The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-12
"THE BIGGEST"
SAID The New York World Of foppaugh and Sells
Brothers Circus.

For many years the Barnum and
circus to exhibit in the city of New
York. But the Barnum show has sailed
across the broad Atlantic and has be-
come a fixed British institution. This
year the combined Adam Forepaugh
and Sells Brothers succeeded the Bar
mum show as the metropolitan arenic
attraction. How well Il filled its mis-
sion is told by the New England World
in the appended review Of the inaugu-
raj performance.
THE circus is here. only bigger, bet
ter, more bewildering than ever before.
1t filled Madison Square Garden last
night with the never-to be- forgotten
scent OF sawdust. There were the same
old clowns, newly funny; the same per-
forming elephants. the same wonderful
men, horses and dogs. The arena was
maze OF life, light and action. and the
circus seemed to be the best that ever
came to town.
who could describe the grand entry
OF those amazing men and beasts. The
program writer took a shy at IL, but
the best he could do was this. a tr
umphant entry and spectacular enscm-
BILE of the numerous and diversified
features of the combined Adam Fore
paugh and Sells Brothers Circuses. The
hppodrome course will be encircled
with brilliant pagentry. The various
ring Enclosures will be utilized for a
regal horse fair. a brilliant kaleido-
scopic panorama will be presented. IL
Illustrative of the vast and far reaching
possibilities of arenic entertainment
and the realization thereof
elephants shambled into the arena
TO go through evoutions as gracefully
and as precisely as human beings not
bigger than one OF their legs. Then
there was conglomeration of elephant,
pony and zebu in amazing perform
ances a wrestling bear fiercely strug
gled with its trainer. Then came the
fair equestrienne.
THE eye IN vain swept from one ring
10 the other. Something important was
going on in each--three rings and a
stage. Two tandem fours of thorough
breds. a rider driving each four. gall
Topped into view. Then they were gone,
and daring feats in mid-air followed
one upon another. More riders followed
feats- -apeH horseback following in swift
succession. There was double riding
and riding by fours.
Juggling. acrobats, tumbling. contor-
tion followed Again the ring flied up
with horses. one saw in one ring, the
glimpse of a rider somersaulting from
one horse TO another at the gallop. In
another there were riders half the time
i'm the air, half the time on horseback
Hardly had the heart resumed its nor
NAL beating. when upward went a
globe swiftly climbing a spiral scaffold
propelled by a sober headed man. AT
the end down il came in uurst of fire.
works.
Then followed the horse games. be-
gun by rough rider who picked up
coins at full galop, stood upon his head
and upright. Chariot races, fiat races,
one grand whirl OF changing horses.
and ID was done. But surely none saw
all. There was too much TO see. Ii was
the biggest circus that New York ever
saw. and no one went away unhappy"
The announcement is made that the
performances on Reservoir avenue,
June /. will be similar in every detail
to those given i'm Madison Square Gar
den.