| Show i ELEPHANT PLAYS AMUSING TICK TRICK Harry Harr Mo Mooney ney Trainer With Barnum Barum Bailey Relates Incident Incongruous as a It i may mays seem seem em the elephant elephant elephant ele ele- ele- ele is the most playful of ot all al the animals of the Barnum and Bailey cir circus ercus er- er cir cir- cus cue menagerie which wilt will wf be seen when the show is here August 19 According to Harry Harr Moon Mooney y chief elephant trainer with th the the ponderous pachyderm is as playful as asa asa asa a kitten and as mischievous as a menkey monkey mon men key to those who understand the big animals Mooney has ha a fund of ot amusing amus amus- ing anecdotes of his twenty years of experience with wih elephants In all al parts of Jr the world and particularly in Africa wh where re for tor many years he was an eXplorer ex explorer explorer eX- eX and elephant hunter I r was moving a herd of ot bulls buls one I night said Mooney and ad I had loaded all al of them on the cars but butone one one before be- be foro fore I discovered that he had Immediately I organized a a searching party and after ater several hours I came across Mr Elephant on ona ona ona a a farm two ml miles s from the It I ws was a moonlight night and I J could distinguish distinguish dis dis- the big body standing near a a small smal shack I When I reached him himI I found that the shack was a chicken house and that the elephant had been amusing himself himsel by sweeping the chic chickens ens from their perches with his tr trunk trink ami ani then waiting quietly until they had settled again before repeating the trick When I came up he had Just swept the chickens off ott and they were flying about in great confusion There was a twinkle In that old elephants elephant's e eyes ees es and if it anything ever laughed he did I watched him for tor half hal an hour He fairly danced with glee every time the chickens settled on their roost Then he be would stick his trunk through an opening in the wall wal and brush them I off or again Mooney says that an elephant that has proved to be a good elephant Is never dangerous unless hurt by a stranger Then h he he b becomes comes revengeful revengeful revenge revenge- revenge revenge- ful and will wi watt wait wat any number of year years years' to punish the offender O Of the one forty-one big beasts with wih the Barnum arnum ad and and- Bailey Baley circus not one has ever been known to hurt a human be be- be ing Th They y are c treated well by their at attendants attendants attendants at- at and frequently display fondness fondness fondness fond fond- ness for those J who are constantly constanty with them |
