New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-02

OLD ONES IN THE BARNUM & BAILEY CIR
crs-AccoMPILsHED HORSES AND DOGS
AND MEN AND WOMEN
r.o c.rdo, is onen now and the fronts Of the ami
male cares are down and the riders and acrobats
arc up The season OF the Barnum Bailey sho"
opened yesterday afternoon. There was not large
crowd in attendance there never Is on the hrst DAY
Some people get rid OF the notion that INC
first two or three performances OF the circus are
rehearsals and that IT IS better to wait rev
DAYS ,il everything get. into better order. AS
matter Of fact. the Barnum Bailey snow Is
model Of discipline and always was 10 any ONO
who has an appreciation of the diihculties Oh ma"
aging such an affair. but not a knowledge OF no"
they are overcome It sufficient "onuei
that the show should ever 30 smoothly at ALL ou.
Il went as smoothly yesterday as 1t ever does y,
course little apology was made FOR the me" " a
the horses because they had all marched TOT hNe
hours the night before but probably the men anu
the horses felt the difference If there WAS any
much moro than anybody else saw H.
In the main the circus is not greatly Chanse"
since last year No way has been disco'e'eu III
the interval to replace or 10 improve the MUS ''
portant acts, and so they remain ABOUT ,he e""e'
The races and the equestrian May-pole dance are
about the same as they were last year 80 Is ''e
wonderfully attractive exhibition OF trained horses
given bv John O'Brien. who arranses MS to'ces III
concentric rings and makes them reVoNe IN Up
posite directions.
Horsemanship IS not a new accomplishment anu
there were as good horsemen long ago as there are
orr or ars ever likely 10 be- Therefore. the riding
acts are not 10 he expected 10 he any better IMAM
Of old The Barnum show always mao "e ue''
riders that were to be found. and II has them sui
and that is all that IS 10 be expected. MISS I'oSo
Noers rode her horses in quite de.ightul man
ner. and the management paid her the compliment
Of letting her have the arena all 10 herself Whhe
she did IT, so that the attention OF the spectators
iced not be distracted by any other performances
In other rings Mss Meers is young but she has a
name that belongs 10 the aristocracy OF the crcus'
and she is already accomplished
The Sblons. the Dunhams ana dozen o''e'
,rouncs and individuals performed feats high up IN
1he air \ little trapeze act by Mile Iunour was
especially attractive. Alar, the human arrow
was shot straight space, without the target
that she used 10 puncture last season. remarKa-
BILE exhibition Of tumblinG was given by the Heras
troupe three men and three women. who perform
in street dress. But the whole arena can be hled
with tumhlers ut a moments notice. ana uoupes
that would win loud applause If they performed IN
q music hall in the winter are tucked away IN the
corners. and the spectators scarcely kho" 'l@'
they are there in the general whrl of things
II often happens that some OF the niue 'hinss
ere the most entertaining. and II IL good "hlle
since anything has been seen here that was runner
than the dog that plays football 1t Is football
that Is 70 say. about as mu,h as any football IS
He PLAYS chiefly with his head. The ball Is a
trNe larger than an ordinary football ana rouhd
ard rod and yellow II Is thrown in the air and the
dog Jumps at IL and tries TO hit It with his mead
And he usually does hit #, and then wild chase
begins all over the arena. IT makes no dinerence
TO that dog what other acts he runs against OH
his reckless way; all he cares for is TO run AFTER
that bail and punch it with his head MS ehers 7H
and consistency in this wonderful. ana ms ski,
i'm making long and frantic jumps at the pan anu
hitting il All but every time is not less so -.
Test the diverting OF the attention OF dog ron
the usual sports % his kind should leave me OIl
uursuits unattended TO, horse has been laueht
10 do his own work and a dogs, too. Ihls morse
is ridden by Miss Peyrani. VINO does some u my
in the Garden which has not hitherto Deeh re-
garded however many its other ATTRACTIONS may
have been as an especially good hunting grolhd;
Miss PeVrani shoots a few doves with the unusual
Tasuli of making them fly 10 her and light on her
gun and her hat instead OF falnng. ana lhen size
shoots a stuffed dove and a rabbit which the Morse
that she rides goes and picks up and gives 70 her
the man who inside ball and rolled hlinse1
10 10 the top o. "A spiral incline excited about as
much attention anything IN the circus Idst year.
He Is still rolling but he has companion TINS year
/ who varies the act This man rolls hlmseN w a
| etraight-aWay inclined plane instead or spiral
aud then along a wire with a clown IN a SWING
,lsD.nIed from his globe. \ new act that Waa Sc
CURED so recently that it did not even get printed
on the programme. is the rldlng OF plc!Cle w
sda down on a little track suspended from the cell
Ing Many bicycle riders have tried to ride head
down. especially in the days or the od-iashoned
high machines. but II never has been much OF a
success hitherto. \ curious thing about the, feat
&c that when the bicycle goes forward the large
wheel turns backward.
II is useless TO try recount half that Is 20 be
seen at the Garden. Even in all that mas been
new ciantess not that. The circus Is the cir
Gus and that Is all and enough Inc elephants'
having lived on hay for months. have tasted pea
nuts again and the bright half OF the year IL begun