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HOWES’ CIRfES AND SANRER’S
MENAGERIE,
The latest sensation we.have had in the show
line, and which lias attracted more attention
than any public exhibition ever given in this
city, is the some days since of the cir
cus and menagerie of Howcs r the English
equestrian tourist, with.a troupe embracing
two hundred horses and nearly the same num
ber of men, including a' corps of riders and
acrobats of great excellence in their art.
Among the other attractions -is a train of five
elephants, besides some of the finest of trained
wild beasts to be found in the animal world,
together -with an array of costly equipments
and brilliant paraphernalia. A circus show is
always welcome, come when. it.will,. but the
appearance of the Lpng-aimounced London
Circus,” with Sanger’s celebrated trained ani
mals, .was an.event, coming most opportunely
at a season when sight-seers had nothing to
prevent their attendance. If I repeat what j
everybody says of it, that it is the best ring per
formance' ever given in this country, it would
not.be saying too much, although I have seen
good riding hero on many previous occasions,
but never in such variety or presenting so.much
novelty. The turnout, •in their procession
through the streets, surpasses in magnitude and
bijlliancy all pageants of the kind ever dis
played on this side the Atlantic or thatis likely
to be again for all time to come. 1
The triumphal procession of this famous
troupe* as it en
ters towns, with
its train of Ash
atic elephants
and their east
ern attendants,
its colossal- and
'splendid chariots
dtau*n by Flem-
ish horses. Shet-
land ponies, Ab-
yssinian don
keys, and har-
ncssed zebras :
its troops ’ of.
mailed knights,
and courtly
dames, its costly
trappings and
brilliant costum* ;
es. its surpass
ingly musical
."British Cornet , The King Vulture,
r»Mriid M which
leads the procession—altogether proseutaspec
niele o£ novelty, grandeur, and nit, sneh as m
have seldom the opportunity of witnessing.
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MOLOCH AND THE SIZ ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS.
MORGAN, *IIXI2 SHJHDiE RIDEK. ■
H. Morgan, v.-hose name appears in the before the audience with a bound and darts
programme of Howes’ Great London Circus as off around the arena with lightning speed.
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WILLIAM H. MORGAN, Champion of the World,
the “champion of the world” m his thrilling And now ho displays that astonishing address
performance upon a barehack. horse, is every and reckless intrepidity m leaping his horse
where pronounced the “boss” of all the chain- over gates and hurdles, standing erect all the
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pions who aspire to that distinction. Mr. Mor- j time upon his horse s hack, iv.thont saddl
L whose Lois not, over 25, is a mitive of | bridle, exhibiting those extraordmary am
the far West, 0 and graduated la his peculiar I graceful athletics which have rendered hi.
school of horsemanship upon the vast plains of famous the world over. - ~ a.
tint region Tidin' l, L\ brcaldns the wildest ■ To give a correct idea of his fearful flight,
horses that could he pram,red. Centaur lilce. his numberless attitudes and ncek-en
1-1 II- ir . ~,. b.seoarable lie ii-ats, would ho impossible. Mm. 11. Morgan
bus horse and himself ,m inseparable. I __ . th e distinction of “eham
never misses a feat eitln rin leapuu, .1 bar . r . .1 ■ ...... , . i il ridinn
or striking an attitude during his hie-hest , pion of the world m bareback hurdle riding.
ADVANCE- AGENT
spued. His act fa simply terrific. He dashes
Tn-hix Great HurJle Act of IMmemunMp.
SPOTTED JERUSALEM; DONEE? TEAM.
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A CARGO OF ELEPHANTS.
A cargo of ten' elephants recently arrived at
New York from Ceylon. The captain of tlio
ship which brought them over was interviewed
by a reporter: “If you want to buy elephants
cheap in Ceylon,” said the captain, “youmust
go to the hotel, throw yourself back in a chair,
stick your thumbs in your vest, and say ‘ I
want to buy some elephants/ The native
dealers will seek you out eagerly and tell you
yams about the fine beasts they have on hand
for your'consideration. Stroke your chin mus
ingly and tell them to bring on their elephants
for inspection, and they will do it. If you
want one you will be shown a hundred. The
elephants aboard my vessel, however, were'
bargained for at the jungle. They are all fine
beasts, .and no mistake. They were all trapped
in the jungles of the IVfrnrnfl.b District, in Cey
lon, and all .of them, with one exception, a
chap of thirty years of age. were fresh caught
and wild.
‘We received the elephants at Colombo,
’oylon, and the beasts were got on board by'
. libans of canvas slings, and ropes and pulleys
liiiug from the rigging and main-sail boom.
Eleven of them.in all were safely stowed be
twcen-decks; Forty-five natives were em
ployed in the work of hoisting and lowering
them aboard the ship. I made good prepara
tion for them; I had stalls built of te:ik wood,
strong enough on all sides to resist a pressure
of 2,000 pounds, and so constructed as to keep
each animal in his place, and securely separ
ated from the rest in the roughest weather.
We sailed on the 20th of March, and experi
enced the best kind of weather until we reached
the Cape of Good Hope. We had some little
trouble and anxiety about the elephants. Most
of them got seasick, which was manifested in
their refusing either to eat or drink anything
.for several days; but they soon got over their
r r.almishness, and were able to eat as hearty
as when on dry land.
1 'ln rough weather we nsea to tie their hind
legs to the ring-bolts, and the beasts would
themselves wrap their trunks around the wooden ’
bar before them and hold fast, and in thus pos
ition the waves might toss the vessel as much
as they pleased, but they couldn’t throw the
elephants off their feet. Sometimes, to be
sure, an extraordinary Inrch to one side or the
other of the craft would throw the elephants’
bac\s up against the deck overhead, but this
didn’t happen often enough to give them much
annoyance. They nsed 2li,ooogallons of watei
on the passage, and eat up 123 bales of hay,
averaging 275 pounds per day, which food was
in addition to two bushels of gramm and paddy,
the last rolled up in the form of little balls or
cakes and fed to them from the hands of their
Singhalese keepers. Every individual on board
would occasionally give them a sea-biscuit,
which were esteemed by the elephants to be a
great luxury. The elephant that died on the
passage had everything done to save him that
was possible, but nothing would avail.
“ Chanum said that his disease was dropsy.
The other elephants, I really believe, were
conacions, and felt sorrow for his death. ■ When
we were hauling him on deck to throw him
overboard, Mandoy, the elephant I told you
about, threw his trunk around the hind legs of
the dead beast in the same caressing way that
I had observed them to do when they wished to
show friendship.”
Bird of Paradise.
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