The sun., 1894-03-11
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| Greatest shew .. Ear,h-
The greatest show on ssrth-does Il need 10
| be said that Il is-Barnum a Bailsy's.7-aavs its
spring reception yesterday At its winter quar-
ters at Bridgeport
Tody Hamilton took charge OF the guests Al
the Grand Central Station at o o'clock in the
morning; carried them forth and back
through Bridgeport in . golden band wagon
behind six white horses. deoked them with
flowers, and finally delivered them in good
shape again at Forty second street.
as can only be had 6S a personally conducted
sC SoT AZ Nts tsol h sas So that This p
saw ali that the. public win see when the
HsSI,Op HST o'fan sanarO GARDEN ,nT in couple q
weeks. Tor II fTody had undertaken to rehearse
shs 6e RI ns and 6
NAL arena It would have taken more than one
s asy all SGT mass the %
were interesting novelties that are to be pro.
Twas i was odd to see such queens Of the ring as
hitched at their waists and in diney costumes
that had seen many days Of hard use, nyine
on ss
turned On their tlyine s@teeds, @ one me forgot the
20 Ss.s hs iad s SsSa. .as
the life OF the real circus. and the applause
fCC sHs sW sSS' rUts @ and ssn
game eyolutiens II which such riders as Herr
SSyaTTds and wiliis% 9Ottgn GnnD tOO5 ppst Plant
really az old act: but 4 ls new to t6e. .Pre;snt
pole with it's intricseies' Of winding ribbons.
periormsd 6y eight riders The visitors
Bears, wild soass snd dSss doas tSpss
rolling balls. making pyramids under the
The These "a are the animals whiCn viii perform in
great cage At the show and y any one doubts
that was rot according t. to the bill .,
| elephants munched their hay about a ring.
Baby Ruth little elephant D, ssarcs nT ss
word OF command. and finally, getting them
and down a. sSs sR%ved her weight
sidc to side at the centre o. the seo.saw
standstiil. horizontal. with all the company in
II was from thl. pretty scene that the COM
and pnmas we're pssing tneif cagSs And n,i,ns
'fn' IN one % cage cage was vi T rovai bengal tiger and
mate. Into the cage was put . eoat-a little.
Doors Of the CAGE. s which pennsd the tiger and
his mate into one end. were thrown open.
''S1n When .o Il v"s s withdrawn the goat and the
tigers faced each other at opposite sides Of the
| cage. The tigress lay behind her mate The
| big tiger seemed as much astonished as the
goat With slow stems he paced across the csgo.
and they stood nose to nose. The goat raised her
eyes to the big face OF the tiger and gently
paved the mir with one foot with question
ing look. 1t was an even chance rs to which
would have run away first u they had been
free. Certainly that big tiger had no intention
OF hurting the goat. Not SO the ttgress.
She slid suddenly under the belly OF
closed her teeth on the goats neck
before the goat had even time to. ,chan nge her
the goat. When, after a long time. the tlgress
laid the goat down. seemingly dead. the
big tiger saw her stir. and he gave
bones assured the visitors that the goat never
would move again. A lamb was put into q
cage OF leopards. Hungry or not. there was
no hesitation there. All three leopards spraDg
for 1t on the instant, and bullet could not
have killed it quicker.