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The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Interesting Chapter on circus elephants. (search)
or protest; at other times a contest is necessary before be will submit, and this is generally the case with old ones. Mr. Nash has had charge of Tippoo Saib for seven years. The second summer that he traveled with him, Tippoo rebelled for the first time. He struck at Nash while be was practicing the animal in the tent, there being no audience present. Nash made the brute lie down, chained his legs together so that he could not get up again, and then put the cold steel into him. Tippoo was oNash made the brute lie down, chained his legs together so that he could not get up again, and then put the cold steel into him. Tippoo was obstinate, but so was Nash, and the animal, finding that he must either give up or be killed, finally "begged," and has been upon his good behavior ever since. Sometimes it is the work of days to bring on elephant to submission. If he is loose, it iNash, and the animal, finding that he must either give up or be killed, finally "begged," and has been upon his good behavior ever since. Sometimes it is the work of days to bring on elephant to submission. If he is loose, it is necessary to "hobble" and throw him as a preliminary proceeding, a task which it may take twenty men hours to accomplish. Once down, he is speared and pitchfork until the blood runs from every part of his body, and this is kept up without cessatio