Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-04
FOREPAUGH.
Splendid Procession and Performances to Two
Crowded Houses Capital Range Of Eques-
trian, Acrobatic and General Business
That Famous Baby Elephant,

The entrance into Les Angeles
yesterday of Adam Forepaugh's
Menagerie, Museum and Circus
was one of the most gorgeous af-
fairs of the kind ever chronicled in
this or any other country. Fore
paugh's arrangements are on q
tremendous scale, and In their
suggestions of expense indicate
Monte Cristo or Cr0sus rather
than Snowman. 1t required
good sized "bonanza" to furnish
forth the triumphal chariot which
graces his professions, and the in
Vulnerable smaller vehicles were
only less splendid than that acme
of circus cars. 1t Is hardly neces-
sary to say that everything was I'm
keeping with what one would eX-
pect of man who sends his adj
vance agents around in superb
palace car.
OF course our country cousins
were on hand in great numbers
yesterday. Both the afternoon and
evening performances were en-
joyed by audiences which tested to
the utmost the capacity of the
enormous tent.
Forepaugh's Menagerie and Mu-
scum carries out the proclamation
of his flaming bills to the letter.
1t is probably the largest, finest
aud most expensive single collec-
ton posses sed by any living show
man. Nothing approaching it has
ever hitherto appeared on the Pa
cific Coast. The only male hippo
potamus in America was duly adj
mired by the wondering thousands,
the rhinoceros Haunted his thick
and gross hide, the exposure of all
eyes; and, passing over the ele-
plants of enormous size, the baby
elephant, born year ago last
February, was on hand, the trump
card of the whole menagerle outfit.
1t was as playful as kitten, and
exchanged courtesies with every
one disposed to pet it.
The grand entree is spirited and
picturesque. A magic barrel act
by Lew Leslie is all exceedingly
neat piece of business. This was
followed by some consum mately
skillful equestrianism by Mr.. VIM.
Dutton, varied by Mr.. Tom Barry
as clown. Barry is luscious fel.
low and brought down the house
repeatedly by his merry quips. The
refrain of his "Whoa Emma will
echo amongst our gamins for long
time to come. Act 4 introduced
some very superior acrobatic feats,
and the aerial flights of the Messrs.
Hawley and Forepaugh extorted
repeated applause, AS they deserved
to do. The trick horse Mahomet
is marvel of equine cleverness.
The principal equestrienne act, by
MademoiselIe Burdcau, was grace
full aud spirited and proved the
lady to he an exquisite horse
woman. AS contOrtionist
young AJAX" described in the
bills AS "rhe Bobeless Wonder and
Human Enigma" Is without SUI
ptIior in the whole range of the
arena. With Md,le. Burdeau ap.
peared as clown Mr.. John Hart,
whose makeup was decidedly and
uniquely clever, and who sustained
his comic personnel by some side
splitting farcicalities.
The most notable feature of the
evenings entertainment was the
herd of performing elephants
introduced by Addie Fore
paugh, Jr. They were formed
into pyramids sulmounted by
Addie, played organs, see-sawed,
mounted Oh pejestals, wal",d on
three legs, danced quadrille and
showed themselves to be under the
highest possible state of discipline,
exhibiting an advanced stage of
annual intelligence withal. This
of the show is seIisa-
tiunally good.
Mr.. MunrOe at the afternoon
performance acquitted himself in
the four horse bareback act i'm a
mastery manner. In the evening,
owing TO the nervousness of the
horses, which have just come out
Of their winter quarters, Munroe's
success was not SO great as his skill
should have secured him. The
audience appreciated the situation
and -cognized the iuffectual
lhough perseveiing skill Of the
rider.
Melville, as the bounding jockey,
wa, II huge SUCCESS.
Take the show for ali in all, we
eau truthfully pronounce IL Hon
pariei.