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roaring, but kept it up until the men were 

 nearly exhausted trying to quiet the others 

 and restore order. When he had given more 

 trouble than all the others put together, he 

 settled down, ate his breakfast quietly, and 

 for weeks afterwards was as good as gold. 



Another time, Mr. Harry Mooney, Coco's 

 trainer, prepared to take his elephants into 

 the country in winter quarters for awhile. 

 It was considered wise, owing to Coco's ter- 

 rible habit of either running off suddenly 

 and so inducing the others to run also, to 

 hobble his feet, and fasten his trunk to his 

 front leg with a chain enclosed in a rubber 

 tube so that it could not hurt him. 



But Coco strongly objected to this. He 

 always disliked restraint of any kind, and 

 showed his resentment by squealing and then 

 roaring with all his might. Fortunately, the 

 others did not respond this time and he was 

 finally got out of Madison Square Garden 

 safely. But when outside, he found, owing 

 to his hobbles, that he could not keep up with 

 the other elephants — it was the middle of the 



