Show circus animals sulky when denied dainties I 1 circus animals all have bave th their beir pecullar peculiar likes and dislikes and their keepers must know these to keep them in good humor the tigers and lions for instance are just as fond of catnip as the tabby is and like sulky children if they dont get any notes a writer in the washington star the elephant is fond of coat coal its just like rock candy to him in fact he must have a certain amount of dirt every day or he feel well elephants frequently suffer from colic but because of the peanuts people feed them another odd thing about the elephant which maybe you never noticed is that his hind legs bend backward instead of forward and that tunny funny little tall it such an insignificant thing as it seems for it has so much strength in it that an elephant can knock a man over with one blow of that little ropelike rope like ilke tau tall one more thing about the circus animals that most people don dont know why the trick horses that the bareback riders use are white maybe you thought it was just tor for looks but it the performer likes to put powdered rosin on the horses back as this keeps him from slipping when hes standing up on his steed and the rosin show up on a white horse |