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Acrobatic baboon. Trainer dressed in naval uniform, several assistants dressed as sailors.
Toby is being heralded as the only "risley" monkey in the world. Just why particular stress is made of this feature is not entirely clear because there is but one trick in risley work that he does and it is doubtful if that could be called "risley." The greater proportion of the tricks that the baboon performs are of the hand-balancing kind. The act is small timey and Toby cannot be compared with other trained chimps that have been exhibited.
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Variety, 37:11 (02/12/1915)