Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-19
SIGHTS UNDER CANVAS.
Ten Thousand People at Doris
Show.


That the Savannah public is a circus
! loving aud circus patronizing people
was demonstrated last night. John b.
Doris, proprietor of the Inter- Ocean Show,
said that he was surprised at the big
crowd, coming, as his circus did, so close
upon the heels of rival show, and
when Snowman is surprised at the size
of a crowd 1t is no small one.
The ticket sellers said that there was a
trifle under 10000 tickets sold. The great
canvas tent was filed all around by an
audience which became very enthusiastic
as the good features of the performance
were seen. There were two rings side by
side. The platform between, to which
many object, was avoided, and the plat
| form, whom wanted for a display, was
quickly placed in one of the rings. In
that way the audience had no trouble in
seeing all that was done.
one Of the first things on the pro-
gramme was an exhibition by the trained
! elephant Empress. The huge animal
mounted stool, walled, stood on two
| legs and did several tricks not done by
any other performing elephant in this
country.
Satsuma, an agile sleight-of-hand and
| sleighC-Of-teet Jap, did some wonderful
! iugglery. With his feet he balanced and
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and which would have excited wonder
! Lad it been done with hands. His tricks
| with the Roman cross, balls and sticks
were all loudly appauded.
A troupe of tumblers, led by John Batch
ellor, gave some good jumping with double
! sOmcrsaults. Bachelor, although lame,
! Is remarkable tum bier, and is one of the
few who can turn three sOmersaults in the
| air on one spring. One OF DIS leaps last
night was double sOmersault over three
horses, camel and an elephant. Another
TRICK was turning sOmersault in the air
and taking hat from the head of a man
whom be leaped over, and placing IL upon
his own head. Miss Sallie Marks and
Miss Stokes gave fine exhibitions of bare
back riding, dancing on horseback. jump
ing through hoops and over banners, etc.
James Robinson, the most widely
known rider in the world, carried of the
equestrian hOnOrs easily. Every move
ment Of his ON horseback is perfect grace.
Not pose or movement was made that
was not strikingly graceful, and be rode
IN almost every imaginable posture.
With his horse at rapid galop he leaped
the banners backwards and forwards
ana sprang from enc attitude to an
other rapidly and airIly. Hoops
which others merely jumped through
he tumbled a somersault through and fin
ished with dash and spirit that arodsed
the spectators TO tremendous burst OF
applause. His son Clarence, though
scarcely any younger looking than the
father, also rode well, and did clever
hurdle, Jumping act, in which the rider
leaped nimbly from the ground to his
horses back every time the animal TOOK
leap over a hurdle.
The Fisher brothers in the trapeze, and
Low and Ruge, contortionists, gave eX-
cellent performances, and Marcel and
little son were loudly appluuded. The
Mrtell family gave pretty exhibition OF
bicycle riding, and The 5.year-old daugh-
ter was astOnishugly expert. An aero
baltic performance by the Segrst brothers,
and knife and tOmabawk throwing feat
were among other interesting features.
All in all 1t was like an Oid-time circus.
Some OF the clowns jokes, perhaps, made
1t seem more so, but 1T was good show
nevertheless. and was appreciated and
enjoyed. While every circus is more or
less alike in general features there are
always some things which distinguish
them, aud Doris mas not few features
possessed by himself alone.
During the performance an accident
occurred, so slight that it was hardly no.
ticeable, but bad it happened few
seconds later il might have resulted seri-
ously. Miss Oswald was just being raised
to the top of the tent to do an act in the
rings when guy rope slipped and threw
her to the ground, only few feet. Luckily
she was not hurt.
At midnight the tents, horses, MENACE
RE and all were loaded on the cars and
started for Allendale, where perform
ance is to be given today