The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-02
R1NGL1NG BROTHERS CIRCUS.
Will be Here Thursday at Elm City
 Park-A Great Show.


 Park-A Great Show.
 Twenty-Five elephants, the greatest number ever seen with any circus in
 the world, will be exhibited with Ring ling Brothers new big circus when the
 show makes its initial bow to the
 amusement-loving people of this city. To realize what this means it is simply necessary to recall the fact that, in- l cluding all the circuses and geological | gardens in America, there are less than | fifty of these curious animals in this country The great herd of elephants with Ringing Brothers circus represents an expenditure of more than sufficient
 to equip several good sized shows. rious ways. They form an interesting l feature of the vast managerie, they add | much to the interest of the gorgeous | free street parade that ushers in circus | day, and they contribute to the per 1 formance a series of acts that are so remarkable as to be almost beyond the range of belief.
 Ringling Brothers Worlds Greatest Shows constitute the biggest combined circus, menagerie and hippodrome ever organized, either in this country or in Europe. This can be demonstrated by many irrefutable facts. It requires sixty-five double length cars to trans port the paraphernalia of the show from city to city. No other show has more than half so many. The city of tents used to exhibit the wonders of the great show covers twelve acres. No other circus can possibly cover more than six acres of ground. Ringing Brothers have 800 of the finest horses that money can buy or trained judgment select. No other circus has more than 250. Ring ling Brothers have nearly a hundred dens lairs and cages of rare wild beasts No other circus has half so many This comparison might be car ried on indefinitely.
 One of the interesting features of the big show Is the fact that its exhibition al wealth is freely shown to the public In the grand free street parade that takes place at 10 o'clock on the morn ing of the exhibition. This street pa rade is so new, novel and vast that the management Is willing to trust the rep utation of the show to the Judgment which the public may form of the pa- rade. Certainly such display has nev- CT been seen on the streets of any city in the world Even the imperial Cae- sar had not the resources for providing the populace with such an exhibition The 800 horses gaily caparisoned, and with proudly nodding plumes; the great herd of elephants, the more than mile of gorgeous cages, the hundreds of performers brilliantly costumed, and representing famous historical and mythological characters these are seen in the magnificent free street dis play and no one who ever sees the parade will ever have any hesitancy about going to see the performance. It must not be supposed however, that the parade exhausts the wonders of the show It does not It is simply an in- cident--an introduction to the wonders of the show that are to follow The | resources of the management are prac- tically exhaustless and the perform | ance in the big show is constant suc- cession of surprises. These surprises | begin with the managerie, which Is a | really remarkable collection of rare and | curious wild animals. To afford all an | opportunity to study and enjoy the zo- ological dsplay, the doors are opened full hour prior to the beginning of the | performance. No one should miss this opportunity to touch up their knowledge of natural history. It is better and more instructive than 0 whole library of books on the subject. The menagerie opens into the great pavilion, which is acknowl- edged to be the largest tent ever con- structed An idea of its mammoth d. can be gained from the fact | that beneath It's vast expanse there Is room for three rings two stages and immense amount of aerial parapherna- lia, a quarter-mile racing course, and seats for fully 1s,o00. The biggest per- auditorium in the world would | look small in comparison with this portable pavilion.
 The performance given in this great tent is new, novel and up-to-date. There are 300 high salaried performers, gathered from all parts of the civilized world There are riders and acrobats and gymnasts and novelty performers of all kinds, and many of the acts are of such sensational character as to create furore wherever they are seen. The trained animal features are even more remarkable O'Bren's 61-horse act is the most marvellous exhibition of l trained animal intelligence ever ex- hibited to the American people, while Lockhart's elephant comedians and Souders elephant brass band are the talk of the country. Circus day will be a big day for this city.
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