The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-05-02
Excitement at the Show.

Excitement al the snow.
Fas-n he FhaaasisAsa Tsnaes & Arril =. 1sss-
The tEea;y-ifth year Of Asata Fore-
paggh's career as q Snowman VS. inansl-
r.ted in grea. style yesterday beneath
+ the mammoth tent az Broad aad nauPhin
streets and not the leas; pleased q al the
{ instnence aadience which crowd the teal
+ afternoon and evening was the veteran
Z shouIaan himself who "a; in private
I box with his Young and handsome wife
/ critically inspecting the first - Of the
season. Il tel y0u. said the vigorous
old Snowman. turning TO ". W Cole
and J. l. Hufch.son, the wealthy ex-
partners ofP. T. Barnum. vho sal in IN
adjoining box, = It's enc of the sruooihest
ard hes; tirs; performances / ever san
8lessTs. Cole and Hutchisoa nodded a.
sent AZ they applaude-l Julia LoHanla's
grauefni F5Tssetting On the bare back Il
I u nexiy trained horse, and ar Hstehi-
son remarked ForeTGngh I think iiis
/ the bet slioE you ever Put up ]. ilas
more rsal attractive and mex features
than any show ever saw, especially II
that greatest of All features trained AMI
mails
The only Elult vas perhaps the length
OF the show, Tie many features consan-
ing a. least three hours, and that. too.
/ with two ring and one sta-e Performance
increasingly going or. Tie opening
Z feature was the Carver combination of
scouts. cowboys anil Indians. The beau
tifa. brown horse Blcndin Hepesfed iiis
+ feat ef last season on the tizht rope arI
the elugatei z4llions did their sensation
al aets. inelnding the Skirping-rope ST
. ly senator Johnny Purvis kept thea h.ii-
ence in a roar aith his funny little Don
keys and the Lloyd brothers performed
{ their wonderful musical sf,ecialiies on
( the tight rope
The star performers, hoEever, were ihe
F Engenes, tue French iyin- trsPezk per
FORMERS, who made their frst appear
anoe before an American aaaience:
Ee.ipse, the pretty pony, E.io made dar-
ins leaps froin one fTin. swing 10 an
other ihrougb Gre hoop. and Adam
. ForepauEh, Ir.. who drove thiHy horses
around The immense track al one time.
( su:linr them while standing on the hare
! backs e tso immense Sornans
= the evening performance the great
tent vas packed 70 lis atalost eaPaei4y-
/ Il vas said by those connected with the
show that there were fileen thousand
( persons under the canvas The perform
ance went OF with great spirit and xith
2 perfect smooihness until the hippotirome
races Al the close Of the entertainment.
Most q these were over, anl the four
horse chariot race was on, when an IN
& tenseiy exciting episode occurred TIE
i two cbaTiois, each drawn by four high
spirited. feet horses. had dashed twice
l aTound the great iTaek, when the chariot
d-iyen br Adam Forepaugh, Jr., as i
/ turned the short curve atthe western end
Z of the track careeDed and then vert over
en- its side, throwing Mr Forepaugh
( vi1lenily against the rows q seats.
i great murmar that sounded Ike 4
-roan from the vast auEience vert up
AMI cries of He's killed Hes killed p
were heard on every side. But the audi
+ enoe breatheG again when the Emoas
F driver ami animal trainer. With his blue
{ six robe ba.liy torn and soilei. leaYed
niBlbly To bis feet and joined In the vork
: Of trying to stop the team that he lad
been driving. Tie chariot rishted Itself
/ afier M Forepsueh had been thrown
+ oat and the four splendid horses went
dashing around the track Il 3 terrific
pace. At first the a8dinee appeared 70
( enjoy the scene, but a. 1t became evident
I tia; tie atfaches q The eircus were IN
able 70 stop the nally racing steeis the
I people, particularly those on the lower
seats, began 70 get frightened, but the
seats back Of ;lle,n were ali f.lei and II
was almost impossible for then to get
+ lack from the ropes a al
And still tie hoTses tore around the
track. The circus nsen. directed bv Mr
Forepaagh, stretched ropes and MEETINGS
across tho track. buf they snapped ike
cobweIs as the swift running horSes
struck them. Men with poles tried to
stor them. but were brushed aside and
+ IN went The horses and then men with
E great pieces Of wood used a. props tried
% kn5ek one OF the horses aown bat
failed Twice a the horses flew along
+ the north track q man was seen hanging
4 for a moment 20 the name Of tie nigh
+ horse, bur both times. after being dragged
+ a short SAYS. be was shaken OF. IS this
TINE the entire audience Eere standing
up. many were making frantic efforts TO
+ -et back from the lower seats and alHsost
everyt,osiy was shouting
Then, after the horses had been around
the track Ct . b-eak-neck speed about
( ffteen times, and = they were sweeping
& Up l-4r norm tl-lAf q its-Al "s-- >er-l 20
vault astriie Of the nigh horses and a
mighty cheer went up a. seizin- the
reins, be quickly broaeht the frantic
horses to a halt. Tie man was john
0'GmfaB. head hosilcr Of tie shoT
& With hearts Ealpiiatin- AMI pale faces
f the people smiled family at eachzother
( said they Rere not frightened, and slow
+ II sat down breathing very fast
The other chariot was brought or
again and young Forepsugh pluekiiy IN
sisted that the race must Be nun and his
runaway team won Il. and il spite Of his
Ell and al the excitemeu; he closed the
( performance b standing on two cream
F ooloTe,l hor~s and driving tHsH1y-ei=hi
others around the ring, the whole going
! al racing speed.
Blood VIII Tell.
There l. no question about i.-bloOd
( viii teli-especially If it be AZ impure