The morning call., 1893-05-07
FIGHTING CESAR.
He Will Bob Up Serenely
at "Actium."
HARRI5ON'S BIG "BATTLE."
Equestrian Races, Stock Parades and
Things Flow From the Olympic
Club Presidents Fertile Brain.

Greer Harrison is Fighter" from Fight
ersville, and means TO make the Olympic
| Club independent If he has to stop up nights
| thinking out schemes.
HIS Coliseum did not financially cor
respond with its artistic success. but Har-
| rison and his club are stlll In the ring.
| According to the very latest intelligence,
| William Greer Harrison has planned anothef
gorgeous spectacle, which promises TO sur
pass the Circus Maximus as utterly as the
! Circus Maximus surpassed any OF San
Franchises previous entertainments.
II is to be a picture of the battle OF
Actium, in which the forces Of Julius
Caesar met and defeated those Of Marc
! Antony.
| There will be first the massng OF the two o
! armies before Alexandria with their varied
uniforms and weapons. Then the combat
will be shown, followed by the defeat OF
| Antony's for ces.
Through scenic effects already devised by
| MIR. Harrison, but which lie does not now
| wish to make public. the scene will now be
altered. The spectators, without changing
their seats, will be moved from their p6-
| sition before Alexandria to the banks of
the Nile.
Here will be given the meeting of the
rival fleets. The galleys with their banks
/ of oars and armed beaks will be repro
duced with all the possible historical and
| sestheti: effects.
The galley OF Cleopatra especially will
| be work of art. In it will be Egypts
| Queen surrounded by all the barharic splen-
| dor OF an Eastern court. The costuming
| and minute effects Will be as correct as the
present historical knowledge will allow.
The turning Of Cleopatra's galley and her
| flight from the scene of action, followed by
that of Antony. will be the climax OF this
picture. The confusion of Antony's fleet
| and its retreat, followed by C@sar's vic
torious flotilla. follows.
The scene will then change once more
from the river TO the circus and the tina
defeat Of Antony's land forces will be
shown.
The whole entertainment will then be
crowned by the Triumph Of Caesar" In
this the victorious general heads the pro-
cesston OF his conquerng troops. In the
procession appear the trophies of his bat
Ties. The slaves and booty are displayed
and the nobler captves dragged in chains at
the conQueror'5 chariot.
In speaking of the matter last night, Mr..
Harrison exhibited the most perfect conf
dence OF his success.
I'm the first place, will form a corpora
ton among few of my personal friends.
The capital stock will be the amount it is
estimated the pageant will cost. In this
way there will be no opportunity for the
club to loose anything.
The show will be given In some great
public place like Central Park. We will have
special plans drawn by skilled architects
SO tha! seating capacity of 10000 or IL, 900
Will be obtained. These plans will then be
perfected by Joullin, in order that they may
have all possible artistic finish.
Every ticket will represent reserved
seat and thus all confusion will be voided.
Ihat Is one reason why the date Is put
at a year from The present time. Another
reason is that IL would not be wise to have
another great show on the same principle as
the Circus Maximus following so closely
upon 1t.
FIFTY per cent of the profits-for there
Will be profits this time-wiIl 90 to the
Olympic Club. This will be as a sort Of
payment of the athletes. The other 90 per
OF the scheme in proportion to the shares OF
stock they hnld.
The immediate movement ON foot for the