Arizona daily citizen. (Tucson, Ariz. Territory [i.e. Ariz.]) 1884-1901, 1901-01-11

The streets OF Tucson never held more
interested crowds of spectators than
gathered this morning to witness the
great pageant OF the Elks' circus. The
dash and glitter, the gorgeous wealth of
buFlesaue, the red paint and still redder
costumes. and the bewiidering maze of
colors first dazzled the crowds, then en-
braced them with their humor, and
finally turned the mass OF humanity into
roaring line of laughter.
From first to last it was q kaleido-
scopic pageant of grotesqueire. Marshal
Taylor rode ahead and cleared the way
and followed by squad OF police, inno-
cent looking men, but carrying under
their blue uniforms antlered horns with
which to squelch and trample those who
dared TO doubt their authority. The pc
licemen we're Charles Connell, captain
&. T. Miller, /. Neustadter and L. How.
ell. and they presented fitting van
guard for what followed.
Col. Lowe irove an eighth-hoFse team
of handsome greys which pulled the
band wagon. The horses wore the pur-
pie colors emblamatic OF the Elks, and
pranced with the excitement and the
strains of music which came from the
band. The colonel handled the mass OF
r3ins like an old time stage driver, never
losing control OF the fiery steeds for a
minute during the long march. The
horses tried to climb the telegraph
poles, they stood in the air and walked
on their rear feet, but the driver was un-
daunted. The baud wagon was the ad-
mirations OF all. and the band under the
leadership Of +. Ronstadt assisted by
Col o. C. Parker were dressed in ridicu-
lous costumes TO represent "the leetle
Cherman band" of the Kaiserland. Pre-.
ceding the band wagon rode AL. Bernard
Jr. and T. McKenna, as heralds, both
gorgeously dressed in true circus attire.
Col. j. Martin attended by number oi
aides, conducted the parade, all of them
being handsomely mounted. COL. Mar
| tin is familiar with this sort OF work
| aud the manner In which he looked
after the parade was in large measure
due to it's success. He was attired In
gay colors and with his beautiful mount
was very attractive.
Col. Breckenridge drove tandem ol
beautiful horses, prettily decorated in
the colors of the Elks, and in the trap
with the colonel were Hugo Donau and
A. Franklin. Then came an illustra
ton of plunge from the sublime to the
ridiculous, for following Col. Breaken'
ridge WAS a miniature chariot which
contained the most grotesqueclown ever
seen in any circus. Dashing out from
the dazzling ensemble came large
robust girl riding a bicycle. She rode
with all the confidence OF man, vel
with the skirts of woman and the hair
of sunburned school girl.
The parade was not without dignity,
and it was mainly embraced in six
horse carriage which bore eight of the
leading Elks OF the Tucson lodge, men
who were largely responsible for the
spectacle of which they formed dig
nifed part. ~Following came a caval.
cade OF circus riders, embracing bare
back riders, rough riders, and all man.
ner OF riders, but there were none who
could not ride. Jack Moore drove tan.
dem in trap and announced the hour
for the performance. In another car.
riage was Vic Hanny who performed a
like Office, each Of them showing fami.
liarity with the trick which made the
spectators instinctively thrust their
hands into their pockets to be sure that
they possessed the price Of admission.
There were two chariots in the parade
each drawn by four noble Roman-Losed
steeds, and drived by ]. Knox Corbet