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FOREWORD ix
CHAP. PAGE
My First Exciting Experience 4 The Intelligence of Elephants 5 Fights with the Grangers 6 "Doc" Baird and the Bully 9 Teasing Old Romeo 10 The Story of a Stolen Negro 12 Horse Thieves in the Circus 15
Beasts at Wholesale 20 The Professional Animal Hunter 21 Striking into the Interior 22 Hunters' Life in the Jungle. 23 Why Baby Elephants are Hard to Capture 26 Across the Desert with Captive Beasts 29 The Adventures of Specimen Hunters 31
The Burial and Resurrection of the "Cardiff Giant" 37 The Rival White Elephants 40 How the "Light of Asia" Embarrassed the Lecturer 41 The Wild Cave-Dweller of Kentucky 44 The Two-Headed Girl's Three-Headed Rival 46 Missing Links and Dancing Turkeys 49 The Salaries Paid to Freaks 50 The Love-Making and Merrymaking of the Freaks 51 The Exposure of the "Aztec Children" 54 An Adventure with a Circus Shark 56
The First Attempt to Move a Circus by Rail 61 The Spartan Habits of the Old Timers 63 Seven Heartbreaking Days on the Long Road 64 Performing by Day and Traveling by Night 67 On a Runaway Circus Train 69 Panic Among the Animals 71 A Single Track and a Broken Rail 73 The Bronchos' Charmed Life 75 Old Romeo to the Rescue 77 An Unexpected Midnight Bath 79
A Chance Meeting with a Great Man 96
Novel Advertising Features 105 The "Devil's Whistle" 106 "Spotters" 108 Rivalry in Exploiting Opposition Shows 112 Costly Rivalry 113 Idle Bill-Posters 116 The Courtesy of Editors 118 Jumbo's Free Advertising 120
The Fifty Cent Rivals of the Ten Thousand Dollar Hippos 124 A Skillful Appeal to Public Sympathy 126 A Silent Parade from Albany to the State Line 128 The Fluctuating Level of Circus Values 130 What it Costs to Ride with the Band Wagon 132 Requirements and Cost of the Circus Horse 134 A Page from the Invoice Book of the Big Show 136
Origin of the American Circus 139 The First Elephant Brought to America 141 The First Drove of Camels 144 The Fight of the Ostriches 145 The Belligerent Alligators 149 Parrots and Cockatoos 153 Educated Dogs 154 A Wounded Horse in the Grand March 156 Intelligent Bronchos 158 The King of the Herd 159 An Elephant's Humor 160 Zulus in London 162
The Perils of a Trainer's Life 170 Where Steady Nerves are in Demand 172 Captured Animals Preferred to Cage-Born 173 The Education of a Young Jaguar 174 The Leopards at Kindergarten 177 How they Punish Unruly Pupils 179 Punishment of Treacherous Beasts 180 A Single-Handed Fight with Five Lions 182 Teaching the Horse the Two-Step 186 Ring Performers Trained with a Derrick 187 Circus People a Long-Lived Class 189
Forcible Argument with a City Marshal 193 Breaking Camp under a Hot Rifle Fire 195 Ambushed and Shot at on the Road 197 The Studies of the Apprentice to the Clown 201 Devotional Services Upset by a Demon 204 The Wild Beasts Loose in the Big Crowd 205 The Midnight Stampede of the Elephants 208 A Polar Bear Hunt on Fifth Avenue 209 An Equine Officer of Artillery 211
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