Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1915 — EDUCATED SEA LIONS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EDUCATED SEA LIONS.

The Sparks World Famous Shows, billed to exhibit here Thursday, May 13th, will present this year for their patrons’ appreciation the largest and without- duobt the most wonderful hedr of performing seals and sea lions ever exhibited in America. These truly wonderful animals perform seemingly impossible feats, and do them with the ease ahd grace only assumed by human performers. They have been trained to walk a tight open umbrella on .the tips of their noses. They climb ladders while jalancing large rubber balls, tossing them from one to the other with the greatest skill. They ride bareback on galloping horses while whirling brands of fire, juggling rubber balls and other articles. The performance

of these remarkable sea animals is truly a sensation (md the ease and quickness with which they obey every command of Capt. Wesley, their trainer, leaves little doubt but what they enjoy giving the performance fully as much as the audience enjoy seeing it. Some idea of the expense incurred in presenting this act to the public can be obtained from the statement that these animals must 'be fed on live fish which must necessarily be of the salt water variety, hence must come shipped alive from either the Atlantic or Pacific ocean. Jt costs from five to ten dollars each per day to board these animals, varying according to the ahowte distance from either ocean.