The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-11-27

The t!reat Snowman Looking upon the WRECK
of Inc Il nnRn IIippOdrOme.

The interior of the Hippodromc building
resembled gigantic fancy bazaar yesterday.
pispla,e ed all around the Immense elllpse were
srmur Indian costumes, Turkish dresses 5'u-
dies. harness, curb bits military hats coats ana
bnots guns swords. and ancient pixies and bat
lie axes. banners. and pennon--in short the
entirc wardrobe u the =. r. Ijarnum Universal
Exposition COMPANY II was TO be sold at
auction without reserve. The veteran show
man. frce looked ne solemn rs he ever allows II
o. look when he saw how few buyers the sale
had HttT4ctCd. W. (. Coup. James Nixon,
George Bunncli. Whitaker, and few other old
IIippOdrome attaches wandered disconsnlatelN'
taxing A last farewell Of the old show trappiugs.
The gentlemen who were there to buy were
m lstlN " -hOwmeu.' among them w. W. tOle'
lie Young uroprietor of Western circus. who
WAS once a rider, and has worked his way up
Mes-rs. i. J. Nathan and Avery smith, TIE pr'-
prctor, ~ !he uunIortgpa,te Uis b'mar IA
old ring master; Hyatt Frost, proprietor OF NE
Van Ambure show John Murray Jas. Mel
MrGinley and Cook. the latter the well tnown
English clown; 4. ID. Colvin, OF the queen
rider Ebert Iiowes. Of iiowes's London show
aud z. \. keeler. with the lIig BONANZA snow
Mr. Henry y: Palmer 81 tooth Ineane e. e.
the Buffalo printers; H. J. Morgan. OF the urn
of Russell. Morgan ~ Co.. the show printers
of Cincinnati and A. A. stewart from GIN,
rinnati. who represented " ola John Robinson
The goods were sold bv boxes. the contents OF
each box being displayed ON the seats OF the
Hippodrome. The first ten lots contained
dresses Of almost every nationality. Tine BUYERS
Of these lots gave their names Femmiug.
Furman. and Fave. but neither Mr. liarnum nor
any one hut AuctiOncer SchenCk seemed to
know them. MIR Barnum thought that the
three names belonged to the sumo buyer, and
that all meant Forepaugh. the great Snowman
The goods were sold at a ruinous sacrifice. Lot
number eleven, great variety Of dresses. IN
Guiding silks aud satins. many OF them new,
two Goddess ~ Liberty dresses. Roman chariot
dresses. red. tluc. aud green togas. WIN no
end Of spangics, went to Avery smith for fl5h,
not fourth Of the cost. Mr. Birnum Rrvah-
ed. hut said, Go ahead can stand 1t u he
sl-j. IL had with other costumes the dresses
Of The Queen OF Ireland and the " Indian
Lite" dresses. lie also bought the hfty-twO
rcd-band coats, with belts and blue trousers.
for $lio. The box containing Napoleons suit
was bought for $5.
Box = held the finest suit OF armor Ia the GOT,
lection. that which was worn by the beautiful
girl on the ct REPRESENTING England Ia the
Congress of Monarchs;' Il IS very beautiful.
The unknown Faye paid t2S for II. 1t cost
me- 30 pounds sterling" said Mayor Barnum.
Mr.. Palmer invested $50 In a collection Of wigs -
Indian. Chinese Continental, blue. white, brown
and blonde.
The collection Of banners was large and nne
They are Of the best satin. SILK, and velvet, and
English banners brought $l4 each. the Roman
81 the TURKISH $40. and an American silk ban
ncr go. Mr.. Nathan bought Largely The col
lection " banners brought $685.. Sixty Ave
Diuskets with bayOnets. apparently In good con-
diuOn, brought IL cents each, and sixty-two
cavalr, and on ers' swords brought 10 cents
each. Two huge double-handed swords, about
siX feet long, real antiques, were bought by Mr.
Charles Drake, the proprietor OF the old
curiosity shop. IN Chambers street. for 81. He
paid S61 for lot Of pixies. battle-axes, and hal
herds among the halberds were three that MIR
Barnum said cost him eight pounds sterir 9
each. Mr. Palmer bought for S:s,5 chime ~
bells that cost $3.50. \ goud-looking COUPE
brought $40, and the coach Of the Lord MaNoi
of London Sp The whole sale yielded les
than Sittn. lhl- morning the silver amor anc
the harness are To be sold, and on Monday tn,
wild animals and horses are to be sold IN Bridge