The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-23
rae CIRCUS In TOWN.
ualf the Population Saw John
Robinson's Show.
cReAT FUN FOR THE CHILDREN.
zine Exhibition Of Equestrian and
Acrobatic skill-Animals and
Human Euriosities.
csEAr FUN FOR THE CHILDREN.

r..rly half the population OF Seattle went TO
= aobiuson's circus yesterday, and the other
- Wished they had gone. All the street cara
sssrs auywhere nesr the show ground were
ssse3 f;Il there was not room for another pair
: 8 sssf On the steps and omnibusscs and hacks
- pnpssed into the service. The only place
sss,e there wa. room for all was the spacious
cirrus tent.
- a canvas few we're disappointed. AMI they
,s-e indeed, hard TO please. The people had
,rets,te OF what was to come when thcy saw
* long procession passing through the streets
d he morning. As result another procession
r.een soon sitter noon and continued for an
sspr or two Between and O'Clock similar
sssreress,6u began, and it made harves st for the
srpef car companies.
The circus was simply q tented race track,
ia the middle space occupied by three rings,
i which performances were going simultane-
s,sIv After procession through the camp of
~ elephants, horses, ponies, donkeys, camels.
: ~ serious business began-that is, serious
businees to the performers. for the spec
sstau were divided between admiration
"a laughter at the feats of skill,
s,rensfh and daring of the riders
md scscbass, and the drolleries of John Low
&c and James West, the clowns. There were
shoussnds OF children at the two performances
sad they laughed and shouted with the unre-
grained merriment OF childhood, while the
srovn folks with difficulty restrained similar
drus of delight as childish. Occasionally they
hrokc out into hearty sounds of applause.
Nost worthy of mention is Miss Josie DeMott,
re- equestrian. She made her well-trained
kor,s perform with her one trick after another
Win Kaleidoscope rapidity and to her vaulting
mshouc,siipping off it,standing on IL, lying full
kseta on It's back and performing more tricks
han the average mind can remember, all
nened to her as easy as rolling off a long. Mrs.
George Holland is deserving of equal praise
10 her two-horse act, in which she makes the
korscs dance in time to music The most notice
ale point about the work of these ladies is that
tbey Seem 10 be seized with an enthusiasm as
her 70 along and to inspire their horses with it,
q that they wind up with whirl of movement
only comparable to that of the dervish.
Almost equal praise is due to the male eques-
rams of whom William DeMott can turn q
umensut and perform other marvellous feats
VIII as much ease as an ordinary person jumps
maftreet car, and George Holland does some
nnarkable work as O jockey Master Willie
1onpsugh drew forth q storm of applause by
diving thirty Shetland ponies tandem at full
eallop sround the track, followed by a tiny bat
perifctly formed colt. The two clowns contri-
tsed their full share to the amusement by
Sheir antics and chaff OF their fellow artists and
the audience.
Iswould be impossible to particu1arize more
without wearying the readers. There were
serobais, male and female, climbing around
Ike cats OF the trapeze or writhing like SER
penfs in the ring, there was cowboy dance on
horseback, into which the horses seemed to
eater with as much zest as their riders and the
nsnlar performance ended with races of all
NJ, &t-
noes barrel races, obstacle races and finally q
Roman chariot race. An extra show was q con-
cert dunng which q twelve pound bail was
fred out OF cannon and caught by Fitz Will
ians - though IL were baseball.
Alter the circus the visitors saw the great col.
lection Of human curlosities and wild animals,
collected from every state and continent
Greatest of these is the white baby lion, born at
Deer Lodge, Mont, on July 2. It lies in its
cage curled up like SNOWFALL,
while it, two tawny sisters roll around
and crawl at their mothers feet and the latter
snarls sayagely ct ali who approach too closely.
Then there are the aged elephant, known to be
$50 years old the giraffe. who stretches his long
neck to height OF nineteen feet ami never ut
fersa word; the boa constructor who lies in q
selnl-iorpd condition after a meal of dszen
chickens and closes his eyes lazily as the
tifcassian girl raises his head on
her shoulder; the laughing hyena, who seemed
% De wrapped In solemn meditati on for once in
MS iife the restless tiger, pining for his jungle
ana meal OF raw Hindoo: the chetah, always
Keen on the scent, but row fallen into innocu-
Gus desuetude, and other animals too numerous
pmention.
Inc human show includes Msjor and Mrs.
sheios q very healthy aud amiable pair meas
unng feet s inches; the skeleton man. Major
nonh, OF Richmond. KY. VINO is literally as thin
Naraii, q dudisn dwarf OF 80 inches, who is
the ladies' pet: the sisters Clare, one noun
nln OIL tat and the other lilliputian belle. One
can see curiosities until the eye pines for the
commonplace.
rs nve years since John Rohinson's show
va ast In Seattle, and during the interval sew
eni DINER shows have visited the city, but it
ca Dc truthfully said that none of them takes
Nscedence over it, either in size or excellence.