The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-12
PERPETUATE THE HORSE
Mans Faithful Friend Will Always Be
a Feature of the Ringing
Cirous.

No matter to what large extent the
field and popularity Of h automobile
may grow, and with aviation daily
nearing g. real usefulness, man will
always love the old standby of trans
portation and burden bearing-the
horse. He Is a human breathing
thing, with a CLEAN OF affection In
the big eyes, and a willingness to be
the friend Of his master and obey him.
Sentiment will always exert its tender
influence when anyone brings UP the
question, What are we going to do
with the old Dobbin?"
One of the functions of the big cir
Gus has always been to use the horse
and present him for view. either train
ed to the height of equine intelli-
gence or broken to the pole Of the
industrial wagon and ray Of commerce.
The Ringing brothers have always
prided themselves on their horse dis
play; 1t could not show finer speci~
mems from the time the light dapple
grays pull the steam boilers for the
cook house Of the first section to
the races by thoroughbreds On the
hippodrome tracks meath the big
top" Twenty-eight years g the
famous five showmen brothers started
out with a youthful attempt at a cir
Gus and a concert. They had just
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there vas an represent yearning
for the clover-sweetened pastures.
Today they have in their arena ex-
hibition $50 horses and they are said
to be the finest types of horses ever
used by a circus show. They are in
charge Of Charles Rooney, a veteran
circus horseman, who for more than
thirty years has been buying stock
for circuses. The horse tent is his
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They are cared for with kindness,
given plenty Of rest, travel in big
roomy cars, and are fed with the best
that feed merchants can supply. 1t
means a drivers discharge to use or
even carry a. whip. Every wagon is
given a big team, and often when lots
are muddy or sandy, as many as forty
horses are put to one wagon.
Near the horse tent there is the
blacksmith shop with smithies, wheel
wrights and shoes and harness MAX
ers. There is also a veterinarian, just
as there is a doctor for the human side
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The first tents erected on the cir
Gus lot, after the commissary canvas
is lifted, are the horse tents, and they
are models of cleanliness. Each driv-
err cares for, feeds and grooms his
team an entire season. No team Is
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and a trip in the parade.
The ring stock has another stable
They are all broken to even pacing
and know their riders. They have
nothing else to do. Near these are
the twenty-four imported stations
all muzzled, and a remarkable per
Torrance they give. In still another
stable are the Schumann horses from
Germany, that go through an act with.
out a trainer. And all Of the hand.
some stock used by the bareback rid.
ers, and the stately steeds caparisoneC
for the coronation pageant Of tn,
Joan of Arc spectacle. Then there ar
the ponies, the donkeys and the new
arrival, the baby jackass, who car
kick at any angle known to geometry
Hanging with the harness is a bis
set with ring bits being used nov
for the first time, and a real fea.
ture. Sixteen cameIs, driven -four
abreast, with the same devised har,
ness as used on a horse. They will
be seen in the Ringing Bros, circus
parade when they come to Fargo OF
Saturday, July 20, and in addition t.
a wealth of novelty, the pageant viii
have all the traditional gold, CLEAN
and glitter of the arenic world.