San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-18
A GREAT SHOW
And a Big Day in San Antonio
Sells Bros. Coming.

Sells Bros. Coming.
This season Messrs. Sells Broth
ers, the pre-eminent showmen,
have thoroughly revolutiOnized
the circus world and today stand
foremost as managers and pro-
prietors of the largest, oldest and
richest show on earth. p. T. Bar
mum was the oldest until his death
as was also Adam FOrepaugh. At
ter their shows were sold to differ
ent parties in the east this placed
Sells Brothers in the front rank as
proprietOrs of the greatest and
grandest aggregation travelling,
which is a recognized fact, and so
admitted by the press and public.
This being Sells Bros twenty
second supreme successful season
under one management, and during
all that time have catered to mil
lions of people in this country,
Canada and Australia. The latter
country they visited since their last
appearance here, and it was and is
acknowledged to be the greatest
undertaking ever attempted by
any amusement enterprise. The
transportation of the entire show,
from San Francisco to Melbourne,
Australia (fOur weeks saiD one of
the many items of expense was
$4,000. Arriving there safe and
sound, and after royalty entertain
ing the Australians for a period of
four months, returned home with
an immense cash profit. While in
the foreign countries many rare
wild animals of various descrip-
tiOns We're purchased and added tS
their mammoth menagerie. Man
ager Peter Sells has arranged to
visit twenty of the leading cities
and towns in Texas during the
month of October and early in
NOVem ber,and in accordance with
the spirit Of the times, lowered the
price of admission from one dol
lar to fifty cents, thus enabling
all to see the big show. This will
undoubtedly prove great feature
and an innovation in Texas, which
will be heralded with glad tidings
to the amusement-lOving public of
this state. All the railroads at the
leading points wherein the show
exhibit will run excursion trains
and issue coupon admission tickets
to the big show. This is another
brilliant feature which will save
our Out-Of-tOwn people COnsidera-
BILE trouble ard thereby avoid the
rush at the ticket wagons in San
Antonio on Tuesday, October 31st.
Since Sells Bros. last visit here
they have greatly enlarged their
enormous united shows, and
widely increased the scope of
their novelty attractions. In
special unique features they
notably lead. Their everlasting
trade mark. The pair of Monster
HippOpOtami are unquestiOnably
the rarest and most valuable wild
beasts on exhibition. A school of
sea lions and Alaska seals taught
to perform marvellous feats so
wonderful as to defy description.
They play on banjos, mandolins,
cymbals. drums, sing, etc, and are
actually endowed with reason and
do everything except talk. One
thousand genuine features too
numerous to mention, magnificent
managerie, triple circus, real royal
Hippodrome sports, midair Carna-
walls, tropical Aquarium, Aviary,
trans-Pacific wild beast exhibit.
The grand gorgeous street parade
takes place at 10 a. m. Oct. 81. Sells
Bros, pay three licenses, city,
county and state. And positively
the only show that pays license to
exhibit a circus in Texas this
wear,