The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-10-02
CIRCUS A HUMMER.
Two First.Rate Performances Given
to Packed Tents.

For the third time Ringing Bros.
colossal shows visited the capital city
yesterday and delighted thousands OF
people The dRY was a red letter one.
An enormous crowd, estimated at from
10, 900 70 IS. 600 people, was in the city
and nearly all attended the show. The
parade was grand, the mounted band
being the most novel feature. The
sidewalks and streets we're packed
with humanity, but not a single in
stance Of pickpoekets or other misde-
meanors was reported TO the police.
A few arrests for drunk and disorderly
conduct were made, but the occasion
was taken into consideration by the
police and only the most tempestuous
cases were attended to, Too much
cannot be said for the performances
given afternoon and evening
THE PERFORMANCE.
There is such maze Of circus trap
pings, ropes, aerial parsphernslia,
bars, trapezes-everything in fact that
It is simply bewidering. The circus
tent lie s25 feet long and seats nearly
$4,000 people, and is the largest can
vass ever constructed for any circus
use, without exception. There are
three rings and two stages, and some
thing is going on ia every one of them
at the same time throughout the long
program.
II Is ont Of the question TO enumer.
ate even MINOR portion OF the inter-
esting numbers, but some OF the very
best people are deserving OF special
mention, while in every member OF
the company, upon his or her merit,
would be entitled to 1T. In the mat
ter of bareback riders, the work OF
William Demott, who is the Acknowl.
edged champion Of the world, there is
such dash and vim, that he appears
70 perform his wonderful work. som
ersRulting on bareback horse in
cluded, as easily as an ordinary indi-
viduAl walks along the street He is
graceful, finished and perfect. His
close rivals for honors are the splen-
did equestrians, VIM. Cook, champion
OF England, Senor Jose Domingo,
champion OF Mexico, and Cecil Lo
wAnde, champion OF Spain, while the
American BOY, Dan Leon, gives them
all good pace to beat
No lang than pfua pripaf,al al,
riders are seen with this show aud the
four premier equestriennes, Elena Ry.
land, Julia Lowande, Rose Dockrill
and Lizzie Rooney, who are eerta My
finished riders in every way and who
are said to excel all other women rid.
ders in the circus arena. Miss Dock.
rill presents beautiful riding act,
dressed in NApoleonic gsrb, and in
leapiDg from the ground TO standing
position on the back of running
horse, eclipses all other women riders.
The Flying Fishers and the DacomAs
are the most marvellous aeriAlists yet
seen in the circus world. These peo.
pie do return acts and turn double
forward someIsaults entirely across
the big tent. and are caught In the
hands OF other members OF their
troupes as they fY through the air.
The Foy family OF aerobAts do some
wonderful things and the ladies, par
tieularly, clad in long, evening gowns,
do all the somersAulting and tumbling
usually performed by male artists in
tights. Professor LockhAr.s trained
elephants tricks must be seen TO be
believed that such perfe,t control can
be secured OF such unweildy immense
beasts. The show lie too big, II any
complaint can be found. There Is too
much going on and the spectator who
endesvors TO see 1t all generally comes
away with a yiolen. headache and
confused ideas.
Spader Johnson and his famous
clown band render excrutiAting music
and make q decided hit LoekhArts
performing elephants are the most
marvellous trained animals ever seen
Ia this city. They dance, play musical