Evening journal., 1893-08-19
CAME ETOSEE THE CIRCUS
Thousands of People Throng
Market Street.
COUNTRY PEOPLE SEE THE SHOW

The Great Barnum and Bailey Exhibi-
tion on the Elliott Estate-Hacks and
Electric Cars Taxed TO Their Utmost
in Carrying People 60 the show
Grounds.
This is circus day In the city. Barnum
and Bailey's great show is exhibiting on
a lot at Washington street and Elliott
avenue The citizens have the oppor-
tunity Of passing over the boulevard and
across the Washington bridge
Early this morning country vehicles,
seen slowly passing through the
laden with human beings, could be
streets. Some Of the young men brought
their "best gals and some family men
brought "all the children" The colored
people seem TO be attracted by the show
to a greater extent than the white
people. All the trains coming into this city
this morning were more than half
occupied by negroes. Along Market
street they passed looking at the
sights" and peering desperately into
every show window.
Many hacks came into the city with
loads of people from the surrounding
small towns. The livery stables could
barely accommodate the horses from the
country districts.
The Wilmington City Railway cleo
trio cars began to gil up at noon with
those desiring TO 60 to the exhibition.
The Riverview cars lands passengers
within a few squares from the tents.
The line was taxed TO its utmost this
afternoon.
Market street was crowded as early as
Is o'clock with people from all
parts OF the city who wanted to witness
the parade Those people from the
country made the street look as though
there had been shower Of peanuts
as they devoured pint after pint
aud dropped the hulls on the
pavements to be crushed by thous-
ands Of feet The parade did not start
up Market street until 1920 IL contin.
ued to pass for twenty-five minutes.
The Great show Going ON.
Most Of the wonders to be exhibited IN
Brandywine to-day within the greai
tents are new and the same as shown II
Madison Square Garden, New York. last
spring, comprised in circus, menager
les, hippodrome. and the great historica
spectacle Of Columbus and the Dis
covery Of America. In the latter part
| of this performance alone 200 char
acters are on view at one time with 40l
horses. chariots, etc, and it Is a SAT-
prediction to make that nothing lik
IL hiss ever been witnessed here. Thl
whole organization is conducted with
view to presenting the best and mos
IL hrin ~
gether. The horses are sleek, hnel
kept and strong, the ladies are nearly a
Young and pretty, the animals ar
splendid specimens Of their respectiv
classes. and full arrangements are mad
for the accommodation and comfort o
visitors
Among the more notable specimens 0
animals in the menagerie are q hug
rhinoceros, a gigantic hippopotamus o
blood sweating behemoth. cage o
splendid tigers, containing one whic
. was captured only eight months age
and which is the largest In captivity, an
African and two Asiatic lions One Of thes
is the original from the famous paint
ing by Pope, made recently In Londor
, There are also the only genuine ful
7 blooded zebra In America, the rings ruI
|. ulnR QOWn 10 MS nuuAbf WtAA-hNHhi btnt
tiful giraffe, which never makes a sOun
with his mouth never even uttering
grunt, harte beste. the only one travelling
} a bis antelope,a a splendid specimen OF tn
Indian yak polar bear recently brough
. from Norway, some Persian sheep, move
, before exhibited, q nylghau, and drov.
Of elephants, among them Tom Thuml
4 the little trick animal whose fame rest
= upon his having been rescued from
J locomotive by Jumbo.
4 The circus exhibition has three RIM
q and two stages. racing track, spectac
stage 400 feet long, magic Illusion
and the number Of performers Is large
In excess Of those ever seen befor
Many Of them are European celebritle
a and their acts are novel and origins
!, The most graceful and difficult Of all q
equestrian acts are performed by your
and handsome women, and only char
d pions appear in all the eighty circ'
:, acts.
IS The ring exhibitions Of trained el
2 plants Is an interesting one. One he
?. contains half dozen huge beasts, Of
Is of which, only few inches less
> height than Jumbo
]. Features Of the Columbus" spectaC
le are an incidental ballet, in which 2
le women and men appear and
,. triumphal procession Of Columbus
% in which 1900 people appear.
at faithful attempt to embody historic
accuracy Is made, aud the court
r Ferdinand and Isabella furnishes abur
W ant scope for the costumer, the desigr
le and the stage manager. The proc'
B. sion stretches twice around :
in great tent, and its mazcn is enlivened
ne triumphal music.
=. Everything in and about the BArnI
Q & Bailey Show is on scale Of magnltr
Ia which implies a wonderful amount
Of executive ability and thorough discipl
PIT 10 manage successfully. The mill
We dollar street parade will take place
Id the morning.
- A Double Runaway.
Two ruuawav horqQq attached