The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-16
BIG CROWDS SAW GOOD CIRCUS
RINGLING BROS. MAKE HIT IN
SALT LAKE WITH SHOW.
Tents Were Crowded at Both After
noon and Evening Performances
Fine Features.

Ringing Bros. have come and gone,
taking with them a barrel of Utah
money and the people who contributed
to the barrel will not regret it, because
if this show is not-werth what it costs
to see it, there is no show now in eX-
| istence that is. P. T. Barnum in his
palmiest days had no such show as the
Ringlings gave in this city yesterday.
1t is great in every department, and
it is clean and orderly. From first to
last there was nothing that would Of
fend the sense of the most exacting;
and there was perfect freedom from
the skin games that are the curse of
so many of the shows travelling over
the country
1t is safe to say that in point of at
tendance yesterdays show broke all
previous records for the state of Utah.
Never before was there such a turn
out on similar occasion, and this was
no doubt largely due to the high-class
of the exhibitions given in this city by
the Ringing Bros. in the past. 1t was
stated that there were between 1000
and $4,000 people under the tent at the
afternoon exhibition and fully $4,000 at
the show at night, testing the seating
capacity of the tents to the utmost
The parade in the morning was wit
messed by a tremendous crowd of peO-
pie that damned all the streets in the
business districts and cut off all ordi-
nary travel. The parade started on
time from the show grounds on the
corner of Eighth South and Fourth
West, and il was fine one. The horses
were in prime condition and seemed to
be countless. Many of them were. beau
ties, and were much admired. Many of
the cages were open, too, giving the
people chance to see the lions, tigers,
panthers, leopards and bears. These
were unusually fine specimens; they
were clean and well fed The elephants,
camels, clowns, the caliope, the chime
bells and the bands were all there, and
the Whole made a splendid parade, a
very good show in itself
Under the tent there was no disap-
pOintment- There was a fine display of
animals and birds. There were some
animals never seen here before, and
the old reliableS were all on hand. In
the circus proper there was such a va
riety and SO many good things that
to describe them would require the
whole side of the paper. Some of the
features that seemed to please the peo-
pie especially were John O'Brien's
trained horses, sixty-one of them. many
small circle at the one time and going
through such intricate evolutions as to
make the brain dizzy, and every move
ment of every animal subject to the
will of one man. 1t was a wonderful
exhibition of the power of man over the
brute.
Another feature that won great APP
plause was the performance of the
trained elephants, fifteen of them at
the same time in three different rings.
In some of their acts these ugly mon
sters seemed endowed with mans intel
hgence. Madame Mobiles exhibition of
horsemanship on her beautiful horse,
Jupiter" was also much admired.
Among the tumblers the DaComa
family were easily the favorites. There
were six of these. three women and
three men, who appeared in full even
ing dress and performed feats that
seem impossible even after being seen.
Miss Minnie Fisher, who whirled
through the air holding only by her
teeth, was loudly applauded; Joseph La
ffeur gave an exhibition of some won
derful tumbling; Albert CrahdalTs rid
ing on the mule was one Of the en-
joyable features of the whole show As
to the trapeSe feats. it makes the head
swim to think of them after they are
all over. In this field, Mile. Turnour
was the star, her balancing being sim
ply wonderful There is no discount on
anV mart of this SbOW