The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1886-10-21
UNDER THE WHITE TENTS.
An Interesting Talk with w. w.
Coles Special Agent.

OF the many tented exhibitions that
have visited Texas the past few years
none have given better satisfaction
than w. w. Coles. Manager Cole, on
each successive visit, always presents
new and novel features, and that is the
secret of his artistic and financial sue
cess. Mr.. w. X. Peck, Coles special
agent, is in the city completing ar
rangements for the appearance OF
Coles colossal show here next Mon
day. and made the HERALD Office a
pleasant call this morning. and think
ing our readers would be Interested III
the inner workings and management
of Coles shows, we proceeded to inter-
view him. In answer to numerous
questions, Mr.. Peck said:
"Mr. Cole is man who has been
closely identified with amusement en-
terpriscs all his life, and there is moth
ing too expensive for him to secure If
he thinks it will crafty the public.
One must see our show TO realize its
mammoth proportions. During the
mast winter Mr.. Cole has had two
agents in Europe engaging novelties,
foremost among which are the Sill
bons. without doubt the greatest gym
nasts ever in your city,"
GLOW many men and horses nave
your
.We have 53l men and 320 horses.
trick mules and ponies. Our al
vance corps consists Of cars and 90
men. Mr.. Cole pays newspapers ana
printing houses 100000 a season.
Every cline under the sun is repre-
sented in the arena and menagerie.
DR.. Carver. the wizard rifle shot, is a
great card, and his wonderful
marksmanship prominent feat
ure, together with his band OF
COWBOYS, Mexicans and Indians, There
is little difference in the routine work
of show except of course the trans
porsation. We travel by rail which ne
G cssitates the use of some thirty cars
e,ch go feot long and built expressly
FIR us. Each department OF the show
is under superintendent, ana. ne Is
held responsible for the faithful dis
charge Of the attendent work. The
first duty after unloading the cars in
the morning is to get up the stock and
dressing rooms. This is done by the
drivers and grooms, while this is go
/ ING on the cooks and helpers are en-
ployed in getting breakfast. The next
ia to get ready for the street parade.
all have to take part in that except the
canvass and r0p rsy men who haveto
get up the big tents.
"The boss hostlcr has the most re-
sponsible position in the working
force. lie has charge of all the horses,
ponies and trappings. Our sea OF cam
vass covers an area of many acres, ana
csn be erected and taken down in one
hour aud forty minutes. 1t requires
three tons of hay, $50 bushels OF oats
and $500 pounds of straw each day
for the stock. The wild animals, lions,
tigers, hyenas, etc, are fed daily az l
D. m. so all the children can see the in
teresting sight. 1t is novelty. | as
sure YOU, to see these monsters of the
forest fed from the naked hand. 1t
requires 800 pounds of beef for each
meal" And with this the busy agent
hurried out to attend to other bust
ness, but hesitated just long enough to
say:
mothers to bring the children to soc
the street parade at 10 q. m. It's a car
niyal of substantial beauty and no
mistake, over mile in length, los of
music and attractive features. Good
bye"