The Washington times., 1908-04-24
OUADRUPED STARS
GET HIGH WAGES
Two Sheep Paid Sl25aNight,
and Pig S475 a
Week.

Let a man find another boxing kanga-
roo. little more useful with its paws
than the original, and he will reap a
golden harvest. said a trainer of animals
TO a representative OF Tlt-Bits. Every
body remembers the clever exhibitions
Of pugilistic dexterity OF the original
boxing kangaroo. That animal earned
for his master many thousands OF
pounds.
Genuine novelties in the performing
animal line are much wanted today.
Twenty-Five guineas night is said TO
have been the salary paid 20 a troupe
OF "bOw-wOw' acrObats which gave a
performance in a Partisan variety han
about a year ago. Musical dogs are
scarce. but they're not unknown. A ca
nine ''prlma donna" was paid $500 a
week 10 entertain the audience in a
Vienna concert hall some years ago.
Dogs and cats can reason up TO a
certain point, and soon understand what
their trainer wishes them TO do. Dogs.
however. are easier to train than cats.
because they have greater reasoning
power, and you can assist their intelli-
gence easily enough with the lash of q
whip. Kindness and fattery are the
only things that Will make cats per-
form tricks / think there Is good
opening for troupe Of performing cats
II the animals excited more than a
lauBuIu snow or curiosity thew might
be rewarded with salaries that would
make many a music han comedian ga sp
with envy It's said that Leoni Clarke
VINO had a cat that used 70 ascend in a
Dalloon ana come down in a parachute.
used TO take something like 500 a week
out OF his show.
Three thousand pounds in three years
was the earnings OF a tiger trained BY
Herr GengeL- This beast OF the fOresr
was not only an acrobat, but a iuggler
y could dance, ride "a bicycle drink
champagne and smoke a cigar.
Performing animals who do a turn
OF their own are getting rare as time
goes on. Why this is so I cannot Px-
plain l do not think the novelty has
worn off Most Of the trained animals
take part in theatrical performances
During recent years ponies have pIaved
many parts on the stages OF the me
tropolls, and several have delighted the
children who have Witnessed the annual
pantOmlme at DruTy Lane.
Trained horses are constantly aupear-
ing on the stage. They drew Mr. free :
chariot in stephen Phillips drama
Nero" while dozens of them have uer-
formed at one time on the boards of the
Hippodrome and Coliseum.
Drury Lane appears to be the home
OF the trained horse. Horses appeared
In The Derby Winner" Cheer Rows
= u p
The animal that took part in the latter
piece was the famous Voluptuarv
which had been successful at many race
meetings before Sir Augustus Harri.
purchased him for the purpose Of ap.
pearinS at Drury Lane. Noluptuary
won the Grand National at Aintree II
1884
In the polo scene in Cheer. BOYS
Cheer real polo ponies, lent to Sin
Augustus by devOteeS Of the sport. ap
peared. while the horses in Matabelt
scene were genuine military chargers
Horses can be trained for the stage in
very short time. If their parts ar
merely walking parts, practically IN,
only thing they have TO be taught is no
to take any notice Of the audience TIT
bright lights the music and the genera
noise around them.
Real sheep were introduced at the Col
iseum in the spectacle Joseph" n,
fewer than IS of them appearing on tn,
stage during the production of the piece
The salaries Of fOur-fOoted actors Of the
first-class variety are by no means low
but they are not so high as they used q
be 4 couple OF performing sheep tina
created n sensation some twenty YEAR
ago earned $l25 a night between them
while Pat. the first performing pig, wai
paid $40 a week for it's services.
Performing elephants are pretty com
mon. but they are mostly attached 4
ulena Eeries and draw no salary at AL
George IsOckhart's three performing ele
plants, however, used 70 earn 800 and
$3.50 a week for their master aud trainer