Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-10-23
Big SHOW TO COME
IN JUSTTEN DAYS,
Americas to Have Magnifi-
cent Circus.
CIRCUS is INDEED A MONSTER.
Five Trains Required to Transport
the Show-Big Feature Is Loop the
Loop" Grand Street Parade Mile
and Half In Length.

and Half In Length.
1t will be just ten days from this date
ere the monster Adam Forepaugh and
Sells Bros circus comes to Americas
on Saturday. November 1st.and the oc-
casion is eagerly anticipated by thous-
ands in Americus and the country sur
rounding who are coming to what is
Greatly" the greatest show on earth,
The circus trains, running in FIVE
sections, will arrive here at an early
hour from Albany.
The biIlboards IN !Americus are gay
with pictures of the circus, and these
are never ending source of interest
to hundreds passing along tbeIstreetp,
for they catch the eye of everyone.
The three cars have already been
along and completed their work, and
they will total SO men of the 100. From
now on, contracting and advance
agents will arrive on nearly every
train up to within twenty four hours
of the show. When the two "A hour
men" leave every detail will have been
arranged. 4
The show jumps from Columbia to
Charleston, then TO Savannah and
Jacksonville, Valdos'e, Albany and
Americus.
Among the most entertaining fta-
lures of the great show are the Aurora
Zouaves, that prlze-winning lot of
young Illinois men who, after winning
all the interstate contests in drilling
and tactics in this country for many
wears, were not satisfied until they had
given Europe sample OF what young
American manhood can do when it
sets out to surpass the rest of the
world in anything.
Coming to the regular circus fea-
lures, there are no less thanss--twt n
ty-three champion bareback riders If
both sexes, and the shows claim that
no other show has the eq1al to any OF Q
OF the twenty-three.
Minting, the unicycIe marvel, is IN
questionably the greatest Individual
acrobat in the world
The Jackson Family Cycling Sep
tette, and Starr, the Shooting Star,
completes cycling contingent such as
was never before dreamed.
A quartette of cakewalking horses
provide the finest display of high
school horsemanship ever seen.
Four herds of performing elephants
head a list of trained animals, the
greatest the world has ever known,
The Five DeLuccas, the Five St,
Icons and the Four La Monies form
the greatest group of European aero
bats in circus history. The Ten Peer
less Potters fully deserve their title,
the Greatest Aerial Act on Earth.
There are dozens of others for whom
there is no room to iudividualize.
There are all sorts of hlppodrome
races and superb new tree street pa
rade, which will be the initial display
Of day of displays that will attract
every lover of the great and the good
in the most popular form of entertain
ment.
Diavolo will "Ioop-the.loop" on a
bicycle at both the afternoon and eve
ming performances. This sensational
act has created more comment than
any feature since the presentation of
the world famed Jumbo of the old Bar
mum show. It is absolutely the great
est hair-raiser that has ever been pre-
sented anywhere, at any time. 1t con-
sumes but six seconds of the enter
tainment programme.
There are many other features with
the great show. anyone of which is
worth the price of admission.
Some things are better late than