Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-07
CIRCUS TODAY.
The Great Street Parade Takes Place
At $50 O'clock.
Americas Greatest Circus Will Delight the
Augusta People Today.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers
shows, which are to charm and divert
the votares of "sawdust and spangles"
hereabouts today. The big tent of
the 4PawSells combine has from
year TO year grown larger and larger,
but now that length of 625 feet and
a width of 275 feet has been attained,
one can hardly perceive any possibil-
ity of further extension. Fifteen thou
sand people can be comfortably seated
at single performance in this great
amphitheatre. The actual daily ex-
precedented figure of $1,000.
The Forepaugh Show one of the larg-
est on earth, was in 1896 combined with
the entire Sells Brothers plant. almost
its equal in size, and the combination
is stated to be most decidedly the
greatest unitication of circus features
ever seen in one enclosure. The big
tented affair is directed and operated
by the foremost showmen in the world,
Britishers with the Barnum- Bailey
show; the famous Sells Brothers
Peter and Lewis. and W. w. Cole, who
has just returned to American man
agement after a ten years career in
circus exploitation in Paris, Berlin
and Vienna. The general offices and
headquarters of the show are at Madi-
son Square Garden, New York. The
great arenic aggregation comes here
fresh from signal triumphs in New
York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia. IT
comes intact; every feat and feature
shown in those cities will be exhibited
in this city.
The menageries of the Forepaugh-
Sells establishment are said to be the
most phenomenal collections of the
kind ever assembled. Among the per
forming animals are three distinct
groups of trained elephants, taught in
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Eight of the largest of the Forepaugh
contingent dance a quadrille, which is
said to be the most remarkable exhibit
ton of animal training on record
Captain Woodward's seals and sea
lionS-the only troupe of the kind in
the world-will rejoice the youngsters
especially. Another rare treat for the
children will be the unique perform
ance of the baby elephant, Cuba" al
rian ponies in one grand frolic. Jules
Cars educated grizzly bears are an
other animal act" sensation.
The equestrian, aerialistic, aCrobatic
and hippodrome acts are numerous and
novel. Most of them We're especially
engaged in Europe. Among those
most notable are the Florence, Millette
and Carl Damann troupes of acrobats;
the four Hanlons-gymnasti comets
champions of the universe; Hadj Les
skis Arab acrobats and Prince San
bros Japanese jugglers give a genuine
cosmopolitan complexion to the per
Torrance. The superlative equestrian
feature is the simultaneous appearance
in three rings of the three champion
lady riders of the world-NIay Daven-
port, Marie Marietta and Sallie Stick
ney, who hail from England, France
and America in the order named. The
contingent of male riders includes the
recognized kings Of the arena, A. NJ.
Davenport, William De Mott and oscar
!. owanda. Other equestrian stars are
Mile. ROnne, Europe's foremost high
school rider; Walter Lowe and wife,
break-neck Western rough riders, ana
William Gorman-the hero horseman
of the Worldwide rides and drives
thirty lordly, kingly thoroughbreds at
one time A complete hippodrome
continent imported from Paris, fur
nishes sensations. never experienced
save on an open-air race track. Other
novel and amazing features occur 50
frequently in the three hours pro
pramme that a mere mention OF them
would occupy more space than is at
our command.
The inaugural event of ''4-PaW-Sells
day" will be the street professional
DISPLAY of the combined shows that
will leave the exhibition grounds at
20 A NJ. and traverse the principal
thoroughfares of the city. The Fore
naush Sells Federation is the only I'M
nortant tented exhibition that will be
seen in this section of the country tins
season. Its only possible rival the
Rarnum- Bailey show, is now hXed
rro1isb institution and will not return
IN America for two years at least
Manager Bailey intends Forepaugh
and Soils to take the place of Barnum
and Rai,ev on this side of the big pond.
,ba route of the Buffalo Bill Show
this exhibition being also directed by
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