The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-30
THE CIRCUS YESTERDAY.
TWO BIG PERFORMANCES WHICH
DREW LARGE CROWDS.
The Show Was Never Surpassed BY
Any Previously Visiting Salt
Lake-City Councillors Seek Free
Tickets With Avidity.

Yesterday was circus day and the
small boy was in his element. So,
likewise, were his elders, who went
along to take care of him. There were
great numbers of the latter there, bald
heads and all.
Yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock the
Forepaugh and Sells Bros. ConSohdated
shows gave a street parade that was
good in every way, and did much 10
draw the crowds that subsequently at
tended both the afternoon and evening
performances The parade was a good
half mile in length, and in line were
thirty-nine chariots, cages and wagons,
besides a long string OF horSemen ana
animals. The herd of fourteen trained
elephants was one Of the principal fea-
lures. There were five bands Of music,
and the regulation steam canope
brought up the rear. 1t must be salu
that the horses were fine and adj snow
ed good care The show equipment
throughout is all in first-cdass shape,
thus making, when on parade, strong
appeal to the public for their doAars.
But that just what the snow is out
for.
The Forepaugh and Sells Bros. shows
carry an immense spread OF canvass
taken with the numerous other Things
being enacted outside the rings, keep
the eye constantly rowing. The nero
of trained elephants, the trained SEQ
lions. trained ponies and other trained
animals have never been eXcelleu III
ring performances given here by shows
in the past. The trapeze acts were me
and the riding was first-class. me
chariot races were run in very earnest
and were exciting.
During the race in the afternoon d
wheel flew off while rounding the norNh
turn. but no i'll results followed.
Mustang Walter did some lar1at unroW-
ing and rough riding that places MIN
at the top notch in his profession. Taken
as a whole the circus may be account
ed a firs,t-class one, though it's hlgn
priced. It's a dollar show. 1t costs
whole dollar to see the main perform
ance. and the side shows come extra.
This is best explained by saying lhat
while the general admission is oO cents
it costs fifty more when one Sets d e
served seal, and about all the seats
are of that order. OF course there are
some that are not reserved. It's a aoi-
lar show. pure and simple, but II is
worth the money. Police officers didn
go in free, although city councalalien
did. Anent this is g. story-a true
story-which readily discloses tnal III
municipal life none are fairly IN IL
blIt the councilmen. Guess now hldhS
deadhead tickets they held the snow
neonle I'D for? Well-200 tickets even
M. How did they do it, and where
did they go to? The latter is the very
question the show manager asked
councilman who in the afternoon struck
him for more tickets. And maybe the
show man wasn't hot. His tempera-
ture was increased by the fact that al
that hou1, 1:30 p. m, the water supply
had been shut off, and there wash d
drop of City creek fluid on the grounds
for man or beast. The ANIMALS We're
beJgowing and the show people were
snarlinc and the councilmen about were
being scored roundly for breach OF
faith or something else.
The show people had promised Super
infendent Wallace of the waterworks
department that the SIS for water would
he paid into his department by a. m.
hut it wasn't. When noon came it was
stilN the same, and Mr.. Wallace sent a
man to shut off the water, as he had a
perfect right to do, and it remained
shart off until the SIS was brought uI
and turned in.
Now. what became of those 200 tick
cts? The councilmen got $50 of them
or on an average of ten apiece. Pre-
sumably the heads of some departments
got the other fifty. Our municipal PEG
ple might either strike show people
jight in future or else divide up with
the police department, which is fully
as deserving of such favors as the city
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