Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-05

Any one wandering. without warnings
in the neighborhood of the Horse Show
building, at the Reservoir Park. last
night, would have thought for the mo.
ment that Dante's Inferno had broken
loose.
The building was brilliantly lighted up,
the diamond points or q thousand lights
shining star-iike on the surrounding
blackness of the night. From this star
eemmed enclosure there issued forth a
pandemonium of most indescribable
sounds. Howls, inhumanly human-like.
as from souls of the damned: shrieks.
roars. and unintelligible gatherings.
mixed UP In the confusion worse con-
founded of saving. hammering and like
noises, all OF which was calculated to
cause the blood of nervous man to run
cold before he perceived the explana-
ton of it.
Confusion Worse Confounded.
The scene inside was one OF system
evolving out of chaos. The noises were
explained at glance. The roars of tho
lions. the growls of the tigers, the trum-
pet of the elephants, the chattering of
the monkeys. and the thousand other an
imal notes mixed up in one grand di-
apason with the hammering of the
workrnen. who are remodelling the build
Ing for the convenience oe the Bostoclc
Animal Show, amply accounted for it.
There were lions and tigers piled up
like dry goods on the shelves of the
Broad-street stores in the temporary
| boxes in which they We're shipped from
New York. tearing at their insecure en-
vironments with their teeth and emit
ting ferocious howls and growls in tho
meantime, which made the on-looker feet
anything BUT comfortable, in view of tho
fact that in consequence of their journey
from New York they had probably passed
several meal hours without their usual
diet OF raw meat.
Finest Ever Gotten Together.
You may say. and say with truth that
this is the finest collection of animals
that the world has ever seen.'' said Trea-
surer II. E. Tudor. We have over fifty
lions alone. as you see, and other animals
in proportion of every variety and spe-
cies known to man.
I'VE got In here this morning with
eleven carloads. and we have been all
day unloading and moving them up, but
| we haven't gotten them all here yet. and
will probably be engaged all night In do
ing
Mr.. Bostock was summoned to Europe
in consequence Of the death of a rela.
tive there, and has left Manager r. !.
ASinton and myself in charge We have
come. and we will stay for the winter
of 200 consecutive performances at ST.
Nicholas Gardens in New York, and
| would have remained there for the win
ter. but the place had been previously
engaged by another attraction.
1--WE will give the people the finest AMI
NAL show they have ever had. and Just
as il was put on in New York.
after we open there will be two per-
formances daily-afternoon and night
Mr. BostocI1 has introduced what hs
calls the Oriental Cavalcade. That Is.
each performance is preceded by a grand
promenade OF elephants camels, droms-
daries zebras. lions, tigers, etc, and the
specta tors allowed 20 ride on their
backs, without charge
! "One of the features is the performance
! of twenty-seven lions at once. under the
!; direction of Captain Bonavita, who is
| with us.
Another is the Management of a mixecs
| group of a dozen different animals, by
| Professor Herman Weldon.
Madam MoreIi, who is we'll known in
| Richmond is now OF European tour.
| but will be with us later in the season.
| and will give her unique performance
with jasuars, leopards. etc.
1--WE will not give any performance on
| Sundays out OF respect for the religious
will be open for specta tors to see the ami
| mails and hear the lectures on them
! Transforming Horse Show Building.
| All this was said amid the noise and
| hubbub Of the animals and the workInen
who were rapidly Transforming the inte-
| rior of the Horse Show building All
around the ampnitheatre. where the box
| es and seats were situated on the lower
tiers The carpenters We're constructing
/. steel cages for the animals: and whers
/; the upper tier of seats was they were
| building a balcony for the spectators.
! In the middle Of the amphitheatres
where the tanbark track was. they were
erecting platform and circular suard-
| ed arera fifteen feet high and sixty feet
| in diameter. where the daily performances
| Of the trained animals will be given.
| There are about 125 people connected
| with the concern, and the Bostock Ani-
| NAL Show will doubtless be an interesting
! amusement feature Of the city during tha
| coming winter. The show will not opeIs
| this week.