Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-02
|G|R|1)S BROUGHT RAN.
Despite the Bad Weather the Fore.
paugh.Sslls Combination at.
tracts . Crowd
A Most Crsditable Parade, With
Handsome Horses and Some
New Features

NOW E0&tuC66
Satisfactory Afternoon Performance
Before an Audience Curtailed
BY the Rain.
Today has been holiday in Marshall
county. A great caravansary OF roar
ing animals from the jungles OF India,
the wilds Of Africa and the vast prai-
tries OF the west, the ice-bound north
and the swamps Of the south arrived in
the city Sunday and Immediately
builded city Of canvas at Finkle's
Park. Housed under the acres of tents
were scores Of wagon vans hundreds
OF horses and 800 employees, the
whole maintained at an expense of ST.
600 per day. This aggregation was the
combined Adam Forepaugh and Sells
Bros circus representing the capital,
experience and prestige of James A.
Bailey, of the Barnum & Bailey shows.
but who is now in Germany; Lewis and
Peter Sells and w. w. Cole.
The immense circus train arrived
Sunday forenoon a little earlier than
was anticipated by the railroad com
pany the day before. The first one.
containing the working stock, cook.
wagons, poles and canvas, arrived at
1915, in charge Of Conductor Wilson
and Engineer cooney, with engine No.
"A. The second section arrived at Hos
lad .1,S,o ,cyi no
Rogers, and in charge of Conductor
Rowen. This section contained great
many OF the wagons and an immense
Quantity OF the miscellaneous proper
ties. The third and last section came
at 1885. in charge Of Conductor Clara
han, and was pulled by Engineer Phil
Hips with the a. On the last section
were the sleepers, containing all the
performers and higher class attaches Of
the aggregation. The heads Of the diff
lferent departments, however, arrived
on the first train in order to be on the
lground early. "A large crowd was at
the station to witness the unloading,
land the fact that nearly every one was
at leisure owing to the day swelled the
crowd to immense proportions.
1 After the three trains were unloaded
1.-The crowd fastened away for dinner
land got to Fnkle's park as quickly as
possible, where q great sight was in
store for many. The amphitheater was
thronged with people, as We're also the
4 grounds, and all had a chance OF wit
messing the reg ular Sunday work of d
great circus. The animal cages We're
being carefully cleaned and polished,
the tent stakes were being painted,
stakes were being driven prior to put
ting up the large tents, harnesses were
being oiled and cleaned and the horses
i given their weekly baths. The prepa-
ration for dinner for the small army
Of employees was also in full blast and
that interesting sight was well worth
seeing.
THE PARADE.
i The parade was up. to the expecta-
tions OF the most critical, and the only
disappointed ones were those who al
ways expect to see the whole show on
the streets The parade moved prompt
lily at 10 O'clock, the time advertised.
While there were many excellent fea-
Iture, those most commented upon were
1.-The sleek and well-kept appearance of
a the horses, the clean appearance of the
4 circus people from the tinseled per-
formers OF the ring down to the team
i sters and animal attendants.
What attracted, probably, the great
+. est admiration was the chariot of Eu-
SIterpe, drawn by team of twenty
|. horses. ten coal black and ten snow
4 white steeds, hitched alternately, form
ling living moving checker board. a
band was seated on top OF the chariot
and discoursed inspiring music.
Following closely was the chariot o.
nations, surmounted by y goddess o.
liberty with living lion loose at tel
feet This feature was entirely new
n and novel. Then there was the barge
OF Cleopatra, creation that made Ad
am Forepaugh famous in his earl,
days.
Besides these, there was herd o
4 elephants The word herd in thi
: case does not mean one or two seal!
n specimens that Wang" wouldn't hav'
Z looked at If they We're as white a
! chalk, but 1t means a whole string o
them.
Then there were thirty--six Shetland
ponies. six camels. an open cage withs'
handsome tiger, one with a keeper Il
Int with two lions, another keeper viii
y
: and still another with two big Ameri
can lions; floats with Uncle Sam" an,
his sailors, Little Red Riding Hood.
cinderella" and "Cleopatra's Barge
There were scores of palatial ANNA
!. dens, hundreds Of attendants in re
splendent dress, and all the othe
things that go to make up a first-clas
. Icircus parade.
AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE.
There have been larger circus crowd
than that at the afternoon perform
ance, altho the country folk and citizen
!. were in evidence to the extent OF sew
eral thousand despite the hard rair
From menagerie to side show all was a
1t should be- and even the glores of tn
colored poster were outdone by the &c
tual realization. For nearly three hour
during the performance the delighte
: crowds witnessed and applauded won
e derful featssof human beings and AM
3 mails almost human in intellect. an
were happy. They had come expectin
e a little and had received eufflcienc!
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