New-York tribune., 1903-03-03
SHOWS HIS SHOW
Newspaper Men Visit Circus Winter
Quarters at Bridgeport.

''Tcdy'' Hamilton, Barnum & BatIy's 1rrepres-
sble but genial press agent yesterday TOOK elEnty
six representatives of the leading newspapers OF
the country CcirCuS count to the winter quarters
of tina sbouy at bridgeport Conn, show them the
new attractions to be exhibited this season atteF
An absence of five years from the United states
The marty boarded the parlor car Sapphira, at the
Grand Central Station at O'Clock. ana lahded III
F3ridgeport an hour later.
s.Tody'' introduced his guests to the show town
by an acrohatic performance not on the hlis.
Owing to sundry railway improvements. he fouhd
awaiting him the facilities for a back somefsault
over two tracks. and promptly accepted the op-
nor,unitv Bevond a wrenched back and con-
fused elbow he suffered but little inconvenience
from the feat.
The PARTY was to have been met at the station
by the new $4,000 gold chariot drawn by forty bay
horses f1itched four abreast. ana a brass paho ac
companied by gayfy caparisonsd outriders. but the
charioteer decided that the gold paint and varnish
were not hard enough. and carriages were provided
instead On the way 'Tody' explained that there
were tvrenty-eieht other chariots. Charming cap
tiva,fnr colossal and Of countless COST but the
raint was not dry enough any of them. The
marty later the chartots, certainly deserving or
all that .'Tody' had said of them. All are new
and Respondent in gold and rich Colors and the
cheapest of them is said to have cost $4@h.
"Tody" conducted the party to the car shed with
out DELAY and with great pride exhibited his own
advance rar-No. | of the eighty-eght used IN tho
business OF the show. 1t IS entirely covered with
gold leaf. To use the Nerd~1odS press agent own
words There the outside Of this car beaten
gold worth $26Gn' It is parloT car. with in
genoisv contrived poster closets all through under
the rarIor furniture and big paste boxes beneath
and between the trucks. The other three new ad-
vance cars are finished in red. orange and white. re-
spectfveIy There is little modest lettering on
each to appraise the populace of the character Of
the train.
Frank Melville. the king of equestrians put on In
tho horse ring his new act Of seventy horses. lie
was mounted on A white charger on six foot
high pedestal centre. with five horses on the
that two tiers in the tanbark ring and forty ponies
the pIanked bank on the outside, AT the Word
Of & IN and e tFf b@ tE@ S gEs to the gh IT. the tr
the left fourth t" the right ana the ponies 10 me
wits of mon but not horse went wrong
Tie carnivorous beasts were then fed live chick
ne sImncbtnF ann thH eEenne HsnpuIofirr least
that was what ''Tody'' said. and everybody noted
The two gfraffes one pair of the only three pairs
in captivity in the Mhoae T2T1s6S%rdns d offsTs s m t6
for another pair just like them but nobody present
seemed disposed to accoTmodate him. The twenty
babies Of various ages did various stunts
dde s5 ds s qeIy to Every remark until
ne discovered that the strangers were without pea
baess' Rag and ali. '"Tody took the party to the
Ae E .6s agtsl a and The f IT for O began
be restless AMI to Inquire about trains "TodyI y
sid: 'oh don't worry abont copy. sent proof
slips IF your reports to your various offices with
your names appended, just before tn" train lett
better acquainted with the beautiful city Of Bridge
port .,, TO-
accounts column in Length. of the visit. the at
fractions nf the show. and a shreUd conjecture
Garden the day after st. Patricks. Tody seemed
surprised that the date had become public, but
after strenuous questioning reluctantly admitred
the truth Of the report