A Remarkable Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. 1900.

For Sale is a Photograph with Descriptive Text below for "A Remarkable Exhibition at the Crystal Palace."
Size of Photograph- 15cm. x 8.5cm.

At the Crystal Palace, the Kansas City Fire Brigade has been giving a remarkable exhibition of their skill.  The team had just returned from the Paris Exhibition and gave this display at the Crystal Palace on their way home.  The brought their own horses and harness, and having sent their engine and other appliances back to America, they used a Merryweather engine.  The principal part of the performance was done by the two horses.  The harness lay on the ground with two men standing near it.  The horses were turned loose, sometimes in front of the engine, sometimes behind it ; but wherever they were they made straight for their proper positions at the engine directly they heard the fire-alarm soounded on a bugle.  Then obstacles were put in their way.  These took the form of burning hurdles and arches.  The horses jumped the hurdles and ran through the arches without hesitating for the fraction of a second.  In every case when the horses came up to the engine they were harnessed and everything made ready to start.  To finish with the horses were taken behind the engine, and at the fire-alarm they ran to their harness, the men got up, galloped off 200 yards, connected the hose, and had water playing on an imaginary fire, in thirty-five seconds.

Condition is Very Good.