Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-26

ney, and arrive at the place Of exhibi-
ton quite FRESH for the performance.
Besides moving the tents, animals and
all other material in these hippodrome
cars, berths will be provided in those
devoted to the personnel OF the com.
pany for nearly all the employees. Be.
sides the great exhibition tents, there
are cooking and dining tents and stable
tents for the horses and other animals
There is also attached to the company a
large corps of blacksmiths and carpen-
ters and builders, some Of whom pre-
cede the show several days, to make
ready for the exhibition by preparing the
ground, erecting seats, etc. The dressing
room tents alone will cover more ground
than an ordinary circus
To move such an enormous establish.
ment without hitch or delay requires the
employment of clear.headed, practical
men at the head Of each department.
Everything is so arranged as to move
with the smoothness and precision of
clock-work. AT the appointed hour the
canvas will 60 up, the street procession
will move. the performances will com
mence. When all is over, and the great
tent emptied, everything will be packed
up by those detailed for the work, aud
the caravan, without the loss of minute,
will be on the move toward the next
place of exhibition.
The programme Of performances will
be varied and attractive. Donaldson
will make daily balloon ascensions with
car large enough to contain company
of FIVE or six persons, at cost of about
$500 day for this feature alone. Then
there will be the Roman races" in char
lots driven by "Amazons," the Liberty
races" in which forty wild horses are
turned loose in the arena in exact imi-
tation Of the famous carnival races Of
Rome and Naples; the standing races,
in which the riders stand on bareback
horses; hurdle races for ladies'; hatraces
by English, French, and American jock
eys; besides camel elephant, ostrich,
and monkey races Another feature
will be exhibitions of Indian life on the
plains, in which the actors will
be scores of Indians, with their
squaws and pappooses. They will put
up genuine Indian encampment, hunt
real buffaloes, give war.dances, pony
races, foot races against horses, exhibi-
tions of daring horsemanship, lasso-
throwing. A band of Mexican raiders,
mounted on their famous mustangs, will
make pretended attack on the Indian
camp, and give mimic but faithful rep.
resentation OF the wild scenes enacted
on the Western frontier. The English
stag-hunt will be an exact picture Of the
sport itself, with company Of one hun
dred and fifty men and women in full
hunting costume, and a large pack Of
English stag. hounds. There will also be
many other interesting and attractive
features, the mere mention of which
would make a small volume.
Mr.. Bsrnum certainly deserves great
credit for an enterprise which is cslcula-
ted to afford vast amount of innocent,
popular amusement; and although this
gigantic venture involves an enormous
outlay Of money, it will present too
many attractions not to be generously
sustained. 1t is Mr.. Barnum's intention
to visit Europe next autumn with the
whole establishment; and astonish the
Old World with this wonderful exposition
of what can be accomplished by Yankee
enterprise.