The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-18
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the canvas was In position and the exhi.
blhon ready 70 proceed. The parade,
owing to the late arrival, was somewhAt
shortened in route, but all the features
advertised were present, including the
twenty elsphAntE, the chime Of bells, the
three calliSpes and the three brass bands,
one Of them hand Of Indian performers.
One OF the novelties Of the procession
was brace Of EsbTas haTnessed N light
vehicle. The open dens OF wild beasts,
with men and women In them, attracted
considerable attention from the spectators,
Init 10 connoisseuT the most notable
feature was the fine horses, and their ex.
cellent condition,
The tent st the afternoon performance
was crowded, but 10 such vast affair that
the thousands In It were all comfortable.
The mensgeris was made up oil rare beasts
only, There was sGRrGely specimen that
would not Of itself have made an ordinary
meuageris twice o. interesting, from the
two girstfes, Hazel Kirk" and "Blllee
Taylor" or the monster rhinoCeros, to the
scores Of monkeys and paTrots. The old
Van Ambuig and other animal collections
Of the last generation would have consid'
cred their fortunes made had they had
single one Of the dsns in this collection,
This 10 but another illustration OF the
progress we are making in this age, not
only In science and invention, but even
In menNReFies. The museum Ia also
marvellous collection Of marvellous curl.
ositiss. In that elder day "Tom Thumb"
aud bis vile were show In themselves,
Now we have In the same tent with the
animals, Chang, the tallsst man In the
world, Thumb and his vile, the giant OF
and the giant horse, and other curioSitiea
only lesS interesting,
Bat II the menagerie illustrates the pro-
gressiVe spirit Of the age, what shall we
say Of the circus? II has enough per
formers, enough canvas, enough work
men and enough appliances Of oil kinds
10 stock six old fashioned circuSes, or Of
least two better shows than any that have
been here before The enormous pro.
portions Ioi the whole enterprise strike
one with vivid loTCe when he entsTs the
tent, and, standing In the middle ring, Ia
barely able 10 distinguish peoples faces
At the ends OF the enormous tent By the
time the performance 10 over, and some
body says more than six hundred people
are employed oy Barnum, one wonders
how 10 the world anybody can drill that
number 80 as 10 get them 10 work as one
man. The way 1t Ia done 10 caution TO
old time riders like Elton Stone, Robinson
and Ward, and the Melyilles, Dockrills
and Lakes ri the past generation. The
Mellvilles, DoCkrills and Lakes Of to.
day are part aud parcel Of
exhibitions that would have made their
grand parents eyes as big ss saucers. The
stations trained by the equestrian direc
tor, r, H. DoCkrill, are q show In them.
selves. Had our grandmosthers witness
ed half score Of elephants standing on
their heads In one ring, while another
hall score formed themselves into pyra.
mid In another ring, they would have
shook their heads and minated there
were was something uncanny about their
trainer, George Asiingstall, who has &C.
Complished unsupported things with these
long lived animals. The idea Of q ring
full oi bareback riders was an unheard Of
thing twenty 1--we years ago. Well, we
did not see saddle, nor q pad on a horse
In Barnum's. Everybody who rode seem.
ed TO be to the bareback born, 80 TO speak,
and Frank Gardner actually rode
q horse bareback fashion wearing
boots with heels on. To Jump down, and
follow, aud jump on the horses bare back
with his boots on, seemed Just a. easy TO
Mr. Gardner M sitting down IL when one
10 tired. While as for slack wire perform
anCes, and Miss Clart'a startling and need
lesSly daring doings 90 feet above nothing
In flying Rugs, and the extraordinary per.
formances II the BOiset Brothers on the
horizontal EARS, the Japanese juggling, the
Hrotesgue dancing 0t the Lofellis, and the
altogether more dangerous than agreeable
aChieyemehES Of HaWley and Bulsley, the
flying men, II no account were taken Of
suCh artiats as Emma Lake and the cele.
brated Elise DOckrill (Who probably re.
Ceives the largest salary ever paid an
eqneAtlienne),-they are oil 90 superior
to uld.tims achievements 90 10 render
comparison ridiculous.
The closing concert is no less an i'm.
provement On former ones than Ia the
CirCua. The CAtapult act and the jubilee
singers were pronounced immense.
Alter the circus yesterday the press
gang we're taken In charge by Mr. Thomas,
the genial press agent, and visit was
paid 10 the canvas stables, BiE In number,
where are accommodated over 800 horses
They are oil fitted with canvas stalls and
canvas feed troughs, and thick mats oil
bedding keep the animals of the bare
ground Three Of the tents are for the
performing horses and accommodate the
Ukraine and Trakene stations, and Nine,
DoCkrill's steeds, together with Frank
MelVille's abd Frank GARDENERS private
horses. All the horse tents are seven pole
tents each seventy two feet long. The
prOvender daily required for the animals
is 100 bushels Of oats, four and quarter
tons Of hay, 800 pounds Of shorts and
large quantities OF ground corn and meal.
There Ia required Two and half tons Of
straw for bedding each day, and sixty.two
men are employed solely 10 care for the
stock
The party was then invited by Mr.,
Thomas TO take supper with him at the
boarding tent, and all Jumped at the novel
invitation. The circus employ s In general
SIC fed at q separate tent.
The quantity OF provisions CONSUMED
by tue circus force daily 10 large enough
TO make The ttadesmen who supplied tbo
uemhuu "ibu tuAt tn0 lubUtuLIOn Woulu
permanently settle In the city. Yester.
day afternoon 100 pounds Of beeisteak,
mutton and pork chops, and ham were
cooked for supper For breakfast and
supper forty gallons Of lea and coffee are
made, 6tty pounds Of coffee and ton
pounds Of tea being tised At o Oh meal,
Thirty. Ave pounds oil butter, 100 pounds
Of sugar 81 every day TO satisfy The appe.
titea Of the hnbgty folks, and At dinner
they 90 through eight courses with vim,
-Four cooks prepare the food aud thirty
walters attend the tables. The commits.
satiat has al advance agent, Mr.. Fred
Sutherland, who travels two days In ad.
vance Of the show and buys up the grub
which will beredulted BY the small army
when II pitches liz tents.
The boarding tent 10 which the report.
ere were fegalel Ia under The charge Of
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