four men, two to a rope, chung to a harness
which went over his broad breast. the only
thing on a giraffe which seems to be made
as it ought to be made. He raised his head
explored the region OF the second gallery
Of the Garden, and dropped it again, per-
hitting the Zulu to freeze to a rope which
was affixed to his neck near where it rose
into his head.
Carefully %prodding, they forced him for
ward. He warbled like a newborn calf.
At the runway he stopped, looked the
tanbark over, and snorted. A fresh supe
poked him from behind. He raised his
beamed %irontlet to the sky and tossed his
head, The Zulu, clinging pluckily. to the
rope, came up with It. He hung, his feet
The giraffe snorted again and stampeded.
".lo' fellows7 Fellows" This seemed
to be the only English which he could com
mand' as he swung under the giraffe's
chin, humping against his forelegs, The
giraffe brought up with another snort at
the low arch which wouldn't let the wagons
through. The violence of his stop snapped
the Zulu of. Twenty circus men rushed
to seize the ropes and the giraffe was held
cast him into his pen, from which he reached
to explore the crown of the hat OF every
visitor who passed.
The keeper was for taking the other
giraffe around the other way, where the
approach to the runway is more gradual.
But the assistant keeper stopped him.
"Coco's down there he said.
Coco il a trained baby elephant. much
admired by Tody Hamilton, who has cele-
brated him in real literature. Coco has
one popularity. He is an elephant of very
positive convictions and he cannot abide
a giraffe.
All night the circus men worked. Some
where about 2 o'clock the cook outfit,
which had set up a kitchen in the base
ment, brewed hot coffee and made sand
witches, and the men quit by gangs and
lunched. Only when they rushed the
kitchen did the spectator realize what an
army of men this circus business employs.
In the great expanse Of the Garden the
individuals were lost.
They worked right UP to 1907 yesterday.
BY that time the trapezes were set, the
rings were sprinkled with sawdust and
ready for the horses, and the apparatus
for the womanl who turns q some rsault
in an automobi e was out CT Its case and
under the inspection of two mechanics,
whose business II is to see that every bolt
is tight and in its place before the show
begins.
It was perhaps half past 4 O'Clock and the
industrious abe was tagging a little in her
work, when from behind one Of the canvas
covered wagons which she was showing
there came a muffied roar which made Babe
start a bit. She stepped back, lifted her
trunk and trumpeted. The trumpet and the
roar died out In echo. 1t was taken up
again from every corner OF the Garuen
Babe joined in. Every beast lifted his head
and gave his own peculiar roar or squeal
or below. Even the Indian sacred cattle
were in it. 1t was nothing more than the
discern no change in the black skies, but
there was a chill that carried depression
with it in the frosty winter air. The animals
had felt that chill, and they lifted their
voices as they do In the Jungle in praise
of the day.
Damn nuisance when you're trying to
sleep" said the elephant man. But they
always do il around a circus