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Hawaiian Brings 80 Educated Wild
Beasts" From Hamburg For
Ringing Circus


New York Times.
A ship load of educated wild
beasts" as the Ringing Broth IS
Press agent described them, reach
ed here yesterday noon from Ham
burg, Germany, on the steamship
Hawaiian, and the percentage of
small-boy truancy in the neighbor-
hood of Pier z, North River, took a
big jump. Pier officials perhaps
mindful of their own boyhood circus
days, softened toward the young
sters and made no attempt to shoot
them off the piers. Indeed, they
crowded with boys around Dexter
Fellowes, representative of the
Ringlings, as he related to newspa-
per men the personal history, lido
syncrasies and performing abilities
of each animal as it was taken off
the ship.
Statiscally, there were eight
Bengal tigers, as many polar bears,
four blackmaned Nubian lions, four
dromedaries, four camels, one ze-
bra and one monkey among those
listed as educated wild beasts" ="
Then there were twenty-six horses
and six ponies comprising the Ring
ling shipment. The Hawaiian also
brought in a number of German
sheep dogs and a canary. The canary
is mentioned because First Mate W.
Stevens, it's owner, declares it holds
sixteen-hour continuous singing
record.
The trip was uneventful except on
Washington's Birthday, when. the
steamer encountered heavy gale,
during which the lions and tigers
became seasick and whined like
children, according to Captain La
Verge. All of the wild animals were
frightened by the rocking of the
ship, and they observed the Lenten
season by dieting for the next two
days. Then their normal appetites
returned and the 5000 pounds Of
raw meat put aboard for the trip
disappeared so quickly that it was
necessary to kill three horses to re-
plenish the food supply, Captain La
Verge said.
While the camels were being load
ed into specially constructed boxes
to be hoisted to a barge waiting
alongside the steamer, Mr.. Fellowes
called the attention of the reporters
to what he termed the happy ex-
He explained that while the
Hawaiian was passing the Statue Of
Liberty the four camels laughed out
loud at heir discovery for the first
time that their destination was a dry
country. The reporters thought the
camels looked doleful.
Particular attention was called to
Emir, ten-year-old Siberian tiger,
which according to the trainer is, the
largest in captivity. Ehir weighs
more than 500 pounds and is feet
5 inches long and 3 feet inches to
the top of the shoulder. Cairo,
splendid specimen of dromedary,
was said to be able to perform any
trick ever taught an elephant.
Under the direction of Fritz Wag-
ner, a nephew of Carl Hagenback,
the noted German animal collector,
the animals were unloaded to
barge, which was taken last night to
Bridgeport, Conn.,, where winter
quarters of the circus are maintain
ed. The animals will constitute part
of this years circus, which will open
the latter part of this month in
Madison Square Garden.
The Ringling representative said
that the only genuine gorilla ever to
be exhibited in this country was be-
ing brought here on the next trip of
the North Star, of the U. S. Mail