The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-01
HOW A CIRCUS MOVES
English Regard the Barnum & Bailey
show AS the Greatest ON Earth.

English Regard the Barnum & Bailey
show as the Greatest ON Earth.
London Mail.
At Ii O'Clock on Saturday night the PEG.
pie who had been present at the last per-
formance of the Barnum & Bailey show.
at Olympia, were got out of the building.
At u o'clock-one hour after the show was
over-the greatest show on earth was
loaded up on four huge railway trains in
the West Brompton goods yard, a mile
away, all ready to set out upon the pro-
vincial campaign, which opens on Monday
next at Manchester.
1t was the biggest thing in the furniture
removing line that London has ever seen.
A great deal of the work was done while
the performance was going on. AS soon as
the first part Of the programme had been
completed, and the menagerle and freak
closed, there suddenly appeared from no.
where a long. stern-faced man with a ter
rifying aspect, who wore jack boots, car
ried a heavy walking stick, and spoke with
a hoarse voice in commanding tones.
He was the transport master. While the
greatest show has been settled down at
Olympia the transport master passes his
time in peaceful sleep. But when the time
comes for the show to move to another
stand, the transport master comes on deck
Two or three hun1red hard, sinewy pi-
rates. who form the baggage, and trans
their chief appeared he looked them over
with a hard, glittering eye. they were a
hard-faced lot, but they trembled. They
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Suddenly his voice rang out hoarse and
loud. Now then, you blithering, skulkinI.
thieves! Get at it! Do you hear! Get at
it! Bring me them lions!".
The tall man demanded the lions in sucn
savage, hungry tones that one imagined
he wanted them to eat. But the pirate grew
understood him. A number of them sprang
kept. One man seized the pole, Others
pushed at the spokes Of the wheels, others
showed behind, and In two seconds there
was a procession of heavy lion vans moving
out into the Blythe road. The lions them
selves knew very well who had got them.
They reared with fear. No sooner were
the wagons out than horses were harnessed
to them, and off they went to the goods
yard at West Brompton.
The transport masters appetite having
been whetted by lions grew more ravenous
and his voice more ferocious. THE camels,
you loain' I%ndians!" he roared. Bring ms
them camels!' In a second the camels,
cowed and quiet, were led out. Then he de-
manded buffAloes, and then yaks, and then
tigers, and then Joanna, and then them
leading from Olympia to the railway yard
contained one long procession of live. stock.
ferent items of baggage like an ogre calling
for tit-bits of human flesh. He slashed at
his leather jack boots with his heavy walk
ing stick and roared, Fee. fl TO FUN
smell the blood of a baggage van! Ills
obedient demons rushed to gratify his de,
sires. He knew where everything was. and
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and how and when and where he wanted
everything done or put or taken. His Will
and his energy were all subduing. He was
like Richard III on the battlefield. one
dare not speak to him, or even let him see
one, lest he should say, "Of with his head.
1t was certain thai whatever order he
might give the ferocious pirates whom he
led would Immediately execute il.
1t was wonderful how the work Of moving
the show was done. Everything was on
wheels and everything went on wheeIs.
Down at the railway yards the long trains
Of special wagon trucks were standing
ready, and as each van was brought down
1t was run up an inclined plane on to the
end trucks and wheeled along, passing, ny
special connection from truck to truck till II
came to it's proper place. In a few minutes
one train OF trucks was loaded up Win
vans. The camels and horses and other
animals which came on foot from the men
agerie had special stock vans into when 70
walk. There was a place prepared and APP
pointed for every animal, and under the
stimulating influence of the head transport
demon the whole thing went as If by clock
work.