The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-20
TWENTY-THREE
THOUSAND SAW
THE CIRCUS.
No other Circus Ever Attracted Such
Large Crowds Here as the
Ringing Brothers,
TWO FINE PERFORMANCES
Were Given, and the Universal Yer
dict Was That This Show is
a Top-notcher.


saw Ringing Bros big show on Island
Bridge park yesterday and II is safe TO
say that every one OF them went away
declaring 1t to be the best, the brightest
and the biggest show in the world. II
the five shOwmeu ever return to Wheel.
ing they viii be generously welcomed;
II they never return they win always
be remembered as the proprietors Of an
amusement enterprise the features Of
which are wholesome, instructive and
wonderful.
Probably the greatest act OF this big
circus-and there are scores Of them
is the performance of John o'Brien and
his slxty-one horses. II is hard to
conceive how man can train even one
horse to perform the acts that these
slxty-one animals do merely at the
command OF their master, who uses no
whip and not single line. 1t would
be useless to attempt to describe this
marvellous performance. 1t can be
seen. but 1t cannot be explained.
One notable feature OF the PERFORM
ance is the artistic way In which II is
put together. From the entrance Of the
grand pageant to the concluding num-
Der there Is not one place in which the
snow uraBs' lhe costumes az ne"
ana costly every partieIG o. the pai ,.,
phernalia Is clean ana prlsn' anu WIN
these lhlnss 70 reeolI'lgi'u II tie hl's
ling Brothers circus WIN always pe re-
membered.
The clowns-a Veritaoie uroVe OF
them-nre oil the pest inc oiu con-
ventlonal IDEA oil clowhhG mas Deeh
done away WIN anu many new thihBs
have been Introduced.
Lockharts performing elephants
evoked cheers ana cries OF astonish-
ment at both performances Ihese
beasts, five In number display more
intelligence than some men, yet the
elephant has always been credited win
being clumsy, stubborn and anything
but bright. After seeing this great act
II seems hard to call the elephant n
brute, and when the eyes bear witness
to the fact that they can play on hand
organs. impersonate n policeman, play
drunk and sit at u dinner table with
blbs on, they must be given u place
with the horse and the dog.
Souders' herd OF elephants perform
ing simultaneously with Lockharts In
another ring, play on mouth organs and
horns, and in the third ring two Of
these big fellows fight with boxing
gloves.
An example Of daring never before
attempted Is found In the performance
OF Mile, Turnour. who, without a net
beneath her, swings on a trapeze At the
extremz top OF the clnVls standing on
the slender rod without touching the
ropes with her hands, so manipulating
the swing that It sways to and fro and
then about a circle. During her feat.
Mile. Turnour is the picture OF grace.
She dances on the bar to the tune Of the
band music APPARENTLY with as much
ease rs though on the ball room floor.
The Rarhetta brothers-there are
three of thcm-perforn lofty and diff
Gulf somersaults over, into ana through
common sugar barrels with feet tied
and ewes bllndfolded. Their act stands
nlone ns the most wonderful OF Its kind.
Tho Da Coma family OF acrobats gave
nprformance never before equaled in
This CITY.
II is lmpossiblc to mention the per-
formance in detail because Of want of
space. The remainder Of the pro-
Rramme, much OF which ls as wonder
mi Ms that spoken Of above. was
chpcred to the echo yesterday afternoon
and last night. and there Is no doubt
that the two immense audiences saw n
performance the equal OF which they
win never see again till the Ringing
brothers return.
The bareback riding trnpeze work.
balancing acts. and in fact every arti-
Gle Of the big show was OF the best. The
horses are rs beautiful as horses can
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