Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-07
DEATH OF DR.. D00LEY
MAKES CHILDREN WEEP
Simian Comedian Was One of the
Most Famous of His Kind That
Ever Performed with
a Circus

When the Associated Press dispatches
recently carried the sad news that ''Dr.
Dooley" was no more, few of the layity
had full appreciation of the tragedy in
volved in ''Dr. Dooley's" demise, for "Dr.
Dooley" was one of the most famous
simian comedians the public has ever
known. And simian comedians are born,
not MADE.
For nearly ten years 'Dr. Dooley,"
whose name In private life was Walter
in honor of his namesake, Walter Gentry
of the Gentry Bros. Famous Shows,
United which are to exhibit at Eleventh
and Flower streets November Is, 10, p
and 81 made thousands laugh who had
never laughed before and he has undoubt-
edly gone to his great reward with rec
ord of giving enjoyment to more of tho
younger generation of his Darwinian
descendants than any other baboon who
ever lived.
"Dr. Dooley' was the simian practitioner
who was daily called into the case when
William Wells, the equestrian director
with the Gentry Bros shows, discovered
that one of the trick ponies was seriously
Ill and required the immediate attendance
of a physician. And the manner in whi IN
the dignified doctor rode into the ring In
his "dog cart" effected an instantaneous
cure and departed post haste on another
case never failed to provoke gales OF
laughter
Like all great histrionic artists, "Dr
Dooley" was versatile genius and upon
occasions when the cast" was limited
as to numbers was known to act as
coachman for "Mr and Mrs. Snyder" the
principal canine comedians with the
shows, and to head the monkey fire de-
partment, whose exhibition of high and
lofty fire fighting was and still is the
finale and crowning feature OF the per-
formance.
Then ''Dr. Dooley'' was taken i'll.
At first 1t was a chill, then bad cold,
and then galloping consumption.
When it appeared that "Dr Dooley's''
days were numbered and that he was
soon to leave the circus business and all
worldly troubles the problemDof replacing
him in the Gentry company became an
immediate study for the management; for
the show must go on no matter who
drops out of harness-and there is no more
serious business in the world than anus
ing the public After much deliberation
the scientists with the shows settled upon
Gen. Lawton' as fit successor to Wal
ter, and Gen. Lawton' was shown the
business of the piece" was "given his
ines and told to make "quick study
of it,
This was at Minneapolis June s.
Three weeks afterward "Dr. Dooley'
was shipped to Marshalltown, Iowa, the
home of Manager I. c. Speers, and given
the best medical treatment possible, but
before his successor had been working
d month Walter became "the late Dr..
Dooley," and had left the world OF
spangles and thrills to swing in the trees
of some simian paradise.
And now comes Gen. Lawton," the
"Dr. Dooley H." a smaller baboon than
his predecessor in the role. but. in the
opinion of animal men, much the cleverer
And it is on record In the animal tent
with the Gentry shows that when Or
Dooley" 'left the show" he extended the
right hand of fellowship to his profess
sional colleague and, so far as mere hu-
mans can determine, said in simian Ian
guage: Good luck, old man. Take it uI
where | leave off"