Show ATHLETIC TRAINING tho the old tavo in tho ilia itilia it is not geue generally rally known that liar blunk liar all his life long been an ail athlete and d la in his younger days lio wr was its as skill shill fid fla a performer on oil the trapeze a as olne of tile tho professional acrobats in liis his employ 11 when lien lie ho first went into the circus business us iness mays buys tho the chicago evening journal barnum himself that in order to mako make a ot of it lie ho would havo have to ti lo 10 aa familiar with every department and nil all matte matters pertaining 1 ling to it lio 1143 accordingly went 11 into 0 training and within a year was waa able to turn it handspring and wallo tile alio tight ropo gitil tile best of them on several oc occasions when ills ilia principal performers were taken ill fit ISar tarn nuin ed himself and did ill their ir turns of course the aud audience ienco lic aoa as not t ot this for always to bo be known ns as a n performer but when lie had beun begun to grow prosperous and it was no longer for hin him to let act harnum necessary performing in public though lie continued practicing in ill private when lio ile built the wonderful persian palace iran in bridgeport ho he lind had a i largo large room set apart as aa a gymnasium where lie exercised one or two hours every ilay it was fitted up lip with all tile appliances ances and imil improvements 1 of agayni a gymnasium 1111 and there barnum used to swing indian clubs practice jumping tumbling and all ail tile other a acro croba batlo tle IM tricks of bono bone and limb in ili all ilia biml exercises liu ile IV was As of courso course atti attired redin in I 1 tights gilt i ills athletic costume consisted of tt a white chirt blue silk gilic trunks yellow hose and cream slippers with black blacio tips tip sometimes lio lie varied lila ills appearance a by wearing green satin ti trunks or a buff colored shirt ile ho still lias has thesa ga garments preserved in a trunk which Is ii not liot open to general inspection when Irani stan was destroyed dc by fire anro barnum built and there too lie ho had a gymnasium fitted up like the arst with all the improvements there lio ila conti continued fined ills nc batla capers capera tn in private and so eo built up ur the splat splendid iollI con which almost ft tat al ill illness CM 6 in health ime keeps 8 up his jils old habits of exercise though of course lu in a a modi modified floid degree ito ire lias has le n dmn connected with his lii house and ther a lie still swings clubs occasionally sio nally or works ilia dumb bells ile acx s not turn handsprings hand springs any more nor walk alic tillit rope ho has discarded ills hh uth letle costume but lie ho Bunici cutly to retain ills his vigor nd ulness there are arc no tr trees cell jn ills grounds to so lie Is ia deprived deprive dof of favorito favorite pursuit of wood hopping chopping the acrobatic side bido of ilar bar nunis nature lias has never before been written up tills this Is in because his innate ino Ille dAty detty enado title illin I 1 hesitate c t bout I 1 my ing of it to more than fi a few friends who wera pledged to hc ml crecy but like every thing elso else it 11 had a ol 01 to come i out t and now it is a secret no longer |