The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-05
ELEPHANTS FORM
A BRASS BAND
Greatest Animal Act In the World
With 6arnum and Bailey
Circue.

A brass band OF elephants Is the
latest achievement in the art of train
ing animals IL Is one Of the strik-
ing features which will be seen ~
ogden with the Barnum and Bailey
Greatest Show on Earth on Wednes.
Gay, Aug 10
These elephants 40 not merely make
a noise on the instruments OF a brass
band. They get real harmony out
of them. The audience may easily
recognize their tunes, for they are
selected from among the old songs
that everybody knows. They play
Home, Sweet Home and THE Last
Rose OF Summer" perhaps not as
we'll as Sousas Band can, but GER
tainly better than they are rendered
by the average village band. One
big elephant sounds all the regulation
bugle calls as prelude to march
number. The big drummer uses his
tall instead OF the usual buckskn
stick. Sitting on the head of each
olephantine soloist Is beau sui
girl These girls sing to the accom-
poniment OF the elephant band
Another act of importance among
the animal features is a company OF
Hungarian stations. They walk into
the arena and enter the ring on thelr
bind feet The ring is set to repre-
hent roadside inn. One of the
corses Is the landlord. A second
horse enters for food and a nights
lodging The landlord Is very hosplt-
able, taking care of his guest elab.
orately. After supper the boarder
goes to sleep In his chair Mine Host
wakes him, lights a candle and shows
him to his bed. Morning comes and
the landlord raises a din with the
breakfast bell The guest lifts up
from his bed and listens with dis.
guest at the thought OF getting up
so early. Then, like a schoolboy of
the lazy age, he flops over and goes
to sleep again The landlord comes
in and takes him by the car. The
guest starts a row and there is a
fight, To the rescue Of the tavern
keeper comes a third horse, dressed
as the county constable The un-
ruly lodger IS hustled off to Jail,
Another trained animal specially
is introduced by Winston's troupe of
seals They ride horses. jump hurdles
rlay tennis and juggle firebrands and
balls with more skill than that OF
any human juggler. While riding
horses they toss balls and swords
back and forth among themselves,
catching the balls on their noses and
receiving the swords between their
fms and their bodies Then there
ia Paula Peters dog and monkey cir
Gus. One monkey Is an accomplished
jockey and the property man" of the
little act The dogs are an ordaniZed
fire department A sounding alarm
brings them in With a full flame
fighting equipment The captain of
the company climbs a ladder and
iescues a poodle from burning cot
tage.
Charlie the First stands at the
head OF the trained animal actors
IN fact, there is not an acrobat or
bicycle rider among the earth's pro
tesSionals who can equal this mere
chimpanzee's feats. Charlie the First
occupies one of the stages for half
an hour, during which time his fea'5
amaze the audience He is the most
remarkable animal that ever lived.
H. devised his own act and learned
his many accomplishments without
human guidance. He is being intro
dUced by DIR. Buchanan, the English
scientist Jupiter. beautiful white
horse, who rides In a balloon and
shoots on fireworks, is another fea-
ture TO marvel at.