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CONTENTS
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| 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 |
