The New York herald., 1921-03-26
NEW THRILLS READY
FOR CIRCUS TO-DAY
Several Animal Acts to BE Fea-
lures of Big Show at the
Garden.

Kids swarmed about Madison Square
Garden yesterday afternoon like iiies
around molasses jug. A careful OBJ
server counted 165 small boys and ten
small girls on the Twenty-sixth street
side OF the Garden alone and in the small
space occupied by the iron outside stair
ways and balconies leading to the vari-
Gus tiers of seats, and the whole lot OF
them were endeavoring to insinuate
themselves into the midst or the circus
rehearsal.
It's a grand boys circus this year,
better than ever, according to the re-
ports that have reached the kids. Ring
ling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's
have promised them some new animal
acts; three steel arenas wherein are
shown performing polar bears, leopards
end lions. and finally tiger. shere khan
HIMSELF ten feet OF beautifully striped
wickedness.
Just before daylight yesterday and be-
fore there were any kids around the
Garden at ALL which was obviously
pretty low down on the part OF the cir
Gus, taking advantage Of the kids that
way, they had special rehearsal OF the
steel arena acts, and last night at the
dress rehearsal there was another try
out. Watching those acts one catches
ones self nervously waiting for some
thing to happen"
The most attractive of the new special
features Of the circus this year are
tweuty-four trained horses that perform
the evolutions OF q military drill, single
fiie, In column OF twos. threes or skies ;
wheeling to the right or left, all pivot
Yrrnv
perfect concert by six iron grays. six
bays and twelve blacks. Since the cir
Gus doesn't open until this afternoon at
2 It probably isn't fair to say too much
about what the new delights are.
The most important parsonage around
the circus these days is John Daniel, the
new gorilla They make as much russ
over John as if he were one OF the own
ers. or course. gorillas in captivity
ara sufficiently rare to constitute real
novelty, John being the third, one Is
told. that has ever been brought to this
country.
There was a lively time In Freak Han
Mt the Garden yesterday afternoon when
John Raniei was transferred from the
cage in which he had been brought from
England to a new cage that mad oeen
built for him. They got hlnl chahseo
over without much difficulty, but when
he found that the walls OF the cage were
lined with sheet iron he got peevish.
His big hands whached the resoundlng
walls as he told the world he didn't care
for that cage. They put him IN announcer
and as he went he snatched OIL ms
trainers cap and tore 1t to pieces-not
vYclously but pettishly. as bad ooy
might have done.
Once they had him inside they had 70
strengthen the cage materially because
John set to work TO pick it to pieces ano
was doing pretty well when they panied
hin, with u few heavy planks ana soi''e
spikes. Oswald Hillerdt, the trainer,
hasn't dared enter the cage with lhe
gorilla vet and won't until ne stuuies
the beasts disposition.
Alongside Of John Daniers cage are
the Two nuts of the circus. Jerry ano
lane. the chimpanzees, and not Tar
away the baby monkey and It's mother.
about the most appealing little sight IN
the entire place. 49,. ,,a,,t
dress rehearsal was held last nisn.
IN which the entire performance was
nm through The formal opening Is
,nia AFTERNOON and the circus VIII pc
here for Ave weeks.