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ty barebaclc stars. The scores of these superb animais used in the big show's riding dispiays neyer fail to excite the admiration 'of. loyers of' horses, The forty steeds used in menage and, jumping numbers aret.of another breed. Th'ey iiclude 'the sleek-Iimbéd, glossy-coated équines who have been taught ta perform ail sortsof intri- caLte steps. They are the-high-steppers and thée posers of the white-tops. Others jump barriers eighit feet higlh or.clear groups of. their fellows at a single bournd. ---A different type emnbracesý the five troupes of' Tartarian stallioans that appear in a single displaY4 This was rendered. possible by -the introduction. of two. additional rings, making a to- tai of five big, circular encloq.;ures dis- tributed down the Iength of ri emin tent. They represent the highly strung stars, of- equine-Iand. To handie a single cornpany of twenty-four of these spirited animaIs, is said to«be a nerve-tinglinZ task. The.re art five companies of them, each in charge of an expert tramner. Another type Is found in the- 200 horses used at one timin x the "Gavotte' of the Garlands." in style they are between the high school breed atnd>,the liberty stallions. Each of the 200 -is mounted by an adept horseman, .or horewoanriehly costumed.' The en- tire hippodrome track and the riings *are requlred to -give space enough té accomimodate the drills and galloping maneuvers which the.y accomiplish ini unison. A total of seven hundred horses, in- cluding .400 splendid dappie greys re- * quired to transport the show from its trains to the exhibition grounds, are carried by the mammnoth amusement or- igafization this season. But horses are only a part of the 6;g new circus of 1931. Besides there are« 900 grenlc champions, xnany perform- ing animal acts, a hundred clowns and a menagerie of. more than 1,000 rare beasts.Th-esho~~w will exhibit at Grant Park, Chicago, nine days, beginning Saturday afternoOn, August 8. My, My, How.Ct H-as Been Growing Just one hundred years ago Augus, 4 the first stirvey of Chicago was completed.- ChiwaLo. t*li a,,,a "Z ouktMYJIf Some. Spare f»ne, J»,, -on houses, apart.ments and business properties for 5, 7 or 10 yea r terms. CODY TRUST COMPANY. 105 South La Saille Street Randolph 6600. CHICAGO towq; Co with Miq her more I eisulre.'!. our Business Office. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COM PANY mý