Judge — January 8, 1887 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine illustration depicts a circus or vaudeville scene featuring a clown trainer with trained dogs wearing clown collars and hats. The sign references "Prof. Clever" and "Great Trained" performers "Under the Management of" someone (name partially obscured). The cartoon appears to satirize political leadership or management through the metaphor of animal training—suggesting that the figures being "managed" are being treated like performing animals rather than independent actors. The dogs in clown costumes represent those being controlled or manipulated. Without clearer identification of the specific manager's name or clearer historical context visible on this page fragment, I cannot definitively identify which political figure or event this targets, though the setup clearly mocks authoritarian management style.