The Washington times., 1895-05-18
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roars and screams of the animals at their
backs.
You took your chance, you either fed the
elephants with peanuts, or you fed the eth
biological wonders with 10-cent pieces for
their photographs, which they offered after
every performance.
A Samoan dance is something to remem-
ber. 1t is impossible TO get the noise
of the tambours out of your head The
bowling dervish and the Numidian lion
started duet at one point OF the game, but
be outroared the lion to the complete salts
faction OF the multitude.
Out of the congressional show the people
went pell-mell Under the great tent In
which the wonders of the ring were per-
formed.
EYES AT A PREMIUM.
There were three rings, two platforms,
and a lake, and the point was to watch
the six with one pair OF eyes. Everything
in sight was doing a speciality. The first
big outburst of applause was when eight
trained elephants went through a country
dance. After that nothing was impossi-
ble.
Besides the natural congress the other
big feature was the carnival of aquatic
sports. After being amused by the clowns
and the trick dogs, elephants, tigers,
pigs, monkeys, trapeze people, eques
triennes, bare back riders, butterflies on
horseback, and an almost endless success
sion of artistic performances, the spec
tators Were entertained with the novel
aquatic feature.
The champion high diver of the world,
Louis Golden, did his brilliant dive from
height of forty-nine feet into the lake. He
came down in graceful horizontal poise,
and by a deXterous incline when he was
about ayard from the surface, pitched into
the water, and emerged as gracefully as q
sum-dude. Then came the wedding picnic
of the tramp, in which the talent of the
three rings united TO make an uproariously
funny performance. This was about the
end of the show, with the exception of
the usual coucert
PONY NOT sURE-FooTED.
The only mishap was to the uder of the
sure-footed pony in a race with thor
oughbred racer, in which the pony stumbled
and his rider fell. He was taken out, but
came back TO show that he was not hurt and
sdlful manager in such disasters.
There Were about ~ 900 people in at
tendance. The tent was filled and excel
lent order was preserved. The programme
was as long as the catalogue of the ships,
and looked like a newspaper OF some years
ago.
The Roman chariot races, the jockey
race, the tumblers and the double trapeZe
acts were the finest of their kind. The
managers, regardless OF price, have placed
the world under tribute and wherever there
was only one of a kind they got it. The
elephants are a show in themselves.
The attendance in the afternoon was
10 $50 and in the evening, despite the
Threatening weather, the full capacity of
the big amphitheater was reached at $40
when there were 16 500 people i'll the tents.
The ticket wagon was closed and all she
reserved seats were sold, including those
usually turned downto serge as aisIes for
the admission OF persons TO the upper rows
of the reserved seat section.
1t began 10 rain at o'clock, but there
seemed TO be no dninution of the crowd,
which kept coming in steady throngs. The
side show, of course, caught the overflow,
aud by S:15 O'Clock il was packed full. II
was estimated by the management that not
less than 2 eco persons Were turned away,
unable even TO get admission tickets. Last
evenings audience was the largest in point
OF numbers that has ever assembled TO
witness a circus performance in Washing
ton.
A party OF distinguished VISITORS was
entert aimed by Mr.. Rouse, the press agent
of the show, yesterday afternoon at din
ner. 1t consisted of Assistant Indian Com
missioner Smith, number of his friends,
both ladies and gentlemen; c. A. Maxwell,
esq, and family, MT. and Mrs. Pollock, and
Miss stetson. The guests enjoyed camp
dinner in the hotel attached to the big
show, and thoroughly appreciated the
menu afforded by Messrs. Kohl and Kline.
This morning the Mojave Indians, the
Hualapai -Apaches, the N avajos, CO.
coninos, and Supais will call upon Indian
commissioner Browning at his o ffice
and tell him what big men they are and
how good they are always going 10 be.