The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-06-17
THOUSANDS AT THE CIRCUS.
Ringing Bros, One of the Best Cir-
 cuses Ever Seen in the City.

Ringing Bros,', One of the Best Cir
 cuses Ever Seen in the City. Rineling Bros big circus, which showed at Elm City park yesterday afternoon and last evening, presented one of the best menageres and ring shows ever seen in this city, fulfilling perfectly the claim of the management that IL is now the Biggest Show on Earth" The attendance in the after noon was fully 5000, while that in the evening was about as large, While the large street pageant was passing through the streets yesterday morning it was viewed by thousands of persons who lined the sidewalks to the curb on every street through which the display passed. Shortly after noon the crowds began to head for the show grounds and from that time on during the af- ternoon and evening the trolley lines running in the vicinity of Elm City park did large business, all the cars being crowded. The tent doors were opened early in order that the crowds might see the large menagerie before the ring performance began.
 | The collection of animals is an un- | usually line one, and includes two female kangaroos, one with baby kan garoos peeping from the pouch. These | little creatures attracted the crowds and they were constantly surrounded by an interested throng. Fifty-thre handsome gilded cages are used to house the animals which have been se- cured from all parts of the world Tn | the center of the ring about which was the circle of cages, was a herd of twenty-five elephants and twelve 1 camels
 The ring performance began at 2:30 and from start to finish was one of the best ever seen in thls audience and was greatly enjoyed by the great au- dience of thousands about the amphi- theater The entertainment opened by an introductory pageant, dazzling in it's gorgeousness and portraying viv- idly the scene which 1t was arranged to represent, the inaugural ceremonies of the ancient games at Olympus The brilliant costumes of the participants, flaming with colors, made kaleido- scopic panorama of magniicence of i appearance rarely excelled.
 This spectacle was followed by acro- battles and balancing by experts, car ried on simultaneously, as was the en- l tire performance in the three rings, on the stage and in the arena. Among I the features which followed were feats by famous gymnasts performed in mid-air, bareback equestrianism, vau- deville specialties, illustrations of anil nal sagacity, performance by trained elephants. and the hippodromes. In these latter were pony races, chariot races, man racing against a horse and jockey races.
 l One of the most interesting and mar velous features of the performance was Lockharps troupe of trained elephants. These animals were brought from Bur- mar, and their training began when they were a year and half old Lockhart was an English army officer and has succeeded in making his ele- plants one of the marve1s of the age. More than one hundred acts comprise the program. The Toys, among the acrobats, are at the head of their line | while the aerial specialties introduced by the Fishers and Dacomas are truly startling. These latter toss one of their number across a twenty-five foot space in mid -air.
 | Among the tableaus, one represent ing England, Ireland France and Uncle Sam was especially well received and was greeted with storms of ap- plause. Not person who attended the circus was heard to express other than the highest praise for it.