The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-18
WALTER L. MAINS BIG SHOWS,

| WALTER L. MAINS BIG SHOWS. Will Be Here To-day-Great Event in Circus World.
 Walter L. Main, through his many American and foreign agents, has ran sacked the earth and the fullness there 1 of for novelties and genuine features with which to make the Great Walter 1 L. Main Gigantic Shows in New Haven 1 to-day, June IS, q bowling equestrian,
 gymnastic and aerial success. The
 grand geological exhibit is an actual | Noah's ark. The animal kingdom is fully represented there,n from the Polar l bear of the Arctic Circle to the roaring | lion of equatorial Africa. The big big menagerie is one of the most com- plete, instructive and attractive wild l animal displays ever presented in this city, which embraces the rarest and greatest specimens of strange and sav- age beasts of all descriptions. Giant
 African lions, the largest of all carni- vorous mammals, the king of beasts, including a variety of the Barbary,
 Gambian, Senegal and Cape lions, also many specimens of the Asiatic lions, which are distinguished as the Bengal, the Persian, the Arabian and the mane- less lion of Guperat. There are also in
 great variety American mountain lions The black tiger is rare animal in captivity. It makes its home in the widest Asiatic haunts and is captured
 alive with great difficulty and the only pair of these rare ferocious beasts in America are only to be seen with this
 great show. The first and only genu-
 inc white Filipino bull ever imported
 to this country is an attractive animal
 in the huge menagerie. Black jaguars,
 leopards hyenas, Ethiopian gnu Niger
 antilope, kangaroos African eland, full
 grown Polar bear rhinoceros, two big
 herds of giant performing elephants,
 camels, dromedaries, scores of mon-
 keys, Rocky Mountain goats, canine
 circus, birds and reptiles, Albinos,
 snake charmers, fat women, giants,
 skeletons, the Siamese twins, Usaw, the
 funny ape-man from Africa, has many
 accomplishments in his repertoire. The
 bearded lady, monkey bicycle racers
 and Punch and Judy are part of the
 many sights to be seen While the
 three-ring circus is filled to overfowing
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 one of the chief features is the 70-horse
 act, and if this was the only act of the
 show it would alone be well worth the
 price of admission. This performance
 is wn1ithout doubt a marvel of the cen
 tury, 70 beautiful trained horses, with
 out bit, rein or whip, in one ring at one
 time handled by one man. They answer
 his every command. Only a few years
 ago it was thought to train a few horses and bring them to a state of subiection was doing wonders, But, | now, here comes an act which embraces | 70 horses that do marvellous feats and l perform the most complicated feats and | perform the most complicated group | ings In fact, it would be of no use ! telling what they do--it is too amazing | for belief, and seen here for the first | time. A performance of magnitude | and emrit that cannot be duplicated | anywhere in the world Tn reorganiz | ing this mammoth show for the season | of 1902 in commemoration of it's twen- | ty-fifth birthday, Manager Main has not spared time or money in making | fundamental attractions and augment ed innovations, regardless of expense as the streling and startling novelties will verify that it is the biggest and best all-feature show ever witnessed. Another star feature, the original and only "Cycle Dazzle,' will be a sensation, exploited here for the first time with the big show. The Cy- cle Whirl track is 25 feet in diameter at the top with the sides sloping al an angle of 70 degrees is built of slats of the bowl-shaped style, upon which a troupe of expert bicycle riders appear and make the circuit their speed grad ual1y increasing until 30 miles an hour is reached. The speed necessary to keep the rider from falling as she spins around the upped edge of the track is almost parallel with the stage. It is acknowledged to be most thrilling In the extreme. the very limit of reckless. daredevil riding. The strangenes of the act is found in the fact that law of apparently is defied, as these champion ladies ride in almost horizontal position,
 The grand, glorious elaborate free street parade will take place at 10 a. h.. which is the most kaleidoscopica1 and ewildering sights ever beheld, containing more magnificent new fea- lures. more fine horses, elephants and more tableaux, dens, cages and cars, more men, women and children, more bands of music, more charming sights, than ever before presented Two performances, at and D. m. Doors open at hour earlier. Seating capaci- ty, 10000; 25 uniformed ushers
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