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 mud, as they wallow in it in their wild state. Their great padded feet also do not sink in the mud as do the sharp hoofs of the horses, so the elephants can always do the trick after even six horses have failed.

Every circus carries several large elephant-harnesses, and the patient pachyderms are always ready to haul the heavy wagons to safety.

This is often very annoying to the teamsters, who are justly proud of their fine horses. So it happens that there is often much rivalry between the elephant-drivers and handlers and the teamsters, for the elephant partisans usually laugh at the teamsters when the beasts pull the wagons to safe ground.

Thus it happened that Sahib Anderson and one of the oldest teamsters got to