The Madison journal., 1917-01-27

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nouncemcnt Of her ring performance
was just being made. The band had
played the introduction and momcn-
tarily stopped that the voice of the
announcer might be heard through the
interior of the great tent.
The feature of our performance :;
the worlds greatest equcStriene-Peg
O. tne Ring''-were the familiar words
that came tO Pegs ears. And then her
bcSettirg affliction started To over
come her. As she ran staggering from
side to side she bumped into several
OF the other performers, knocking
them roughly aside.
Pegs playful this afternoon" said
one of the clowns she had toppled
over in her rush.
Pegs rough" said another per-
former who failed to appreciate the
way she had jolted him about.
The big white horse was standing
ready In the ring rs Peg ran forward.
Every instant her senses were bcCOm-
ing more confused, but in her mental
fight to retain consciousness the girl,
more through force Of habit than from
sensible impulse, continued on to the
| ring.
In the hurry and excitement of the
moment the ring master failed to no.
tice anything wrong with the girl. and
| II was not until she was helped onto
her favOrite horse that her afIlictiOn
completely controlled her.
For an instant she sat on the back
of the horse screaming at the top of
her voice. The spectators presumed
ii was part of her act, but the people
with the show were dumbfOunded. The
horse frightened, by the sudden out
burst, jumped and reared. throwing
the girl to the ground.
There for an instant she writhed
| and screamed, not fully controlled by
| her strange inheritance. The perform
erS mad, many of them. never seen her
| under its influence, although II was
a matter of common knowledge among
them that the girl had inherited from
| ~ ih''ll'I Nii' " Nll'l lllNllllNl vi lllt'
! tigers that had caused the death of
La Belle lie Sieur, just after Peg came
! into the world.
This was the first time she had been
attacked in public. The spectacle was,
| therefore, as unusual to the perform
ers as it was utterly undreamed of by
! the now thoroughly excited spectators
who filled the circus seats, tier upon
tier.
Pegs screams had an electrifying
| effect upon the crowd. When she
jumped TO her feet and viciously at
tackled the groom who was trying Ia
| quiet her horse. the audience rose 10
its feet and pandemonium broke loose.
The wildly excited girl rushed from
man to man. striking ana scratching
with her hands. and kicking out with
her feet. Low growls that perfectly
initiated the snarlS Of tiger, made
her irresistible progress the more ter
rifying.
Flip had been attracted by the tu.
mutt, and was fighting his way
through the excited mob. in an effort
To reach the frantic girl. Performers
tried to surround and overpower her
But her youthful strength. magnifiet
by the influence that controlled her
enabled her TO Illustrate all attempt,
to lay hands upon her.
The scene OF terror, as the panic
stricken crowd fed for safety, was be
yOnd description. Peg ran here anC
there around the arena, dashing int,
the crowds or climbing the seats t
assault some person who had unac
countably invited her maddened at
tack.
The band tried to quell the disturb
ance with discurdant blare Of sound
Performers ran here and there anon,
the crowd, urging the people towar,
the exits. Working men were hur
} riedly ordered TO lower the side walls
. and thus clear way for scores n