Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-13
COOPER 4 BAILEY'S CIRCUS.
Immense Audience and Fine Show.

COOPER 3 BAILEY's CIRCUS.
Immense Audience and Fine Show.
The attendance at Cooper's u Bailcy's
circus on Saturday was very large, the i'm
mense tent, which is said to have a capac-
ity for holding 10, 600 people, being full to
the doors. It was almost impossible to
procure a ticket in less than fifteen or
twenty minutes as the crowd around the
wagon was very large, and both men and
women were compelled to fight their way
to the ticket-seller in order to procure the
necessary pasteboard emitting them to an
admission. At the entrance to the park
ground, on which the circus was held,
stood q number Of young men with hands
full of money and mouths full of bad gram
mar, who sold tickets at an advance of ten
cents. They did big trade, as many per-
sons would rather have paid half dollar
extra than had the trouble of having 4
row at the ticket wagon with the scram-
bling crowd.
The managerie was in the first tent and
it was very large, including animals of al
most every kind. The large herd of Gle
plants stood in the centre, in long row
and tho one which was tho centre Of at
traction was the baby, which stood with
its mother, who was chained to 4
large post. The baby has grown consider
able OF late and now weiS hs $50 pounds.
1t is as playful as kitten and it was very
funny to watch its curious antics. During
the circus performance the baby and her
mother were brought into the ring and
introduced to the audience. The youngstcr
seemed to be perfectly at home and ap-
perently enjoyed being looked at The
mother seemed troubled about her child
and she made great deal of noise. In
the mangerie tent was a fine herd Of
camels of almost every kind.
The circus performance began rs
soon as the tent was filled in the after
noon, and it was given in two rings, one
being entirely too small for the number of
acts. The different spccialtics followed
each other rapidly in the order rs given on
the printed programme. The performance
throughout was excellent. The promi-
nent features were the riding of Charles
w. Fish, who is one of the best bare back
riders in the world, the marvellous trapczc
performance of the French family Davcnc,
and Lawrence Sisters, heavy lifting by
Madame D. Atlaie, the four-horse act OF
Madame Cordona, juggling by the jap
anese, tumbliDg by the Leotard and Snow
Brothers, performance by the trained elc-
plants and oxen, and tho riding of Linda
Jeal, VIM. DuttOn and SignOr Bell. The
act Of tho elephants was the same rs that
which the animals have done hero before,
and that of the oxen was of i similar ia
ture. During the evening Mis- Jeal rode
her horse through q hoop Of fire amid loud
applause. There were at least 80 acrObats
and leapcrs with tho show, and w. II.
Bacheller performed his wonderful feat of
jumping over five elephants and turning u
double summersault in the air. The
clowns were Johnny Patterson, Nat Aus
tin and another man, who was billed as
Fred. Runnells. The jokes, as usual, we've
poor, but as is always the case, they created
lots of fun, especially for the little folks.
At tho evening performance the tent
was again crowded. The electric light
was in full operation and it was almost rs
bright as MONDAY. The circus perform
ance was the same as in the afternoon and
was equally as fine. After each perform
ance concert was given in the largo tent,
and with tho exception of the singing of the
Jubilee singers and the "leap for life" of
Madame Latour, it was as bad :sas it could
be. Miss Latour's leap was from small
platform at the top of one of tho centre
poles, to 4 net stretched in the ring, about
ten feet from tho ground. In descending
the lady jumped head foremost, striking
with great force in the net, which pre-
vented her from being injured.
1t was noticeable that in the circus tent
there were no lemonade nor prize box
barkers, but a nuisance far greater than
these were the big-mouthcd young men,
with diamond pins and immense collars,
who sold tho "cOmic clown song books"
and "tickets for the concert" They were
constantly ON hand and spent most
of tho time yelling at the top of
their voices, crawling over seats
and trcading on the feet of those
who were trying to see and enjoy the cir
Gus. 1t would be 4 great improvement ii
these men would bc dispensed with, but
they will not be thrown overheard as long
as the management of tho large circuscs
"stands in" with the men who have
the "privileges." from whom they get y
fine percentage. With tho exception of
these Objectionable features tho whole af-
fair was 4 grand success and it was by far
the best show of tho kind that has ever
been here.
Incidents, Accidents, SC.
While Madame COrdona was doing her
four-horse riding act she slipped from the
back of ono of the animals to the ground
but was not injured.
AT a very early hour yesterday morning:
the entire circus and menagcrie were placed
on the cars and the train left with them
for Philadelphia, where the show will re-
main during tho week.
In the afternoon, while the crowd was
standing around the ticket wagon, Detcc-
tive Simpson, who was standing on top Of
the wagon looking for thieves, jumped
down and caught hold of man whom he
said he had seen steal \ pOcket-toOk
from a cOuntryman. Officer Swenk
took tho man into custody and
the: pocket-book was found on the
ground near where no had been standing.
In the evening the man had 4 hearing be-
fore Alderman Barr, when tho detective
swore that he saw him take the pocket
book from the man, who proved to be John
HOllinger, of Neffsville. The fellow who
was arrested was committed to prison. He
gives his name rs John Sherman and says
his homo is in Hartford, Conn,
A valuable performing horse belonging
to the circus was killed yesterday while
being disembarked from car at the Ger
mantown Junction.
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