New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-29
THE CTRCUS, NEW AND OLO.
BARNU-M e. BAILEY'S MORE EXTENSIVE
THIS YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE
MANY NEW sPEc1ALTIEs AND ENLARGEMENT
AND REVISION OF OLD oNEs-REMARK-
ABLE PERFORMANCES OF THE
FLYING TRAPEZE

FLYING TRAPEZE
There is nothing new under the sun OF course pul
the sun never shines under a circus tent ana 80
the rule does Apply to the circus word al an.
Absolute novelty throughout Is Impossible nut Ola
IDEAS worked UP in forms. and the development
Of old feats to nearer approaches to perfection con-
s,itute the main Improvement OF the Barnum "
Bailey Show each year. Yesterdays opening per
formances of the great tAree-ring combination at
Madison Square Garden offered more imam the usua'
amount Of slmon-pure novelties, as we'll as lhe
further elaboration of things old, bu; good For
instance last year Wentworth had but one trained
mig This wear he has three. Last season there was
but one member of the Meers family riding. TINS
year there are three and all in stunning ne"
dresses Las. year there were but two sets OF dou-
BILE jointed flying trapeze wonders This year '"e'e
are three. all going at once.
The line of genuine novelties included woman
Gown, whose antics were received with douplIul
appreciation. a serpentne dance on horseback Nv
Ing pictures revolving stage. bur'eSque pu'
fight and water carnival. with fourh Oh ia!
finale. Carl Clair the hard-worklng bandmaster'
also ventured on a little novelty in the overture
and treated the waiting spectators to cornet 500
by the latest accession 10 his band Miss June Miller
The programme opens this year with ire HPpo-
drome which being classic institution cannot W.
part from the traditions The only thlng new aoou'
1t was the riders and drivers. All the weH-Kho"h
Jehl; Of the Ancient and Honorable Order of Roman
The woman who drove the winning pair yesterday
was tina champion dancer Of the harem VINO he'dS
the profession OF the chronological Congress. Thus
is woman being emancipateG even among the uh-
spoakable Turks.
The bull fight was funny. A two-leggei bull Of
groggy department had spear stuck into the
woo,,y portion of his neck surdry times b. plea
dor mounted on a two-legged horse. the legs Deohg-
Ing to the picador. When the rcldor became weary
Of falling himself the matadoT stuck his SWORD
into the same wooden portion Of FL Toro's anatomy.
His bulship refused to die, however, ana stood
around waiting 70 be lassoed The gentlemen with
the lasso made two casts in van. a super good
naturally arranged the Moose over the bulls horns
and the supposedly dead champion calmly walked
out of the ring
The trained elephants were out in force hiiins all
three rings at the same time but the baby elephant
is evidently dead or has grown up. John oBrieh :
beautiful white Arab stations were more sprngy anu
graceful than ever in the "hgh-school' riding act
The three Mecrs ssters-Rosc. Marie and Quicka-
rode with that finished skill which seems to he fam
iy gift One OF them did the butterfly portion OF the
serpontine dance hutterng around the ring enve-
oped in untold yards Of gauzy muslin william
Demott who contests the championship OF thc ring
with the famous bareback rider ana GA ldVoIIte
Ing from his horse ana had be helped TO the
dressing room. Miss Josie Ashton. who occupied me
centre ring IN ms ACT gave i'''''''''
The circus proper wound up with nying 'rapeze
ers and the Dunbars were all whizzing through the
air at the same time. The much billed ana ad-
vertised billions base their claim 10 fame on IN"
fact that their star performer does the Oh double
trapeze act with his head in a bag After goins
through the usual performance jumping from ms
trapeze TO his partner and back again TWISTING ana
turning somersaults in the air-hc covers ms eyes
with bandage puts his head in bag and does II
all again. ., -. - A..
The water carnival was success. all but the nre-
works They hung fire and finally went of In sec
lions under prNest The man who dove from ne
roof into five feet Of water created sensation Inc
vrho n of Slack-Wire performance on
a slippery, floating spar rivaled the diver
Down in the Garden basement the many strange
peopIe OF the chronological Congress sat about in
solemn silence and let Themselves be stared at 10y
the throng OF visitors. The little group OF Accawa
indians looked particularly melancholy.
whats the natter" asked an inqulsltlve ana
svmpathetic woman visitor of a foury ear-old men,
Der Of the group. ,,,
..He mother die dis mornn'." explained the Indian
woman who held the child her eyes filled with
tears. .,,- 1870. -, ,.o.t.
This is the second member OF this group OF tropic-
horn natives who have succumbed to New-Iork
weather.