Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-03-24
The Ma mmoth Show.

lp to.day's, HERALD appears q
triple column advertisement o.
Adam Forepaugh's great show
This enterprising Snowman has
ransacked the globe for natural Gu
riosities for -his- menacerie; and il
is the completest which has ever
been exhibited Oh the American
continent. The gorgeous picto-
RAILS wliich eInblazen itlfe dead
walls aud fences of Los Angeles
give but faint idea of the variety
and rarity of the animal collection
of this mammoth combination.
The circus department is also noir-
pareil. Forepaugh will show in
Los Angeles on the 81 and 4th of
April. We take from an Eastern
paper the following notice of the
attractions. of the combineii.circus
and mehagerie:
$50 enthusiastically had the
press Of other localities spoken in
their hulations of tho Prince of
showmen's colossal combination,
that we were prepared for an intro
duction to something quite unpre-
cedented here, but iE cand0r we
must submit that our expectations
had hardly arrived at so high q
standard as the realization proves
they would have been warranted In
attaining. Forepauyh's vast and
magnificent combined Museum,
Menagerie, Caravan and Hfppo-
drome, complete with all its famed
attractions, made its advent In East
Liberty yesterday, and was exhib.
ited in the afternoon anh evening
TO such throngs as never
gathered under canvas at that
town on any similar dccason.
Entering town in the early fore
noon. the seemingly endless train
of resplendent chariots, gaily deco.
rated cages and transportation
Wagons, accanl anied by tho droves
of Games and elephants, and hy
the etioirofs beautifully
caparisoned performing horses, pa.
raded the principal streets, the fine
music discoursed by the band and
the manifold splendors of the cor
etege attractingiIhousa nds Of people
to the thoroughfares.
A mammoth eight center pole
tent contains the museum and me-
naserie. Scarcely had the attend.
ants time to place the different fea-
lures in POSITION before the crowd
had begun 10 lclamnr for admit
tance, and at the earliest time of
opening, long before the com.
mencement of the ring perform.
ance, the several tents were
thronged.,- Entrance. is obtained
first to the museum and menagerie
tents, and thence to that in which
the rings are located. One price of
admission, and it Is the ordinary
price, admits the visitor 10 all, hut
those who have no sympathy with
the attractions of circus may
find abundant leasure in witness
ing the superb collection of
birds, beasts and fishes, and
one Of the hest museum collections
ever shown in this vicinity. The
menagerie Is very comprehensive.
containing many rare specimens,
obtained at great expense. TO the
student in natural history this COL
lection is indeed a feast. We
might enumerate the fine speci-
mems Of African, Asiatic and South
American animals, and the emeu.
rhinoceros, giraffe, Gland, tigers,
leopards, etc.,-but the list would
be too lengthy for the space we
have at our command. OF the
museum we might write pages of
description. So, also of the circus.
Suffice 1t to say that in intent, va
riety, splendor and attractiveness,
there Is not an exhibition of SINH |
lar nature in this or any country
that can be compared with Fore |
paugh's really great show.-Louis-
vile COurier-Journal.