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CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
	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
VIII.	Anecdotes of Men and Animals	139
	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
IX.	Training Animals and Performers	169
	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