Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-23
THE BIG SHOW Is HERE.
Seventy-EiEht Carloads Of Circus Para
pheruaIia Arrived This Morning-The

Seventy-EiEht Carloads Of Circus Para
pheruaIia Arrived This Morning-The
Parade.
-Four special trains. bearing the vans
and wag0ns. tents. horses. elephants
and circus paraphernalia, Of the Bar
mum and Bailey Greatest Show on
Earth. arrived here this morning. Be
fore six o clock there viii be a crowd Of
people az the railroad yards 20 see the
cars urloaded and uhrongs of curious
citizens VIII follow the wagons 70 the
grounds 70 see The tents put up. Il is
q sight Wen worth seeing. TOO. The
great eXpanse Of canvas which forms
The circus tent proper. covers nearly
four ana half a.cres Of ground. It's
seating capacity is nearly. seventeen
thousand persons. and there is no 9th
or single tent in the world 10 compare
with 10 in size. The army OF workmen
there are 500 people carried with the
big sh0w-wOTked like beavers and
within an hour and a half after the
rrsJ wagon was on the ground. there
had srisen a city OF tents. covered with
S3udlly le--e-ed banners Of all the col
ors OF the rainbow. BY me o'clock
everything VIII have been completed
and the circus people viii be ready 10
receive visitors. The street parade
VIII leave the grounds az about $50
and VIII pass through the principal
streets OF the city. Il IS promised that
-his pageant shall eclipse all former
eror-s OF 1lr. Bailey in his direction
and thar is shall completely overshad-
0w similar exhibitions given by other
and smaller shows. The people viii
be- the judges, aid II the street parade
does not come up 20 all that IS prom
.sel fer IT, then il may be taken for
granted that there viii be shortcomings
il the performance this afternoon and
evening. Mr. Bailey is perfectly will
ing 70 stand by the impression made
. hy his monster parade and feels no un-
easiuess in regard % the public YER
dict
The musical direc,or Of the big show
this season as last IS Prof Carl Claire
and his military band of ff-y pieces
VIII lead the parade through the
streets Following the band VIII come
a co-erie OF gentlemen riders. costume
Is fox hunters. mounted upon thor
0uEhbret horses. A band chariot viii
follow this section and another band
OF twenty musicians viii be seen and
heard. The horses drawing this char
lot are couce5edly the finest ten horse
matched team in the world. Then viii
be seen the open animal dels. There
win be cages Of lions, leOpards. bye
mas. wolves. cougars. pumas. panLhers.
royal Bengal tigers. bears and grizzly
bears. each with trainers. The mag
rif-eu- band chariot "En-erpe.' with
another band viii come next. in adj
I vance OF a corps Of lady riders Of the
I Hippo6rome. all richly cosrumed and
mounted upon the finest imaginable
horses. EiDuSd0ome riders. standing
riders. chariot drivers. both ladies and
gentlemen. monster elephants carry
ir= h1wdahS il which VIII be seen
genuine native Burhnese and Siauase
table4uX charlO-s. representing uurs-
cry rhymes. a caravan Of twelve edu-
Gated performing elephants, a group
7f cameIs and Lr0medaries. etc An
other portion Of the parade VIII be
devoted 20 -ableaux wagons upon which
viii be Representatives of China Japa
India. AFRICA. Algeria, Morocco.
~-e-u Portugal France. Germany,
Belgium. and other nations, each pre-
-ae-el b~ riders dressed 10 represent
-re u11archs Of each country and body
guard OF s0ILiery. correctly uniformed.
The triple circus company. and the
water carnival. in which Louis Golden
makes his famous dive from the dome
1f The tent into four and half feet Of
water. win be seen with the big show
today.