The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-03
CIRCUS DAY TO-DAY.
Ringing Brothors' Big Show-Thous- ands Interested-Thc Route of the Procession This Morning.

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 l Never in the history of amusements | in this city has the coming of a cir
 GUS aroused so much preliminary en- | thusiasm as has been created by the an
 nouncement that Ringing Bros.
 Worlds Greatest Shows would exhibit
 in New Haven to-day The wonderful
 reputation achieved by this family show "a reputation that has been earned by legitimate methods and by virtue of the superiority of this grand exhibition over all others-has aroused a profound interest, and circus day promises to be
 long-remembered event in this vicin-
 ity. The progress of the show through
 the country Is continuous ovation; it
 is universally praised by the press; the
 masses turn out for it as they do for
 no other exhibition, and north, east,
 south and west, the name of Ringing
 Bros popular big circus has taken
 first place in the minds and hearts of
 all who love and enjoy this peculiarly
 American form of amusement Circus
 day will begin with the most elaborate
 free street parade ever seen in this
 city. Ringling Bros. have a worldwide
 celebrity for their remarkable open-air
 displays, and this year they have sur
 passed all previous efforts In the line
 of picturesque processions The parade
 is an immense affair. It Is divided into
 thirty huge sections each Illustrating
 some national characteristic, either in
 this or other countries, or some noted
 historic event, such as the British in-
 vasion of the Punjaub, the siege of Troy and the triumphant battles of the
 Hispano-A American war. The great powers of Europe are represented by
 detachments of their crack soldiery,
 properly uniformed and accoutred; the
 wonders of the brute creation are ex-
 hibited in scores of open dens and beautifully y-carved cages; hundreds of gaily-c parisoned horses prance and wave their nodding plumes in the morn ing breeze, and knight and herald, lan- cer and curassier, in glittering helmet and sparkling corselet, lend a kaleido- scopic coloring to the scene The open ing performance will be given at 2 o clock, and the final one at 8 D. m. Both will be equally complete. The performance will be given at o'clock, and the final one at 8 p. m. Both will be equally complete The performance opens with the beautiful historic spec tacle "The Last Day of the Century, in which the wonderful professional re- sources of the show are surprisingly displayed In the performance that fol- lows are hundreds of new ana startling circus features never before exhibited in this country. Among these are O'Brien's famous slxty-one horse act, in which over three-score thorough breds perform in one ring, at one time. under the direction of single trainer; the Lockhart comedy elephants and Souder's elephant band. long list of celebrated aerialists, acrobats and rid CTS, including the great menage eaues- trienne, Mme. Noble and her peerless horse Jupiter, and Albert Crandall and his wonderful ring mule, and more other meritorious new features, arenic, and hippodromic, than any score of other shows could possibly pre- sent Reserved numbered seats and ad- missions show day without any advance In price al Willis l.. Mix's drug store, corner Chapel and Church streets
 Following is the parade route for Ringling Bros circus to-day in New Haven: Leave Elm street ground to avenue. to Howe, to Chapel, to Church, to Elm, to State, to Chapel, to Church, to Congress avenue, to Howard avenue, to Howe, to Whalley avenue, @ show grounds. Parade will start at 10 o'clock