San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-30
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New York. March 29.-Spring is
certainly here for the circus Is in
town. II was an eventful aftc. II
which dawiicd-if afternoons do that
-pn the city today. Round Madison
Snunrp Garden lurkcd thar Odor OF
roastcl pcanut, and raw animals
which in the nusjr.!S OF the young j.
MS the scent Of fine sea i'm the noStrlN
of pirate. THE young is com
prehauSive term. Il compartments
everyone from the age Of SIX months
up 10 hundred YEAR
There was an air ~ tension which
>motc ones consciousness the minute
one reached the SidCSn0W on the right
OF the front door.
This tinely feeling in the air was
due to Il number of unforeseen err
rumStauccS. In The first place. dadd!
had an argument with EStelle. DADDY
is the rheumatic. l4-ycar-old scmi-toN
terrier which belongs To Pop who takes
care of the g.rlfinS Estelle Is tn,
itallesl Of the giraffes; she stands fiji
teen fee. in her stock feet.
EstaIle Couldn't Explain.
Fsicllc was posting her ears very
much forward when Daddy stopped be-
/ fore her cage to give an inqulrlns
/ bark. TO Daddy'S utter aStonlShmeni
l.ctelIe tried 10 paw him with her front
/ feet. This WAS an unprecedented III
Of temper on Estclle's part and com
ling at the very opening of the bis
show. it astoni>hCd Daddy beyonC
measure. OF course Estclle couldnt
Ipxrlain why she was annoyed. Tho
giraffe is one of the rev. animals on
earth which has no vocal chords.
Daddy ran in great excitement lC
| Pop. the grafie's maid of all work
II suddenly occurred 10 Pop what was
The trouble. Doggour il the mess man
hadn't clean forgOttenSto hand EsteNe
and her companions their usual open
iis day feast. Pop collected the neceS-
sary victuals in hurry. The feast
consisted Of the usual hay. three car
rois. three big round flapiack cookies
and one other thing. It's TOO bad
10 give Estcllc away about this. but
she has contracted a very bad habit.
Estelle eats raw onions. Being 50
TALL. she breuthes ali over the sideShow
room. and honest. her breath is aw-
full.
Black Panther Dead.
But down in the mCnagcrie quar-
iprs there was another bit of worrl-
ment. The great black panther which
took part in the tiger wrestling act
had died. He died in bridgeport. of
pneumonia. a day or two ago. and
since he was the only black panther
in the country his death meant Il
loss of $4,000. 1t meant also GER
tain nervousness on the part OF the
tigers. Sensitive things that they
are. they missed the black panther.
They noticed the slight changes IN the
act which his absence neceSSltaied
and Mabel stark. their tiny little
blonde trainer, was on edge for fear
the act might 90 badly. ...
What's more. Miss Stark didn't have
as much time to So0thc the nervous ilg-
prs as She wanted. She had to use
her spare minutes pctting and feeding
the new little tiger cubs. There are
three Of them. less than six months
old. and each about the size of bull
dog
All this. though. was no concern of
well its impossible to spell his
name-it sounds ike high noon in the
hay fever season. He's 4 Russian
horse. leader of the troop Of Soviet
steedS who form one Of the new units
i'm this seasons show. With the
horses there also came from the land
of The reds q troupe Of dogs.
Spring Is Here.
Well. the Bolshcviki horses and dogs
were strangers in this country. It
wasn't known how they might take
to our anti-Sovict customs or. indeed,
whether they'd take 10 them al all.
Moreover. they were used ia Russian
music. not To jazz. Consequently out
i'm the arena there was 4 tightening
of nerves when the Russian horses and
dogs ran on for their act.
Evidently these Russian importa-
tons didn't notice the difference he
tween jazz and their native steppes.
Anyway they piroutted. jumped.
Topped and frisked with the gay aban-