The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-15
ELEPHANS FORM
 A BRASS BAND Greatest Animal Act in the World With Barnum &
 Bailey Circus

A brass band of elephants is the latest achievement in the art of train- ing animals. It is one of the striking featres which will be seen in Bridge port with the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth on Friday, June 24.
 These elephants do not merely make | a noise on the instruments of brass band. They get real harmony out of them. The audience may easily recog- nize their tunes, for they are select ed from among the old songs that
 everybody knows: They play Home
 Sweet Home and "The Last Rose of
 Summer" perhaps not as well as Sou sa's band can, but certainly better
 than they are rendered by the average
 village band. One big elephant sounds
 all the regulation bugle calls as pre-
 Jude to a march number. The big
 drummer uses his tail instead of the
 usual buckskin stick. Sitting on the
 head of each elephantine soloist is a
 beautiful girl. These girls sing to the
 accompaniment of the elephant band.
 Another act of importance among the
 animal features is a company of Hun garian stallions. They walk into the arena and enter the ring on their
 hind feet The ring is set to repre-
 horses is the landlord. A second horse enters for food and nights lodging. The landlord is very hospit
 able, taking care of his guest elabor- ately. After supper the boarder goes to sleep in his chair. Mine Host 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 disgust at the thought of getting up so early. Then. like a school boy of the lazy age, he Hops over and goes to sleep again. The landlord comes in and takes him by the ear. The guests starts a row and there is fight. To the rescue of the tavernkeeper comes third horse, dressed as the county constable The unruly lodger is hust- led off to jail.
 Another trained animal speciality is introduced by Winston's troupe of seals. They ride horses, jump hur- dies, play tennis and iuggle 1rebrands, and balls with more skill than that of any human juggler. While riding horsese they toss balls and swords back and forth among themselves, catching the balls on their noses and receiving the swords between their fins and their bodies. Then there is Paula Peters dog and monkey circus. One monkey is an accomplished jock ey and the property "man" of the little act. The dogs are an organized fire department. A sounding alarm brings them in with a full flame fight ing equipment. The captain of the company climbs a ladder and rescues a poodle from a burning cottage.
 Charlie the First stands at the head of the trained animal actors. In fact, there is not an acrobat or a. bicycle rider among the earth's professionals who cansequal this mere chimpanzee's feats Charlie the First occupies one of the stages for half an hour, during which time his feats amaze the audi ence. He is the most remarkable ami mai that ever lived. He devised his own act and learned his many accom- plishments without human guidance. He is being introduced by pr. Buch- anan. the English scientist Jupiter beautiful white horse, who rides in balloon and shoots off fireworks is another feature to marvel at.