The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
TO-DAY IS CIRCUS DAY.
The John Robinson shows Exhibit Ia
Anaconda.

Anaconda.
To-day is circus day in Anaconda, and
the whole town will turn out TO see the
show. Circus day Is always a kind of a
holiday, when everybody gets eckle
and eats peanuts and drinks lemonade
regardless of the direful consequences
Of such foolhardy acts. Circus day
without peanuts and lemonade would be
a delusion indeed.
The small boy will be out in all his
glory to-day and he will pitch his camp
at the circus grounds from the time the
first train gets in until the last horse is
loaded and the show is whirled away
again. During all this time he will not
eat a thing and very few of him will
sleep any the night before the circus ar
rives. He has been saving up his dimes
for a good many weeks and he is going
to see the whole thing. Some of it he
will see two or three times.
After he has superintendent the erec-
ton Of the tents he will fall In line in the
parade. He will see both the afternoon
and evening performances, and he viii
stay for the concert after the main per-
Torrance is over. He will also visit the
sid show half a dozen times and the
man with the baseballs to be thrown at
a colored ans head will get his game.
He will talk to the men who tax care
of the horses and the men who drive
the stdhes. ne may even get a CndNSc
to pass the time of day with the contor-
zionist or the elephant trainer. After
the circus has gone his head will be filled
with visions of racing horses. big ele-
plants, giant hippopotami, hyenas, tig-
ers, rolling, tumbling contortionists and
men and women flying through the air.
The blaring band will be a joy to him
for months and the steam calliope will
be remembered as the grandest music he
hna nxrar hard Tho nnxt dnv affair tho
circus he viii clear out the barn, build
a ring and have a show of his own. He
will make life a burden for the calf, the
dog and the cat for a week n then he
will gradually lapse into his former con-
d.tion until the neX circus comes along.
But there are others.
The small boy is not the only pebble
pm circus day. The women folk will
take the children: the business man will
go down just for a few minute to see
just what 1t amounts to, anyway" the
professional man has seen SO many cir
cuses, and they are alike. but he reck-
ons he'll go. as there is nothing else to
do; the farmer and his family will be
on hand; the old fellow will be there
to compare the show with those he has
seen years ago.. and i'm short everybody
will go. sr
The circus that is to delight Anaconda
to-day is the John Robinson Greatest OF
All American Shows. The show exhibit
ed In Butte yesterday and Will be here
early this morning. There vii be two
performances. one at 2:30 in the after
noon and another at s in the evening.
Thu doors will be open one hour before
the performances. Some of the features
are claimed to keel anything ever be-
fore exhibited in ms West. The circus
carries a r has the largest
hippopotamus in captivity to-day. The
main performance will lake place in an
rmo tent, which will contain three
rings and two stages
In the morning. rain or shine. there
will be a grand parade. The pageant
will move through the principal streets
of the city. Among the principal attrac-
tions of the circus that have been billed
are the bareback trick and fancy riding
of a host of riders, both men and wo-
men. There will be juggling. head and
hand balancing. jumping. unique and
original novelties in the way of trained
animals. Besides these there are the
Miller family of bicycle trick and fancy
riders. consisting of six people; the La
Role brother. flying trapeze perform
ers. There are many other features
which cannot be mentioned in limited
space The main performances will
close with a Roman spectacular tourna-
ment. The hippodrome races are full
Of daring and skillful riding and driving,
and the beautiful chariot races will not
fail to please.
Louis Cyr. the strongest man in the
world. is with the show. So far as
known his marvellous feats of strength
and lifting have never been equaled.
and he is said to be the strongest mar
who has ever lived. Physically. Mr.. Cyr
is a colossus. His height is 5 feet 10la
inches, and. without one pound of SUI
perfiuous flesh, he weighs 2s5 pounds.
The breadth Of his shoulders Is 27h
inches. His thigh. calf and forearm de-
velopment is equally great, while his
biceps. without being d~istended. show
the remarkable measurement of 2lla
inches. Mr.. Cyr's record is equally won
derful and Is authenticated by no less
an authority han the New York Clip
per Annual. Among his most notable
feats is the lifting of 552iz pounds dead
weight with one finger; 9s7 pounds with
one hand; 1.Ss7k pounds with both
hands. and a clear lifting feat of 1900
pounds.