Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-09
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BARNUM AND BAILEY

No man In Fort Worth ever G'.w as
| big n show as he saw on thu Texas al d
| Pacific reservation yesterday and last
night. 1t is needless 10 say that this
was Barnum * Baileys show At
o'clock yesterday aftcrho)l the lis
tent, which seats more tn IN "A 900 peo-
pie, was as full as an aidirinanic can
dldate the night before election. 1t
was estimated that not Tess than ten
thousand children, with four nuiif' TO
each child, witnessed the parade in the
forenoon-which by the way was the
greatest parade ever on sort WORMS
streets-but all the children GIu not
get to the circus But the teEt was
filled. 1t seemed that every family in
Tarrant county was represented. And
several counties outside Of Tarrant
was numerously represented. And
when the tent was hlled-after every.
body had seen the twenty-five ele-
plants and herd of camels, etc-the
ring SHOW" began And this perform
ance had but one fault-there was too
much of it, The ground plan of the
big show as 1t was presented in the
afternoon was exactly the same as 1t
was in Chicago and other cities. There
are three rings, Il water pool a. feet
in diameter. three stages 30N50 feet and
a hlppodrome track surrounding them
all. Up in the air over the rings and
stages are seven complete sets of aerial
paraphernalia and Of aerialists alone
there are fOrty-one performers. The
entire company as presented aggregates
112 performers The big circus amphi-
theater is the largest single canvass
ever constructed, having n seating ca
paCity of 1850.
The performance opened with a pa
geant of rare brilliancy, in which all
the nations of the world are represent
ted. The monarchs are portrayed as
accurately as possible and each Is es-
corted by a military retlnue, srOwing
the correct uniforms and accoutre-
ments of the armies of the world The
natives of the chronological congress
which Is a irVel and very attractive
feature of the Barnum q Bailey show,
were seen in this pageant in native
garb, mounted upon elephants or rid
ing upon the tableauX floats.
This show Is particularly strong in
its equestrian department. 1t carries
eleven champion bareback riders, all
of whom took part in the entertain
ment William Showles Is the ac-
knowledged champion bareback rider
of the world; Willie Wallet, champion
Meers of the famous Meers family pre-
scented an act, or series of them in
fact, superior to anything ever seen in
this city. The double riding of Rose
and Marie Meers is a revelation in
equestrian exhibitions Ernest Mel
vile. the premier Jockey rider, Linda
Jeal Rose Wentworth, Josie Ashton,
Maude Allinger and Nine. Castronl all
came In for generous applause during
their respective acts.
The Potters are the most intrepid and
daring trapezlsts In the profession and
the return acts of the Dunbars and
billions were very fine as well as en-
tirely novel; The comedies of the water
carnival made fun for every body and
Paul Tustin's high dive into the pool
In this part of the entertainment was
thrilling enough to suit anyone.
In fact every feature Of the enter
talnment was treat and the crowd
was not mlserly In its applause
But the most interesting things Ettcr
all are those of which the immense
| crowds throns the mammoth tents
rarely think-the manner of life Of the
| performers and the method of strip
| ping tent" after the close of .he per-
Torrance. Through the courtesy of
| Mr.. w. j. Rouse, press agent, this
writer was enabled to witness both
! dressing room he saw the bareback rid
ers, the tumblers, the acr0bats, the
! diver, the clowns-not all the clowns,
but the men clowns-in the various
! stages OF preparation for their turns"
and he never saw harder working
| or n better humored set OF men AS to
the preparation for moving but little
| can be said. When the curtain falls
on the last act at night, all the furni-
ture OF all the other acts is either on
the cars or on the way to the cars,
| and before the last of the audience
hnr1n fIn fNYss. 100.
bearing the wonderful aggregation
or aggregation of wonders-is on its
way TO the next town.
How is 1t done?" 1t can't be told.
only that master mind ia the chief
director and he Is assisted by Others
equally competent in their more re-
strlcted fields. Mr.. j. A. Bailey, the
owner of the show. Is. of course, gem
eral manager. His immediate super
intendent is Frank Hyatt, superiutcnd-
emit Then comes W. S. Young, treas
urer,. and w. d. Hagan. manager of
! privileges. Or, in other words, tho man
who says who shall sell peanuts and
| pink lemonade. r. Il. Hamilton is gem
eral press aEent-known from one end
OF the country to the other MS "Jolyr
hamilton-and W. j. Rouse. press
agent with the show. w r. Pettibone
Is manager Of the general aggregation
OF national freaks. known as ''represen-
tatives OF all n&eions," and Ceorae
Conllln, manages the elephants, a
much easier Job. John o'Brlen Is the
ring manager ana Byron Rose sees 10
the loading and unloading OF tho cars
muster Of transportation they call
MN, The last man mentioned is not
OF the least Importance by any man
ner osmeans. for L, Il. Cook Is general
agent, which means great deal,
When "the greatest show on earth"
comes again TO Fort Worth all the peo-
pie Will so again TO see IL.