The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-01
Big ATTRACTION.
Old and Young At
tend the Great
Circus.
SHOW BETTER THAN EVER.
Thousands of People Visit
Grove Street Grounds
and Come Away
Perfectly Happy.
SHOW BETTER THAN EVER.

Yesterday was the second holiday of
the week. = The occasion of the out
pouring of people was the visit of
Forepaugh-Sei Brothers circus,
which passed the day in this city.
The great show ranks among the
contains many new and startling feat
ures. Nothing of an Objectionable ma
ture is included in the program and the
managers have filled the list of acts
with novelties that demand attention.
The majority of the famous circus per-
Formers of the country are numbered
among the artists of the combination,
end their acts are worthy of the fame
they have secured.
The circus came to the city from
, Springfielr where three performances
were given Tuesday The train of "A
cars each "a feet long, arrived he
tween and O'Clock in three sections
and was greeted at the Boston & AL
bany freight yard by the usual army
OF small and big boys. The work of I'M
loading was quickly accomplished and
soon after arrival the animals ard
wagons were on their way to the old
Grove street base ball grounds. The
location is not as well adapted for Cur
Gus camps as the old fair grounds Dat
circus men can easily adapt themselves
to conditions, and they quickly la.d
out the camp and began preparations
for the street parade.
This feature left the grounds about
1880 O'Clock and proceeded through
Grove and Main streets to Park ana
conference.-the Four bands on
livened the parade with their music
Especially was this true of clown
band which is capable of playing good
music but for the sake of entertain
ment the musicians burlesqued some OF
the most popular airs. A sufficient
number of cages were open to give peo-
pie an idea Of what they might expect
from a visit to the menagerie and what
was of great interest to the children
IL elephants. including one baby eIe-
phant, plodded along. Six camels
STROBE behind with their ungalnly gait
The elephant which headed MS troupe
is the beast which so recently raceu
and defeated an automobile in New
work The leading camel was the other
animal in that race. One of the FEAT
ures of the parade was band wagon
drawn by 20 horses, four abreast ana
drlvan nv one man. The steam calliope
brought up the rear of the cavalcade'
Returning to the grounds the circus
MAS opened with a free show peIote
the entrance to the side show, ana was
Followed by entertainments theTe anu
in the war tent Many people VINO tol-
.in,ye5 the narade to the grounds passed
the time until the opening OF doors Ioi
tie big show, inspecting the appoint,
nents of the circus. The cooking an"
dining tents. horse tents ana pldchI
smith and harness repair tents were al
Visited. IT.. show,
Inside the entrance to the big snow
a complete menagerle was 81 e 49,,
out. 1t contains all the animals s43NN
III any nenagerie that has visited WoI-
eester except the giraffe, which ap-
pears to have gone out OF Ine 49,
Business. The elephants ana moIlhes
held the attention of the little ones dllU
were well fed with peanuts ana pop
corn. The famous lion Nero also came
in for his share Of attention. 80.
One of the interesting Slghts Na9
three lion cubs, a year old, Whlcn "e ,L
born in Chicago and chTis5eneG py md md
Newspaper men Dewey, Sanlpsol 80 1nI
eschiey." The Australian emu Wnlcn
IS the only bird whose feathers grow
two from one stalk, was admired, anu
fhe hipropotaFnus, BABY" Weighing
$500 pounds, displayed his ughness ahG
cavernous mouth. large nero o.
ostriches exhibited the ideal rubber
neck. and were surrounded by curious
crowd much of the afternoon and eve
ming.
In the big tent the performance be
gan shortly after o'clock with the
cavalcade of horses and performers,
and for more than two hours dellghled
nc s5oO Tyf-,ule.-~ After the parade a Sc
ries of posings were given by artists
and was followed by a revival Of the
ieaping tournament, participated IN by
Is men. Of whom were clowns, ana
pleased the people as much by thelr
work as the other athletes startled
Them. Albert Howe was the star OF
the team, and was the only one 70 az