Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-29
ANew Haven Snowman.

 Magnitude of Adam Forepaugh's Gf-
 gantfc EnterprIses-A World Re-
 novned nIan-Ffny Elephants.
 Mir. Charles H. Day, manager for Adam Forepaugh, the world renowned snowman, is in this city taking short season of rest, re- visiting his old home, and is heartily vel comed by his friends, who are legion. Find ing MT. Day at leisure we seized the oppor- tunity to give some idea of the extent and magnitude of Mir. Forepaugh's enterprises and to include short sketch of the business career of our famous young New Haven man, whose success in his profession has never been surpassed in this country. Mir. Days career as agent and manager has been varied and important, as will be seen by the fellow ing companies with which he has been con nected. In '6s, with the Arlington Minstrels ;; in '70-'71, with Laura Keene, manager of the Chestnut Street Theater, Philadelphia ;; later, in TIP, conducted six theaters at the South simultaneously, with all the leading stars of the country represented, such as Edwin Booth, Edwin Forrest, Mrs. Oates, Mir. and Mrs. Florence, Marietta Ravel, Wor- ren Sisters, etc. After that, returned to
 
 '72 joined John H. Murray's circus, remain ing with him four years. MT. Day goes to New York to-day to attend the funeral of MT. Murray. In '76 was with Lent d French's grand show; in TT with John O'Brien's cir GUS; in '78 with Coup's famous broncho horses show, playing in Philadelphia with unexampled success for B weeks, the most successful ever known since the days of Lent & Welch's In '79 joined Adam Forepaugh's show, and is still in his employ, conducting two circuses and Humpty Dumpty enter- tainment now in Baltimore. Mir. Fore paugh's history reads like TO- nance. He is now the wealthiest show 1 man in the world, and he began life at 21 with salary of $4 per month and board as spring garden butcher in Phila- delphia. MT. Forepaugh owns 116 first class dwelling houses in Philadelphia. The winter quarters of his great establishment in Richmond street and Lehigh avenue occupy two entire blocks of brick buildings two sto- ries high. They do all their own manufac- ! turing of wagons, carving, gliding of har- nesses, make their own iron work, canvas | work, etc. Their trick horses are exercised and kept in practice twice day all through \ the winter. The office headquarters are at 1905 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, where is ! large corps of clerks, stenographers, etc., ! and supplied with telephone and telegraph ! connections. They have an agent in Europe, | MT. Carl Heggenbach, residence in Hamburg, the great and only importer and exporter of ! wild animals, famous and renowned the ,sr,S S-,k, G-I1 ,AA. | prise.
 | MT. Forepaugh's first great prize in life | was gained in buying and selling horses to | the United States government-as many as 25,000 year during the war. He entered I the circus business with $42, GOO to his name. l He has now left of all his original stock only ! one living thing-a parrot. MT. Forepaugh has spent for wild animals in seventeen years \ the enormous sum of one million of dollars. | His profits of the last season were over 8 quarter of million dollars. The success o1 ! last season was tremendous. During the season they travelled over twenty-four States | of the Union The name and prestige ot Forepaugh are wonderful. He has had more control of the wild beasts than any man since the days of Noah. The season | last year in competition with g ! rival was one continuous victory, ! rivalling the great success of the previous season. Admiring multitudes gazed | AG the EEdQu pdt3OaQG,-LQ6 AIt4lIh hOOku us | parture from Delhi with the handsomest wo
 man in the world as Lalla Rookh. MT
 Charles Fl. Day, who started the great scheme, was offered $1O,O00 per annum by Barnum $ Co.,, about twice as much as Uni ted States Senator's pay, but remained loyal
 to his great and generous patron, who is z Pennsylvanian who never lost 8 cent, and | who, together with genuine Yankee from l the Nutmeg State, will certainly go on to new victories. MT. Fore paugh's son is on the ocean returning from | Bremerhaven on the Mose1 to New Yorl l with an additional installment of animals ! New features for the next season are 26 ele phants, and they expect to have 50 in all
 only think of 50 elephants. What do th,
 boys say? They have the largest living ele
 phant, Bolivar standing 9 feet to tn,
 withers. The old veteran is fitting out {
 grand show for his son, which will be know1
 as the White Cage Show. It is to be pres
 ent to his son on the twenty-drst bi: :thday O.
 that gentleman-March 28. The hall show l-Humpty Dumpty-in Baltimore is grea
 success. It travels by special train, and the.
 are organizing system of shows under MT
 Days management, and within year vii
 have ten hall shows on the road in all-al
 controlled from the one central point. Mir
 Forepaugh, although his hair is white, is onl.
 ffty-fve years of age and is hale, hearty
 stout and strong, with cheery heart, lib
 eral soul and world of enterprise.