The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-22
EVERYTHING READY

For the Grand Opening % PleAtant
Valley Park TO-BIOrFoW-The Fa-
nous Diving Elks. drained Horse
and Melster's Band the Attractions.
The Programme.
When the gates of the new Pleasant
Valley Park open tomorrow after
noon. the scene which win meet the
vision Of the thousands who win at
tend the opening. win be, in many re-
spects. a revelation to all. Nearly ev-
erythlng is changed and while the man
agement has been going about lt'quiet-
Iy, nothing has been left undone that
viii serve to make the engagement Of
Prof. Barnes famous diving elks and
trained horses perfect success in ev-
cry detail.
After many days Of hard work, In
which a small army Of men were en-
gagged, everything is In readiness and
in ship-shape, awaiting the arrival of
the special car which carries the big
show. This win arrive her" over the
Baltimore & Ohio from pittsburgh at
an. early hour tomorrow morning, and
win be side.tracked at Mt. de Chnntal
where Il will be unlUaded, and the
heavy material and the eiks taken to
the new park Here busy scene Will
be presented for an hour or so, getting
up the fifty foot tower, from which the
three elks are to jump into the recently
constructed artificial lake, which Is ten
feet deep. This work will only take
about an hour and half, however, as
the tower is all in sections and ready to
put up in short order.
The programme for tomorrow Is a
very attractive one and one which will
strike the popular chord. At ! o'clock
the exercises will commence with q se-
lection by Meister's full band. which
has been engaged for the day to give a
continuous concert from the hour above
named until midnight. From O'Clock
until $3.50 the band will render a fine
programme Of selections. and at that
hour the exhibition will begin. The
first act Will be an exhibition Of the
wonderful feats Of the trained horse,
Trixie, which has excited favorable
comment from all the leading papers Of
the country. This performance will
take place Immediately in front OF the
pavilion. where there is room for thou
sands to see comfortably. This will be
followed by selection by the band and
then comes the star attraction Of the
day, the diving elks. The hrst to appear
will be one Of the baby elks who IL Just
the art Of diving. He will as
cend an incline leading to a, station on
the tower Just thirty feet high. This Is
what Prof. Barnes calls the kinder
garten. At the command from It's mas
ter the baby elk makes Its dive into the
water below, after which II Is rubbed
down and set at liberty until the next
MeIster's band will once
more render popular selection, after
which the other baby elk will mako It's
dive.
Following this and after the band has
again favored with a selection, will
come the star feature OF the day,
RingIette, the famous elk that dives
fifty feet into ten feet Of water. This
act alone is worth going miles to see.
and is pronounced the most marvellous
ever known in animal
training. Rlnglette makes her dive de-
liberately and with grace that makes
the act doubly attractive.
The diving elks will be the attraction
at Pleasant Valley Park all next
week, every evening, and Sunday. Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday after
During the week there will be
dancing every evening in the pavilion,
all visitors being invited to participate
without charge The admission will be
twenty-five cents, and those attending
the afternoon performance may remain
for the evening show without extra
charge.