The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-02
A FINE SHOW
Given by The Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers Circus.
Immense Crowds Filled Big Tents Feat
urss Of the Performance.

Adam fOrcpaugh and Sells Bros. big
circus has gone. the idea of circus
being gone generally is included In the
notice OF a circus i'm this city. somehow
ON the same principle that an obituary
notice is always nattering. This show
was beyond fiattery, II can stand on It's
merits and the old idea that a circus
always promises more than Il furnishes
does not apply In this instance. for the
program was fully carried out last
night AMI yesterday afternoon. IL was
a feast OF scientific riding. splendid
athletic work and grotesqueness. Some
may have thought they saw the clowns
at their best before this, but none who
saw the clowns yesterday will deny
that the circus program did not go far
astray in describing them The Earth's
Sovereign Fols." Their work was just
as pleasing and merry TO the man and
woman OF full growth as IT was TO the
thousands Of youngsters who witness
ed IL.
one of the gifts who fled from Pam
dora's box and fructiied In many
places must have been the gift of laugh
ter. No where did il bear better fruit
than here ana one could enjoy II at
yesterdays performances to their
hearts content. IL was a great leVeler
and at the same time a great lever.
The animal display was excellent and
nearly every one took an interest IN IL.
but for the children il was one of the
most attractive OF less ones. The horses
won great favor, especially the ones
a a 4
were on their pretty and their work was
excellent. But the marvel OF marvels
FOR nearly every one of the big audi
ences, and IL may be said right here
that the audiences were about the larg
est that ever gathered under cover in
this state. was the animal act entitled
Capt Woodward's marvellous school of
trained Alaskan seals and sea lions.
The big tent rang with applause at the
work OF these creatures of the deep and
the little boys and girls eyes stuck
away out with wonder while the cleevr
work OF the pretty animals made some
ladies remark that il was too bad wo-
men had 10 wear sealskin sacks.
The work OF the Hanlons showed they
were still entitled to the designation OF
the worlds most famous aerial artists
and startling perilous and courageous
indeed are their many acts. The SEN
sational backward dives OF Patrick
Kelley from the top OF 30-foot ladder
concluding with ground and lofty tum-
bling was a feature of the immense ag-
gregation.
double riding. the quartet OF male rid
ers. A. NJ. Davenport, Oscar Lowande,
William Demott and James Kincade.
did some riding that was a gem OF
if+tttffir-ttf -B7t~rftcs gave
an ingenious exhibition of double riding
after the manner of the Romans. These
are but a few of the very big number of.
things that were constantly going on
I'm the several rings. There was not
dull moment in the nearly three hours
that the performance lasted.
or course the last part of the pro-
gram is entitled TO special mention. but
before that there must be something
said about the Davenports, Stick and
May. who did heroic double bounding
jockey act including backward and for
ward leaps from the ground TO the
horses back and vice versa. The last
part OF the big performance that con-
hrmed patrons in the determination
that If the big aggregation ever comes
here again IL will have equally enor-
nous patronage. were the hippodro-
matte events. These were an exhibition
of rough riding by Walter Lowe. gen
tlemen's Jockey race and a ladies' jock
ey race. both genuine events. raee-be-
tween Canadian greyhounds harnessed
TO chariots. Roman standing race.
pony race with clown drivers and as a
finale the ever thrilling and noble char
lot race. four horses TO the chariot.
Then comes the rush through the dust
for cars and party wagons. into which
every one entered with the best or hui
NOR and for the boys and girls one of
the red letter days OF the year had end
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