The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-05
SMALL BOY Is HAPPY
Now on His Good Behavior for
Tomorrow Is Circus Day
What Ringlings Present.

Wednesday is circus day. The dead
walls of the town and. the columns of
the newspapers have kept il in mind
for several weeks. The small boy has
been a dream of good behavior. 1t is
Yes. ma am and mo. sir" from
morning till night, and the cheerful
way in which he runs eFrands and
obeys the family orders to stay in
doors at night is almost too good to
be true. He is the same little rascal,
just the same. He is subject to these
spasms when the circus comes along.
for any boy with a normal heart would
take his chances of wearing golden
halo rather than miss the world s
greatest" "Wednesday morning, bright
and early. You will find him at the
show grounds. watching the caravans
unload and trying to get a peep at the
royal 'skidigious-" If he can, only get
a chance to carry water for the ele
plant he Will be the happiest lad under
the blue canopy, and will stand under
the burning sun until the ground curls
up without a murmur.
There are said to be more than 100
acts in Ringling'S circus. sometimes as
many as ten going on at once. When
the most important speciaIties are pre-
sented there are no other acts going
or at the time, so that ones attention
is not diverted from the sensational
merits of these numbers Among the
several novelties are a horse ballet, the
conception of the well known trainer,
John O'Brien, and Captain Webb's edu-
Gated seals. The equine ballet is a
beautiful performance. in which Ken
lucky thoroughbred horses f1irt, dance
and march with a graye and sensitive
interest that suggests picturesque
studies of the stage. 1t is one of the
V1rRTfiPSf SIGHTS rirPF4G
ring, and is a gratifying relief from
the conventional riding acts
OF the thirty elephants of the Ring
ling's circus, fifteen are performing
animals. They form pyramids. stand
on their heads, walk on two legs, dance,
engage in boxing contests. play string
and wind instruments and even go
through the incidents of a. broad farce
comedy, acting with obvious relish and
sense of things.
Among the celebrated acrobats are
the Nelson family of ten; the st. Leon
family of eight; the Petit family of
five; the Roberts family Of four: the
DeBOliau, brothers and the Holloway
trio. The Holloway trio perform on a
high wire what expert gymnasts re-
gard most difficult on the solid foun-
dalton of the ground They turn SOM
ersaults, waltz, jump over tables and
chairs and dance rag-time on the slen-
der thread of steel. Among the high
class riders are the Shades. the Hob
sons, Mr.. and Mrs. Rhoda Royal, Mike
and John Rooney, Albert Crandall.
John Carroll. Ray and Albert Thomp-
son. Reno McCree, Julia Lowanda, Au-
gusta Fredericks. Eta Jordan, Ida Mi
AGO and May Davenport. Among the
gymnasts of European fame who ap-
pear here for the. first time with the
Ringlings, are the four Banvards. who
are claimed to be the only artists in
the world, turning triple somersaults
from hand to hand, while suspended
high in the air. Others are the Forums
brothers. athletic experts on parallel
bars: Genaro and Austin sisters. called
the human flies" who accomplish the
wonderful feat Of walking head down
ward upon an improvised platform,
suspended high in the air; the Dunoa
trio, famous Australian gymnasts.