The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-09-15
GREAT ARENlC EVENT.
Rineing Bros. Famous Circus, Men
aoerie and Binnodrone COMING.

Ringing Bros. Famous CIRCUS, wen
agerie and Hippodrome Coming.
Ut is definitely announced that Ring
ling Brothers Worlds Greatest Shows
will exhibit in Ardmore, Wednesday, |
October 9.
The show has been tremendously |
enlarged in every department while |
the discriminating work of the shows |
army of foreign agents is evidenced |
by the assembling of the most remark
able company of high-salaried, sensa-
tional artists ever seen with an arenic !
exhibition. Among the world-famous
aerialists are the wonderful Feeley
Family, imported by Ringing Broth
ers especially for their great exhibi-
tion this season: the Holloway Trio
of high-wire artists; Alvo. Boise and
\, Picard. emperors of the aerial bars.
the Flying Fishers Mile. Tunour, the
word-famous aerial poseur, and an
entire troupe of japanese aerial gym
nasts and high-wire bicyclists. The
marvellous Garcinetta Troupe, direct
from Italy. head the list of unequalled
acrobats. which also includes the
French Family Ia Coma the Three
Marvelles. the Wartenburg Brothers,
the Alpine Sisters and nearly sixty
others Madame Noble and her train
ed horse, Jupiter are striking fea-
lures of the international display of
, high-class horses. In the riding sec
tion. which is remarkable for the I'M
usual number of equestrians of inter
national reputation. Miss amelia Fee
ley. declared by all who have seen
her TO be the greatest lady rider that
the world has ever produced; John
Rooney. the undisputed champion
rider of Europe and America, and Al
bert Crandall who gives a laughable ex
hibition of burlesque riding upon the
back of a mule are seen in company
with twenty-seven other skilled horse
men and horsewomen. The trained an
imal portion of the program is com
plete show in itself Ringing Broth
ers' latest trained animal sensation
single act. in one ring, under the di-
rection of one man. Nothing like this
great act has ever before been pre-
, sented to an American audience
Lockhart's comedy elephants and
OBrien's sixty-one horse act are also
features of surprising interest. Many
other trained animal features add to
the value of this part of the perform
ance Ringing Brothers have given
especial attention to the menagerie
this season, and the geological dis
play embraces almost every known
wild animal. There are thirty elephants
twenty desert camels, a mammoth BIZ
horned rninoceros, a pair of Nile hip
popotami. a half dozen zebras, an
equal number of monster tigers, a
pair of horned horses or gnus, thirty
lions, and scores Of other interest ng
wild animals. The children's menag-
9. erie, with it's miniature cages Of mon
keys, birds and other attractive fea-
lures, is a constant source of delight
to the little folks. Seats have been
provided in the big hippodrome pavil-
ion this year for $4,000 persons; new
ticket offices and several additional en-
frances add to the eXpeditiousness
with which great crowds can be han
died; toilet rooms, provided with Law
atories, have been provided for pat
rons, and everything has been done
to make a visit to the show attractive
from the standpoint of comfort as well
as because of the high character OF
the performance. This years street
parade is entirely new and surpasses
anything in the spectacular line ever
the only giraffe now known to exist.