The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-17
CIRCUS REHEARSAL

Garty OF Newspaper Men WnO AP-
preciated the Privilege Of Seeing
the Circus Behind the seenes.n
The exhibition grounds OF the Ring
ling Brothers circus were crowded
again yesterday. All day the music OF
the bands. the trumpeting OF the els-
plants. the roar5 Of the Hons and a
thousand mysterious noises noated over
the Island, and drove all thought of
study from the youths OF Madison
school. while many an older resilient OF
the Island. who goes to the circus only
10 take his boy" was carried back by
the distant sounds TO the days when
the white city OF saw dust and red
lemonade lad more charm in 1t for hlIu
than did ever the ball room for young
gallant.
The public was not admitted to the
big tent yesterday. as rehearsals were
in progress, but sklllful flank move
ment on The part OF about 400 school
boys and girls outwitted guard of
canvas men during The lazy hours OF
the afternoon, and the performers. who
thought themselves alone beneath the
big canvas, found. suddenly. an appre-
ciatlve audience which had perched
upon the high seats at one end of the
arena.
A party Of newspaper men attended
a rehearsal in the afternoon OF by far
the best show that has ever come to
Wheeling. No other tented institution
has so many features as the Ringing
show Simultaneously in the three
rings, and on the stage, acts take place
while the air is alive with flying trap
eze performers.
one OF the greatest acts Of the show,
which was rehearsed yesterday, was
the performance of the Lockhart Gle
plants, who do almost everything but
operate a typewriter and ride a bicy-
Gle. Herr Eduard souder's elephants
played in the band. while two mammoth
specimens at one end Of the arena held
a boxing contest.
Slgnor Natalie has a pig, Sport"
which climbs ladder. John Slater pos
SCISSOR of the only performing bull in
the world, introduced his queer ami
mai, while the clown COW yesterday
showed the newspaper man that she
posses a vein Of humor-as well as
milk.
An act with the Ringing Brothers
show which is more than wonderful is
that of John o'Brlen's sixty-one
horses-an act which 1t is impossible
to describe. and which must be seen
to be believed.
spader Johnson's clown band turned
loose with its awful dlseordance, filling
the canvas with harmonic fog that
could be cut with knife. The man
who could listen TO this grotesque gang
OF musical murderers without laughing
till his sides ached might be expected
to weep over the comic papers.
1t would require reGms of manuscript
and buckets OF ink to do full justice to
description of the other features of
the big show.
The equestrian acts are by far the
best of any show that has ever exhIb-
tied here, the trapeze acts are simply
marvellous, and in fact, everything
connected with the Ringing Brothers
circus surpasses those Of any other like
organization.
The grand street parade win take
Place Thursday forenoon. beginning at
10 o'clock. The line OF march will ex-
tend over the principal thoroughfares.
Reserved seats and admission tickets
can be purchased all day Thursday at
Baumer & Company's plano store. No.
1910 Market street, at exactly the same
price as on the show grounds.