Daily Republican., 1880-04-27
aYmHAsrs ann PICk. POCKETS

0YMNAsTs AND PICK. POCKETt
The Circus and How II Came or
Thousands Gather under tho Am
pie Canvass.
All yesterday afternoon the lot q
Tenth and Madison streets was crowd
ed. The centre of attraction for wha
seemed q large part of Wilmington wal
located there In the shape Of Fore
paugh's Circus. The afternoon per
formance was very well attended, prob
ably $500 people gathering under the
ample canvass tor the circus perform,
anoe. At night the attendance was
not 80 large, but still the performers
of stars and spangles in the saw dust
circle had . fair-sized audience.
IN THE CIRCUS.
The chief feature of the circus perfor.
nance is the performing elephants.
They are eleven in number aud of all
sizes and conditions. They are thorough
ly trained! Adam Forepaugh, Jr., ID
their keeper, and he has them in per-
fect control. Not once did they show
the least hesitation in minding him, and
whether Waiting TO the music Of the
band, fsigning death when the band
played q requiem, or mounting on each
others back and forming an immense
pyramid, they exhibited the same won
derful intelligence.
The circus performers in some in
stance were first class and In others
scarcely passable. Frank Melville as a
bareback rider has few equals, and he
managed six horses in the ring with
wonderful skill. Young Ajax in his
contortion feats has seldom been equall-
ed. The cannon ball act In which
George Loyal was shot from cannon
and caught by Mile Zuila was very
startling one, but the trapeze perform
ing of these two was considered more
ably done. The clowns in the circus
we're scarcely worthy of note. Miss
Jennie Ewers, the "Queen Of the
Flaming Zone, attracted loud ap-
plause by her wonderful act Of eques-
trienism. 49,.
THE MENAGRRIE.
The collection of animals with Fore.
paugh's circus is remarkable one.
Under the main tent that was entered
before the circus tent was reached was
to be found the whole aggregation.
The animals were viewed with great
curiosity by nearly every enc, and
many were the quaint expressions used
by the circus novice. "Oh, Mary
Jane," exclaimed large colored
woman as she stopped before
the wild cats cage. "Dere am
de young tiger, no bigger'n your tom
cat" A great many people looked for
the Hippotsmus and looked in vain.
The 5000 was not to- be seen. In the
cage that bore his name were half
dozen seals. During the afternoon per.
formance, two or three Of these animals
escaped from their confinement. The
excitement that ranged through the
animal department at this time was
simply astounding. After much trou-
BILE, and an exhibition of seal catching
not down in the programme, the recre-
ant animals were put back into their
narrow PEN
But the most interesting scene that
took place among the animals befel the
proverbial small boy. The elephants
stood near one end of the tent, and
amused themselves poking their trunks
out among the visitors. Many Of the
gave them apples and pea
nuts. Presently boy came past. He
was small and neatly dressed. All in
all he was nice, pretty little boy.
The largest elephant held out his trunk
for a pea nut, but the lad
hit him q whack with his cane. The
result was amazing. The elephant
wrapped his trunk around the lad and
raised him high in the air. The spec
taters stood frozen with fear, expecting
to see him dashed to pieces on the
ground. It was all over in q moment
when the animal slowly placed the boy |
on the ground again. "That's only
bis way of playing" said the keeper
patting the elephant. People steered
clear of such playfulness during the
rest of the afternoon.
OTHER THINGS.
The balloon ascension took place |
about 5 O'Clock in the evening, Just
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