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Two visitors who paid to see the company's much-advertised rediscovery complain that the animal was moved by a lever at the rear of its stall. One says that he watched an attendant work the lever, and that the head stopped turning whenever the man stepped away.
The company disputes their account. Its representative said that the visitors had mistaken repairs to an exhibition figure for part of the performance. He would not identify the figure. Asked whether the lions advertised on the same bills were also to be understood as figures, he said they could be seen at the evening performance. Permission to inspect the animal tents beforehand was refused.
Edwin Voss, an electrical engineer employed by the show, was working behind the tents when our photographer visited. The manager referred questions about the mechanism to him. Voss declined to leave his work, and no further explanation was obtained.
The bills describe the long-necked attraction as a living example of a creature long believed lost. Several people waiting outside yesterday said this was the part of the show they had come to see.
Rain had left the approaches deep in mud. Boards were being laid between the wagons while workmen carried canvas and equipment into the tents. The advertised program was to proceed that evening.
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