The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-21
MEM ANIMALS, OLD CIRCUS
N4TURF NOTES GATHERED AT
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

The striped zebra. or. ~ n u popularity
Known. the convict horse. which escaped
from the stables Of Sing Sing prison
late last Thursday night, was located
YESTERDAY evening by q representative
Of this newspaper while saunterinG past
the stalls q the fourfootsd animals asso-
ctstad with a certain circus which nor
che NEXT four weeks will parform twtoe
daily A. Madison Square Garden. The
eircus got into town late Saturday might
and early yesterday morning.
A reporter from THR SUN went up
10 the Gardsn yesterday afterno0n 20
Nrtta about the coming OF this circus
10 town hut met 90 many pres agents
anxious 20 get a line or two about the
show into the morning papers that the
steady fiow Of bombastio converAAfton
quickly caused n feeling of-<iissnesresesd-
ness. Wherefore tho name OF the circus
MI rot he mentioned here. Barnum
ar NO Barnum--nut 10 mantionths Bailey
interests.
Z The last time this CIRCUS Game 60 the
Garden, youn remainder. the press
A.oartmsn, saw 60 10 that a baby elephant
Ma horn simultaneously with thesntrance
a the FIRST red wagon into che Gay arena
Investigation proved that 10 was the
largest and best developed baby elsphsnt
mrnpeivtty.
Thia year a, baby Giraffs'has yust been
hnrn. Also the circus has SECURED q long
snrod half grown African elephant thas
IalearuinR 90 iy and Mr.. dlenmOre Davis
ne elephant. Mike by name. is being
taught to hold its big ears ngid while
uropolling itself through HEAR by means
a ifs rapidly rsvolvtngtGils burAr' Davis
nsseiy doss preaa work.
AreSars. Ar Ringing. one ot the pro-
uriefors of the circus IN question, AND
RrUMe Aaanfs Dexter Fellows. oAsnmore'
nnVla and jay Rial were met respectively,
q ,-rrlous street corners adJacane % the
Garden yesterday afternoon a one al"
vanced toward the stAga entrance. IN
apIn fla Garden amid gloom and dan
Rlinw ropes and red wn@pnaGnS nSts snd
aft clay, and mor0 W1gonA oovereo
With Canvas and performers IN tnsr
street clothes loIling in the best DOE
seats, with cigarettes stiching ous oe-
meath their kasssrwilheim mousfaches. ana
ELEPHANTS being photographed and CIRCUS
things like that. one happened across
Pat.
Pa. 4. n chimpanase. Now don'e~rise
up and grow indignant Abscanss Of the
name. Pats full name 10 John Y. Pat
t.rson and he was named IN honor Of
the Mr.. John Patterson who re5oaces
-, Tho ion OF mauaeerie SUPERINTENDENT
Of th. Barnim and Bail--of thu circus
that has Just come 20 town ana Nnlcn
will ofen on Thursday night next. WIN
tha exception OF a short khaki jsckst
Pat wears no clothes fEoGa that on untii
a uuir Of Shoes are arrived at.
4 started in the circus business, began
MIR Davis ~ he started out 10 lead The
suns naturalist from cage TO cage. in
the suring of - with Mindy-Nan Hooten
show ana have had MANY qUssT' curious'
questionable cantankerous and quon-
dam experiences since that gay; but
never ia my long career IN the circus
prof,ssion have I happened upon 90
won rfrIi an animal as Pat.
We haUpeued upon hum IN httiS1
village caIis.d Nhitn-y's Point, this state.
recentlv Plr was owned by mission
ar, who had lust returned from Africa.
The m,szIuuaTy had hopes Of teaching
Pat all that n ChImp1nZee could master
ami then -euding him back 20 HIS own
nAnDla IN the Congo 70 Lecture on anti
vivisaCtion AMI other branches OF thought
| personally took Pat down 10 the pier =
few dayr ago and babe him good-by, but
itmt as the beat WA about TO head out
20 nnidAtreaTn and point toward Africa
Pat decided that he did not wish TO do
part He came back 20 the Garden here
with me and since then has been placed
in charge OF the press publicity bureau:
And l Will say this: We never worked
under a more amiabls chief.
@Pat. 1 want you TO meet a neWEpaperi
man who has just como in This 10 Par
" am SIR. Davis.
Passing on 70 the next cage shnl
now shoW you the only zebra ever SHOT
by Col. Roosevelt that recovered Houl
will notice that thS fourteenth stripe on
she OF hind leg Is iEdistinct, This N dao
20 carelecaness in developing by Kermit.
Blu; the zebra gives every appearances
Of being alive Z was suggss.ed:
Mr.. Fellows 1Also connected with thisl
circls we're Gpeaking akoutI. and saved
W. this wound with horsehssEs whichl
quiniIiy N absorbedS
and now in this cioe~d cage.@ COO
moSoIi,S Of sSnesambia. tho only one ia
captivity. Unfortunately We are not
allowed 20 opsn the cage In broad day
Light. In that same Gage wa have q pair
n ohittering cheetahs but--also orders
frrn Pat, who knows the hlabtts OF tkS|
chiteering chestah--the cage never 10
opened until after shutdown.
In this next cioasSt cage II one Of the
finest specimens OF the corned wnrthog
have ever seen. The warthog IN peculiar
10 that instead Of n bead there IN attached
90 the shoulders Just u wart. The back
drop N the cage wAs painted by John y.
Sargent and shows u typical scene on the
bants ~ the Nils. You gather from this.
that the warthog's habitat IL Egypt.
hssBos ths pyramids IN the distance
calling your attention To the next On &c.
I show Won n species ~ antelope from
Afrioa- ~ far scientists have been I'M
able % CLASSIFY this specimen. but owing
% the nonklag sound IL Occasionally ernits'
K " peculiarly known a. the locomOtoT
ataxiacsb Note tho wrist taximeter IL
ELECTS on - near forelsR. Interesting
isn't ~ Near abo'Tt Wells Hawks-ha's y
cigeus ing. you know. and tries To make
leheve ha was once canvasEnan--gee-
ting Otst % bed Friday night thinking 10
vas saturday. when a wagon rimbled
ny
-fIore cones the cirrus" 10 yelled, but
IL WAS just a string Of milk wagons corn ..
.or up from the Long Island city ferry.
@Righi To ~" left ~ the blood sweating
pehernoth. This animal sweats from ono
80 a.