The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-09-07
A GREAT SHOW.
W. W. Coles Racing HippOdrOme, Men
agerie and Circus.

What has become of the circuses 2
This question has been frequently askec
of late hereabouts. Those who hay'
been waiting for the appearance Of al
exhibition Of this kind, and their nam'
is LEGION" will be very glad to learr
that one is coming. and that this, the
first of the season, will be w. w. Coles
Grecian Racing Hippodrome, Menagerit
and Circus, now making a most success
full tour through this State. Will visit
Jackson, on Friday, Sept. 8, 1875.
Mr. Cole is one OF the youngest mana.
gers in the country. and as a brilliant
campaigner he has no superior. He is
courageous and enterprising and each
succeeding effort of his is a vast improve
ment on its predecessor His combina-
tion this year is simply an immense
affair, constituting an exhibition of mag
nitude, magnifcence, and variety of at
traction quite without precedent. In
one show, and for one price of admission,
is given what Mr.. Cole very properly and
without exsggeration terms
"a TIDAL WAVE OF AMUSEMENT"
1t includes, to speak in general terms,
hippodrome in which the ancient Gre
clan races are represented with all the
vividness of reality; double ring circus
in which the most notable achievements
of the arena are exhibited; collection
of wild beasts of surprising interest not
only to the geological student but to
every adult and child in the land; and
pageant of nations of glittering magnifi-
cence. Taking these various depart
ments separately. it is hardly possible for
us to speak OF them in detail, so innu-
merable are the features Of interest. For
THE HIPPoDRoNE,
we may mention that no less than one
hundred thoroughbred horses are requir-
ed. and a very large corps Of ladies and
jockeys drive the Olympian chariots and
compete for prizes in hurdle races around
a superb track an eighth of mile in cir
cumierence. Fourhorse and two horse
chariots, Asiatic elephants, and Bactrian
camels, pony-riding monkeys, and edu-
Gated donkeys, all appear on the track
in contests either intensely exciting or
extremely laughable.
THE CIRCUS
performance will introduce twenty-five of
the most daring and accomplished male
and female equestrians, two Of the most
entertaining clowns on the continent APP
pearing alternately in the two rings.
These rings, we may note, will be within
the oblong track, devoted to the hippo
drome performance. To the circus and
the hippodrome is added Mr.. Coles New
York and New Orleans Equestrian and
Geological Exhibition, spectacular drama
of the Revolution. Centennial tableau,
representations of Revolutionary battle
scenes, and an exceedingly interesting
museum of revolutionary relics.
The main tent, TO be occupied by the
and double circus, will be
four hundred feet long by two hunded
wide, and half dozen other tents. each
in itself large one, will be subordinate
TO this. We cannot begin to enumerate
the attractions of
THE NENAGERIE,
but important among them are the crys-
tai den of performing reptiles, immense
anacondas and boa constructors, all un-
der subsection to an African snake
charmer and exhibited free in the street |
the largest known elephants;
a magnificent specimen of the giraffe;
the largest and rarest specimens of Abys- |
synian lions; the largest white polar
bear to be seen in any travelling show;
the first and only black leopard from
Central Java exhibited in this country;
crocodiles; Malayan tapirs;
the Senegambian zebra; the African |
Gland; and a multitude of other interest |
ing and rare specimens from every zone,
altogether comprising a magnificent col |
lection of the finest representatives of |
the animal creation. In the aquarium,
living sea lions are exhibited, |
we believe the only ones travelling. They
are great curiosity, and invite universal
attention. The almost innumerable |
troupe of horses, ponies. and other per-
animals, we can only refer to in
general terms, leaving our readers to
Judge for themselves when they witness
THE STREET PARADE,
a display maintained to be unprecedent-
edly brilliant, regular Fourth of July
in itself This pageant will
include no less than seven magnificent
tableau chariots, drawn by elephants,
horses and Liliputian ponies;
the den of performing lions, open to pub
lie view; the thirty dens of animals; the
den of serpents, and other almost count
less features of display.
We have thus only endeavored to out
line Mr.. Coles great enterprise of 1876.
He has aggregated an exhibition worthy
the Centennial year, and the people will
be on the q'd vive for its appearance.