MENAGERIE ANIMALS 105 



hunters whose mounts often knock up after very mild 

 and occasional spells of work. Jumping four to six 

 hurdles in and out, with two held one above the other 

 to finish with, was a feat performed by one circus horse 

 up to the age of sixteen. A week or two in the 

 repository every six months was all the rest he required 

 even at the end of his career. The number of animals 

 travelling in a single troop without accident or sickness 

 is surprising. 



During a recent summer one hundred and sixty-three 

 horses, with six elephants, several camels, ostriches, and 

 emus, in Sanger's menagerie, travelled almost daily 

 through the South - Midland and Southern counties, 

 often spending the night, and giving an exhibition 

 at by no means large provincial towns with considerable 

 financial success. In one week they travelled by road 

 menageries do not patronize railways from Newbury, 

 along the Kennett Valley, to Reading ; thence up the 

 Thames Valley to Windsor, Staines, Kingston, and 

 Epsom. At each place they gave two performances, 

 in the morning and evening, besides making the 

 journey. All the scenery, vans, and material of a 

 huge tent, large enough to hold ten thousand people, 

 were packed and transported, the draught-power being 

 furnished by the animals attached to the show. For 

 six weeks this show was certified to have earned an 

 average of one thousand pounds a week, during which 



