The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-05-31
"THE BIGG EST"
Said the New York World Of Forepaugh
and Sells Brothers. Circus.

For many years the Barnum and Bailey
show has been the one and only circus to
exhibit in the city OF New York. But the
Barnum show has sailed across the broad
Atlantic and has become fixed British
institution. This year the combined Adam
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers succeeded
the Barnum show as the metropolitan
arenic attraction How well IL filled Its
mission is told by the New York World in
the appended review OF the inaugural per-
Torrance.
THE circus is here, only bigger, better,
more bewildering than ever before. 1t
filled Madison Square Garden last night
with the never-to- be forgotten scent OF saw
dust. There were the same old clowns,
newly funny; the same performing ele-
phants, 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 pro-
eramme writer took q shy at 1t, but the best
he could do was this: "A triumphant entry
and spectacular ensemble of the numerous
and diversified features OF the combined
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brother Cir
cuses. The hippodrome course will be en-
circled with brilliant pageantry. The vari-
Gus ring Enclosures will be utilized for a
regal horse fair. A brilliant kale doscopic
panorama will be presented, illustrative OF
the vast and iar-reachng possibilities oil
arenic entertainment and the realization
! thereof
elephants shambled into the arena to
! go through evolutions as gracefully and as
precisely as human beings not bigger than
one of their legs. Then there was con
| glomeration of elephant, pony and zebu In
| amazing performances. A wrestling bear
| fiercely struggled with its trainer. Then
came the fair equestrienne.
1.-THE eye in vain swept from one ring tc
| I a ~ lpr SOmntliup impOrtant was going
on in each-three rings and stage. Two
tandem fours of thoroughbreds, rider
driving each four, galloped into view
| Then they were gone, and daring feats IL
mid. air followed one upon the other. More
riders followed, feats upon horseback fol
| lowing in swift succession. There wal
double riding and riding by fours.
Juggling, acrobatics, tumbling, contor
ton followed. Again the ring filled W
with horses. One saw in one ring, the
glimpse of rider somersaultiug from on'
horse to another at the galop. In anothe
there were riders half the time in the air
half the time on horseback. Hardly hat
the heart resumed its normal beating, whei
upward vent a globe swiftly climbing
spiral scafold, propelled by sober-heade'
man. AT the end down it came in burs
of fireworks
"Then followed the horse games, begul
by a rough rider who picked up coins n
full gallop, stood upon his head and uT
right. Chariot races, fiat races-one gram
whirl OF changing horses, and it was done
But surely none saw all. There was to
much to see. 1t was the biggest circu
that New York ever saw, and no one wen
away unhappy"
The announcement is made that the pei
formances to be given in Montpelier, Jun
IA, will be similar in every detail to thos
given in Madison Square Garden. See &C
vertisement page three.