The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-08-08
THE BARNUM-AND LONDON SUCCESS.

| mohts ndS IneTb ever De6n success
equally brilliant with that of this im-
mense show, which is to exhibit here
Friday, August 18th.
The Daily Chicago Tribune Of June
0th, says: The street parade through
the principal thOrOughfares was credit
able exhibition, with the newly decor
ated ehariots, the gayly eaparisOned
nOrses, elephants, camels and brass
bands, and in the afternoon large crowds
came from all directions to visit the
tents. The canvas is the largest ever
spread. and to judge from the crowd in
attendance at the first exhibition its ca
| paclty will be fully tested during the ten
days stay of the show
The museum and menagerie OccuDy
the two north tents, and there is a very
good display of animals and human
curloslties.. Ot course Jumbo was the
centre OF attraction for admiring crowds,
and was literally dOsed with peanuts,
lemonade la circus, and popcorn, all of
which he disposed of with evident rel
Ism. In size he Is quite the monster he Is
represented. In his compartment were
the principal female and baby elephants.
Near these were band of Sioux Indians
In war paint, group of euriOusly attir-
ed Nubians, the Zulus, male and female.
tribe of fantastically arrayed sayages
from Australia, the wild men of BOrnpO,
ana Col. Ruth Goshen, the Arabian giant.
In the menagerie tent proper the herd of
large and small elephants, twenty-seVen
IN number, and the camels, were to be
seen, and in the cages were lions, tigers,
Lions, monkeys, ETC., forming a very
excellent display. The huge circus and
h1ppOdrome tent, which seats Is, 900 peO-
pie, was well filled at 2 O'clock, when
the performance began. The entree of
cur1Osities, animals, chariOts and riders,
all gayly caparlSOned, was the opening
feature. In the tent were three separate
rings and central stage, and during
most of the time performances are going
on in all, so that the effect is decidedly
6ewildering to the spectator. 1t is a
performance that would have been hiRh-
ly appreciated by the hundred-eyed Ar
gus, but CyclOps would have been OBJ
iged to go three or four times to see it
in its entirety. There are thirty-six
separate acts on the circus programme.
which is faithfully carried out, and
eleven contests In the hippOdTOme, max
ing nearly fifty acts in the two hours
and a quarter. To enumerate ali the
various acts would be almost an endless
task, so the prinripal features only will
be referred to. Prof. Nyegaard and his
troupe of very we'll trained performing
FrRkene stations, six in number, at
tracted considerable attention, and the
animals showed marvellous intelligence
un0er Lnelr trainers wand.
Two leaping and tumbling acts by the
entire company brought out some excel |
lent work in their line, in which John
WOrlane especially excelled. The ELI |
ntt children, on W hose account Mr.. Bar
num was arrested in New York by the |
Society for the suppression of cruelty to
children, were seen on the curious look
ing unicycles and their bicycles. Their |
performances. were wonderful in their
way, considering the extreme youth of |
the children. The three Girards were
very clever in grOtesque high kicking.
One of these brothers creates cOnsidera- |
6le amusement for the spectators in |
dressing up a la dude and walking |
about the track as a spectator himself. |
He Is the described dude to perfection. |
with short OvercOat, crush hat, white |
topped CATERS, ami single glass, and his |
mock altercatiOns with the attaches |
were well carried out. Miss Maggie /
Clalr does some very neat acts on the /
lying rings, and exhibits grace, strength |
and skill in her perilOus evOlutiOns. |
Miss Annie Carroll, 17-year old young /
lady, Lizzie ROllande and Frank Mel |
Vile, each do difficult acts in bareback
riding. The GilfOTt brothers exhibit
wonderful feats of strength in arm and
jaw, and do some artistic posing as gla-
dlatOrS. Both are finely formed men,
and attract great deal of attention.
Mile Rose, Harris and French are clever /
in roller skating exercises. Mime. Mar |
tina and Herr Nyegaard are seen in skill
full manege acts. Robert GilfOrt does /
wonders i'll light balancing, and Wilton,
ROmer and LaTOuX are excellent on the |
horizontal bar. Miss Emma Jutau and
George Brown on the trapeze are very
good; and the lady's slide from the high
est point in the canvas, hanging by heI
teeth from a rope, is a startling act.
wonderful act on the swinging trapeze l
Is done by Bruislay and Worlane. Some 4
OF their feats are marvellous. The cir I
Gus performance closes with the perfOr-
ming elephants, led by their trainer,
George Arstingstall, assisted by William
or Elephant Bill" as he is
called. The obedience these great, clum-
Sy brutes show to their trainers voice
is wonderful. VIM. Conrad creates fun
for the little ones with his clOwn-ele-
phant, "DOn," who has been taught |
some very funny tricks.
After the circus programme there are
the hippOdrOme races in the long track
around the rings. There is gentle
mems jockey race, ladies' hurdle race,
Roman standing race, fOur-hOrse chariot
race, monkey jockey race, elephant race,
and man and hOrseSrace. All these, in
which the ladies and gentlemen of the
company participate, are very exciting.
Then there Is foot race, wheel-b barrow
race, and an obstacle race, in which the
contestants are required to surmOunt
many serious obstacles. The whole per-
fOfmance conelues with an act entitled
Life in the Far West" introducing In
d1ans, MeXicans, cowboys, etc., and the
crowd leaves the tents in a cloud of |
blue powder smoke.