Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-06
First Grand Texas Tour OF RInElin {
nroth~rs Biz shows.

Speculation a. 70 the enormous size
Of the big union Of shows known as
Ringing Bros. Worlds Greatest
Shows" will soon give way to certainty,
for on Wednesday. October Is. they
will be seen here in Fort worth
and the public win be given occuiar
demonstration Of the fact that the
shows are without any doubt the big
gest, the greatest and the best ever
seen in Texas, or FOR that matter,
anywhere else. The big shows are Of
the progressive order. and their man
ayers up to the times, and believes
IN being a little ahead OF them. They
believe that circus enterprise cannot
be too large or too grand or too won
derfui; and they have therefore taken
the lead in producing In great num-
bers a lot OF the most startling sur
prises. The tents Of the Ringing shows
will be a show In themselves. and they
are the largest ever erected on any
show grounds In the world. The num-
Der Of persons from the FIRST
advance agent until the last
individual connected with the
the Immense establishment VIII have
left the show grounds, viii be close
on 20 1000 There are actually $50 Of
the finest horses. two big herds Of ele-
plants and hundreds Of fine specimens
Of other animals. in the great meuag-
erie. Among the special features Of
the geological collections are a giant
giraffe. the only giraffe on exhibition
IN the wOrld-a monster Hlppopotamus,
a throe-h0rned rhluOceros. a hairless
hrsraa "a ffN fbs4 lon raaf - nd falted
horse ever shown
There are over 100 circus performers.
giving 900 circus acts unapproachable
for uuiquCncss. int-epldity and grncs-
fitness. The acts are given three and
four az a time In The rings. in the air
and on the stages. The Lest bareback
riders of the sawdust arena VIII be
seen al the great Ringling circus; male
and female equnstrluns, daring and ar
tist'c. and many OF the acts Of an
order lever seen before IN any circus
ring.
Thore arc sotn.rsault and Jockey
riders, hurdle aud leapIng riders, and.
IN word. all the hazardous riding
fcets worth seeing.
The hlppodr0me OF the treat shows
Is regular revival OF the sports Of
ancient Rome coupled with the lively
and fascinating races OF today. There
are standing Roman and chariot races,
the former being very spirited and
picturesque. while the latter cannot be
outdonc Tor daring and iieetness. There
are no more spirited races than are run
on this huge quarter Of a mile track
TO be seen on any race course In Amer
lea
Space forbids detailed account Of
the manifold sights and scenes to be
given under the monstrous tents. There
are In connection with this circus, me
nagerle ana hlppodrome. japanese
circus. composed OF an entire Japanese
circus company, fresh from the En-
chanted Isle" there Is Il great horse
show composed Of the finest and fleet
est stock. There are several special
feature acts also, among which may
be mentioned the Hermann Brothers,
aerlallsts from the great Rentz circus
Berlin, Germany. the best and the high
est .uluried nrtlstgs1n the world.
The Gllgt faf1%s OF acrobats, from
the "CAslue H&Ialan,' the most mas
>YGl9yr acroSsfs ever seen In thisyoun-
rhe 30 g>lnd street parade is in
'ttAelS>N rEyy show is fully mile
sSpf a HLr long and contains more
>,'fo c5Hylonal features and novelties
t1Hlt|ny other street parade ever seen.
,Ml3esves the show grounds every
lthorninE at 10 o'clock, So AZ to facili-
tate matters for the public and enable