Fig. 279.—Framework of Wild Horse.
An animated animal very often brought into a circus ring is the two-legged
Figs. 280-282.
Wild Horse, owned by the Wild Man of Borneo. This breed of horse is shown in [Fig. 278]. A framework is necessary for the body, and this is best made as shown in [Fig. 279]. Cut two four-foot strips for the side-pieces, fasten them two feet apart, with a barrel-hoop at either end and arch barrel-hoops over the back, as shown in the drawing. The head ([Fig. 280]) is made in the same manner as that of the giraffe, the jaws and the ears ([Figs. 281 and 282]) being cut out separately and pivoted in place similarly to those of the giraffe. Paint the face, marking the eyes and nostrils, and make a mane and tail of unravelled rope. Having finished the head, mount it upon a short stick and fasten this to a crosspiece set in the framework, as shown in [Fig. 279], bracing it with an upright fastened to another crosspiece. In fastening the various pieces of the framework together, it is well not only to use long enough nails to clinch, but also to bind each joint with wire or cord to make it stiff.
