The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-23
BARNUM's CIRCUS.
a Grand Pageant Through the Streets, and
an Immense .Concourse of People to See


an Immense .ConcOurse of People to See
the sights.
Yesterday afternoon and last night Bar
menagerie exhibited in this city TO an i'm
mense audience in the afternoon and a very
full one at night, a rainstorm having pre-
vented hundreds ofpeople from turning out
who otherwise would have done So The
DAY from early morning until dark was
drizzly and threatening, with occasional
showers, and there is no doubt but that the
afternoon performance would have been
sweled by several hundred people from
the country. In the forenoon grand pa.
rade and street display was given. 1t was
a splendid pageant indeed, reaching near
mile in length, and attracting the admiring
gaze of not less than 1000 people. who
lined the streets, covered the pOrticOes and
galleries and filled the windows of the
houses along the route Of the procession.
Ii would be supertiuous undertaking to
attempt TO give in detail the constituent
parts OF the pageant, but nothing more i'm.
posing, more marvellous IN its makeup,
grander in its conception was ever witnessed
in Texas There was music from brass
bands, till all the city reverberatcd with
melody and the notes OF the sweet music
echoed and,r ECHOED through allthe streets,
There were massive ChariotS, all silver and
gold and plate glass, drawn by beautifully
Caparisoned horses and tsere We're smaller
Chariots, Of unique aud fantastic design,
drawn by Shetland ponies by 2ehras and
by a giraffe, the only giraffe in the world
that has been braEen to harness, There
were elephants in droycs, and elephants
harnessed to cars There was u long line
of Gagged animals such as lions, five males
and one loness, tigers, six in number,
with their trainer and keeper,
Mr. W. II. Winner, in the cage with them,
panthers natives of this country, from
south America and from Africa, leopards,
hyenas, among which was a tiger and a sill
ver-back hyena, antelopss, an Gland, gnu,
q sea lion snakes, a hippopotamus, rhi-
noceros, polar bear, Barbary oudad, q
Peruvian Llama, birds, monkeys, kangs-
roos fallow deer emu, pelicans, sacred calf,
tapir, porcupincs, peCCaries, wart hog.
There were dromedaries, camel, electric
light apparatus, and calliope. There were
brave men and fair women in gorgeous cos
tunes, mounted on splendid horses, and on
the whole the procession, AS before remarked
was the proudest ever looked upon in Texas
The afternoon entertainment began at one
O'Clock, and in company with Mr.. ID. 5.
Thomas, the company most courteous aud
pleasant press agent. a HERALD reporter
was promptly on hand. Chaperoned by
Mr. Thomas, he at once made his way UNI
der the side of the tent not through the
door, and the pleasant memories of his
Chluhood' Wuei ne alMnlHa NlSi.eu Gircu w,
by that route WoIc N!v!ulS uMahei.eu' ihc
inehaeerle was ilTS' VISITED anu 'ie ailiIhais
closely inspected. a ilher CoiitStloh OF
ahtelopes Oh every t"le' Iiu rom al
CouHtnTS, eSEevlaiiS ron, Ai,na' was iiener
seen: me llo9s, lve III ninioer rare are *,
ceedingly hahassne animals, Ihey 90
not have That cowed, ueJeCtcu look, so
common TO iheliagetle 2h ~ lhey are
well fed and Kept lat az me time, anu they
nave proud Do'C, Henant ar anonI mem
as though they sun ro4int c hWia ~ thelr
native 1uhgles III asa any, hlIic"i Tue SIX
Behgal llEers were beauties, ol tlie larseS,,
SIZE, anu ltll Vi neTceiltSs, my g'urS ana
grow llost sa''SvS az VnNvtE Tt,e Mt.o api
proacheS t,lehl, eE9l' ~ Vllei' hcePSr anu
trainer, Mr.. w. H. winner RI, VINO nnS 70
rue ,ne o"y ao,T' attdnt J ~" t nVI az;
uacted very .Neraal a'tciIiohl anu II
was amE='' see nun eau ,r ilsh, Nj
Thomas feeuug them 70 nun Inc glrane
was one OF the hanuSoneSt anu most grace
iul-looklng ANIMALS III tle entire lnehaeerie'
N accordance with promise maze ny MI
Thomas TO me iady paying INC ioauIlg
role in Hazel hlrke, 10 name tie plotu,,
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he so named the giraffe INC Mo "cuiaS
or striped muleS, US sPiIle PGopiV oulleu
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ana they deserved an tnu "ot h";a my
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