The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-04
BIG CIRCUS
HERE TO-DAY
Two Performances Given, A.
ternOOn and Night.

| Richmond Is to be invaded TO-DAY
by an aggregation composed OF the two
famous shows OF Adam Forepaugh and
Sells Brothers. They have been makins
their way toward this town with four
trains of the largest cars in the world
built especially for this establishment by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company-and
~ has required four Of the most powerful
locomotives in the country 10 pull the
load. There is 20 be no mystery about
the invasion. The opening performance
| al r. NJ. Will be preceded by the grand
and gorgeous" street pageant that leaves
the grounds at $3.50 A. VI. and traversos
the principal thoroughfares Of the city.
The parade Will be a mile and a half
| long
Certain It is that the assemblage Of per-
formers-human and animal-colected in
| THIS huge circus federation IS little short
OF marvellous. There are so many individ-
| ual features that the managers can hard
! ly present them I'm one performance,
| though they keep three rings full all the
! uinc. In addition to the trained animals.
| IKE the Forepaugh dancing elephants.
the giant chariot-racing greyhounds, the
! pigmy performing ponies and the seals
| and sen lions that do everything-inClud-
| ing talking, there are many acrObats and
aerialists who are coming here for the
| first time Most of them were engaged in
! Europe for this special tour There are
the Livinsstons. DeMora and Devere
troupcs; Ryan. Zorcla and Wetzcll,
| known In Europe as the Shooting stars"
| Lozell and Garnolla and the Beckett fam.
! ily. ALstria's metoOric gymnasts.
Then there are the testers and n double
supply Of pantomimic clowns. Paul
Splash Tustin. champion high diver Of
the world. is one of the star attractions.
The bareback riders arc said 10 be world
heaters. and Lew Sumin's Mexican bull
comes with a reputation for performing
marvels. Nine. Yucca. one Of the hand
soonest ana certainly the strongest wom-
an on earth to-day. lifts an elephant and
losses prOperty-men about as though they
were toys There are. I'm fact. an the at
fractions that could possibly be presented
without giving "a continuous performance
with no intermission for dinner.
one Of the arcnic displays has a his
tory. II consists Of three lady riders who
perform simultaneously I'm three rings.
These equestriennes are described as fol-
lows: Maude Livingston. a young ana
dashing English blonde May Davenport.
typical American beauty, and Estelie
Hobson. a blue-eyed divinity from Aus
tralia. They have made lots Of trouble
for Frank j. Melville. the equestrian di-
was only one center ring and they all
insisted upon being I'm It at the same
time. The difficulty has finally been ami
cably settled by an arrangement assign
ing the center ring to the girls in rota-
ton.
The management Of this gigantic circus
union comprises James A. Bailey now
in England with the Barnum- Bailey |
show that masterful managerial trium- |
virate-Sells Brothers and W. w Cole. !
who has just returned to American man
agement after a ten years career as |
circus impressario In Paris Berlin and |
Vienna. The show throughout is said TO |
be larger and superior in every way 10 |
any similar aggregation ever exploited. |
The actual daily expenses. rain or shine. |
reach the unprecedented figure Of $500 |
The tents cover one-thirf more ground l
than those of the Barnum- Bailey show.
The advance business Of the 4-Paw-Sels |
combine is conducted under the direction
Of Peter Sells. while the immediate man
agement OF the show is I'm the hands Of
Lewis Sells. The general offices and head
quarters Of the establishment are al Mad
son Square Garden. New York
The Forepaugh-Sels alliance IS the
only important tented exhibition that will
be seen I'm Virginia this season. The Bar
num- Bailey show is 10 remain in England
another year and Buffalo Bits route
ioes not include any territory visited by
Forepaugh and Sells.