El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-07
MAIN S BIG CIRCUS.
1t Delighted Thousands at This After.
moons Performance

AOOu
People who have not seen the sun
rise since the last circus was in town
were out this morning before day light
to see Walter l.. Mains circus train
come in and unload. The circus came
in in three sections on cars especially
constructed for it and before they were
in town two hours they were unlOaded
and the tent poles were up on the
vacant block east of Florence street
and south of Third street. The chill
dren were there TO see the ANNA s: the
Old people were there 10 take care of
The children" 1he big school girl
We, e there to s=e the pretty "fellers'
" no rice the bare back mustangs and
turn double back action som mersaults
on nothing: tie young society men
were there TO see + The ''bi-h ruet Am
LhiDiCuS BUvalupus' was rs vicious as
he as pictured. Toe al imals were
Gagged aud bianketed and could rot be
seen by the children, but the Old peo-
pie told the cnlldren how the animals
looked :the bareback riders were in the
stable car sound asleep on a bale of
nay and the school girls looked at
roLst-abOuts instead; the young men
saw the Bovslapus AID found it to be
sacred OK from India with brass balls
on its horns, while the young boy
plagued the bull elephant and looted"
StdtS dTOuuo 1OI GhS DOutS
the circus is here and ready for bust
ness. 1t Will stay Today and tonight it
viii fold its tent aud fly away and to-
morrow morning., the morning after
and the morning after that it will go
through the same routine OF business
seeking sheckes in the different towns
and thus it will 60 on forever.
The parade started out at 10 O'Clock
and was made up as follows:
Band on large golden wagon: eight
riders-4 ladies' and 4 mep;6 cages of
animals-three plain ana three or
namenta': fife and dun corp: 4 lady
and 3 men riders: chariots with +
horses abreast each: l cage OF bears;
Santa Claus, drawn by 3 Shetland
ponies and uriven by lady: large
silver bald wagOo; wagon OF snakes
and lady cha"mer: l ele phant with
lacy rider aud three elephants follow
ing; drOmedarie. and a camel: Gage of
hyenas with keeper inside; hayseed
bano; 3 cages of animals the last with
lion on top with lady kee yer,-ths is
the famous riding lion; Uncle Sam; l
cage of lions and tigers with keeper IT,
side: 3 horses driven tandem and the
whole ended up with cliOpe. The
para de reached from the corner of
Second and Ell Paso streets to the corn
er of S.. Louis aud Campbell streets.
The parade was witness ed by thousands
of people who watched it from both
sides Of the street all along the route.
Buggies, wagons, bicycles and horses
were used to watch the procession "a d
ID the second Story windows and on
port cos the faces of many pretty ladies
could be seen.
At the corner of ST. Louis and Camp
bell streets crowd stood and Ruyed
the procession as it passed, but the
guyi)g was good natured and was
taken in good part
The circus is h much larger affair
than most people thought beture it ar
rived. There Sre nine tents and the
circus tents proper covers APO feet of
ground. with a seating Capacity Of 81,
600. 1t takes two AID one-half tons IF
hay daily for the horses and elephants
aud l, 100 pounds of raw meat for tie
animals. An array of people are en-
ployed for different work around the
ten.
The show opened at Pollock sharp
aud the box Office will remain open Ut |
til clos pg time tonight. This IS done
to evade dOu Bile lie, n5e and also to :
accommodate the ladies' and children
who want 10 attend IN the aftern, on !
when the animals can be s. en- at their
best.
At noon there were thousands Of pee
pie around the tent, who have follow
I'd the circus, progr, IS since day
light. They are there hungry and
thirty but determined to get on the in
side just as soon as he doors open aud
many of them will pro >ably remain
with IL until the canvass is 'et down TO-
night.
L, is circus day in Ell Paso and the
mana cement promise as good a circus
As ever seen In this civ
The performance given nv the Wal
,"r l. Main circus " is af g NON vas
Anq uestionably the let ana must up