The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-27
WICHITA PEOPLE
ENTERTAINE
By FeatS of Skill in the Great
Wallace Show.
ATTENDANCE WAS $4,000
Was Finest Circus Perform
anCe Ever Given in Wichita.
ATTENDANCE WAS $1,000

Yesterday was circus day in Wichita
and the great wallace shows were on the
boards and they more than flled the bin.
The show PLAYED TO immense business
during the two performances. the after
Moons attendance being 1858 and the
evenings attendance being STA. The
show was the best seen in wichita for
long time II IS a show Of features. big
features-everything that appeared was
a feature. Some shows have a few novel
and entertaining performances during
their show, but this one had an entirely
new force OF acrobats. riders and tumb-
iers and everything put on was some
thing that would hold the attention Of
the people, from the grand entree to the
end Of the hippodrome races.
Il was show in which everything ap-
pertaining thereto was new and clean.
That cleanliness IS next 70 Godlinessn
is maxim that is religiously adhered to
b. this show. The wagons were new and
the cages were carefully taken care of.
so that there was none Of the foul smell
in the animal tent that is 50 often notice
able IN circuses
Wallaces show disappointed no one
The flaming red. yellow and green posters
announced the different features Of the
show and everything was carried out to
the letter. It would be impossible TO
name the big things of the show; It
would require special mention of over
hundred different acts. but there were
many surprises in store for the vast con
course Of people who attended the per-
1ormanccs. Performances that seemed
beyond human skill were common instead
OF rarity. Feats that required Drawn
and sinew, brain and nerve, were there in
abundance and this brought forth many
rounds Of applause. because Of the feats
that seem almost incredible.
3. T. Wallace : a h5rseman from the
ground up. he lives win horses and
takes his greatest pride in the animals
he owns. lie requires them to be kept in
the finest condition; nothing is TOO good
for them and no horse is too good to
be a member of the Wallace shows. The
animals were fat and sleek. the result Of
good feed and much grooming. and this
added greatly 10 the appearance of the
parade and the performances There
never has been finer lot Of horses.
ponies and mules exhibited I'm this city
than those which appeared with the Wal
lace show yesterday. Although the show
has been on the road nearly three months
the animals and horses were sleek and
fat and seemingly contented with their
lot. and this adds a great deal 10 the
pleasure Of attending a circus.
The shor came in over the Santa Fe
about O'Clock yesterday morning and
the trains were run down on the Wich-
tia SWestern tracks. and here large
crowd greeted them, To watch the IN
leading CT the ponderous wagons. When
the first section pulled in, there was not
a living soul in sight Almost in the
twinBIing or an eve men began tumb-
Bng out Of the car doors pulling their
Jackets on as they ran. The engine was
uncoupled and In . rem arkably short
space OF time. teams of horses were led
out Of the cars and the chutes were in
place and the wagons were rolled off the
cars.
The canvas wagons came first and the
men dropped the huge rolls Of canvass
over the lot in apparently very care
less manner. But it was not SO; one Of
the great parts Of circus is its organ
ization. Every man knew where he be-
longed and just what piece of canvass he
was TO take care of. and that organize
ton has made the circus such q success
ful form OF amusement enterprise. Poles
were set up in spots marked with little
iron rods with red or blue ribbon tied
To them
The first man Oh the show grounds was
a man who walked down 10 the corner
locked over the lot and studied a few
minutes, untl wason came up. Two
or three men grabbed punch of these
little iron rods about ward long and
rms at one era. in which was tied piece
OF ribbon. either red or biue. The big
nan walked out into the lot with the rod
carriers following. lie set rod with q
red nag here and then moved on and
set another. These rods located the posi-
ton Of the main poles of the menagerie
ne walked around the poles in a larse
circle. placing a rod every Few yards
The tent for the performance was laid
cut in the same way and then The other
small tents.
Those RODS showed the exact positions
CT every pole in the center and olts.de
OF the tents. This man measured the
size of the lot with his eye. Tho minute
he stepped onto it. re deched en- the
hest position Tor each Of the tents and
then accurately measured the distance be- /