The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-07-25
THE BIG SHOW COMING.
Ringing Brothers Exhibit the Rarest
Collection Of Animals in the World.

COlleCtIOn or Animals IN the WOFlo.
The announcement that Ringing
Brothers Worlds Greatest Shows will
exhibit in Walla Walla Thursday, Aug.
10. is one that will be hailed with de-
light by every man, woman and child
in Walla Walla and the surrounding
country "All the world loves a cir
GUS" and this especially true of the
one owned by Ringing Brothers.
which is transported from city to city
in five splendidly equipped trains-So
double length cars in all-Which are
equal in size and carrying capacity to
10 ordinary cars. The Ringing
Brothers, scrupulously honest in their
various systems Of advertising, have
long made the unchallenged claim OF
possessing the biggest, and best and
most entertaining collection OF high
class novelty features and rare Wild
animals in all the world. This is es-
pecially true of the mammoth menag
erie, which contains, by actual count,
10S cages, lairs, dens and tanks OF
beast, fowl and aquatic species from
every jungle, plain and ocean on the
face of Mother Earth. Prominent
among the hundreds of perfect zoolo-
gical specimens in this unrivalled de-
partment are two beautiful giraffes,
the last of an almost distinct race.
These animals were secured at an
enormous cost and to the Ringing
Brothers they are priceless. Scient-
lists and students of natural history
say they are the lone living members
of their kind. In order to keep them
alive in the trying climate of the Unit
ed States they are given more atten-
ton than baby secures from It's
proud and loving parents. The gil
RATES. are transported in specially con-
sUucted cages, the tops of which are
raised and lowered at will. Cages OF
this kind are dispensible on account
of the great height of the animals.
The walls of the cages are thickly pad
Ode with curled hair and fine wire
springs tC prevent possible injury to
the occupants. Their food is pre-
pared according to scientific rules
laid down By famous veterinarians.
Another feature Of this colossal men
agerie one that is in keeping with the
progreSsiyeness that is a part Oh the
Ringing Brothers success as amuse-
ment projectors, is Baby Boo, the
only baby elephant bred, born aAd
successfully reared in captivity III
North America Baby Boo was born
January s, 1903, is just thirty inches
high, weighs but 119 pounds, and is
as cute and full Of life as a fox ter
rier puppy. She is the pride OF the
menagerie attaches and with her fond
mother is the pampered pet OF the
herd of forty big and little elephants
carried by Ringing Brothers this year.
The forty brutes. the largest in all an
imal creation are more than half of
all the elephants in captivity. The in
FAINT member of this big herd is as fat
and as round as a butter ball fresh
from the churn, and greatly enjoys the
attention showered upon her by the
thousands of children who daily visit
the big tent. The rhinoceros in an
other rare animal in this interesting
menagerie. 1t has been many years
since an animal of this kind has been
exhibited in either circus or zool-
ogical collection, and the one in Ring
ling Brothers circus is said to be the
sole survivor of this kind. The gnu,
or horned horse, the Eland, the yak
from the highlands of Thibet, the mon
ster hippOpotamus, the vlack viarck
from South Africa, the cassowary,
seals and sea lions, the pure white
Chinese pea fowls, and the sacred cat
tie of India, are to be found only in
this menagerie, which also contains
magnificent specimens of the lion,
tiger, puma, hyena, buffalo and pan
Their, herds of camels, fifty species of
deer, and other animals and birds
from every quarter of the globe. This
collection of the flower of the animal
kingdom is worth fortune alone and
stands alone in it's magnitude and di-
versity of subjects. Ringing Broth
ers present, also, a thrilling 61-horse
act, 375 aerial, menage, equestrian
and acrobatic artists in their circus
performance, 40 famous clowns, and
the most lavish spectacular produc-
ton ever attempted. a superb present
alton of Jerusalem and the Crusades, |
in which 1900 characters are shown. |
Two complete performances and a
magnificent free street pageant are
given daily. Reserve seats can be
secured on the day of the exhibition, |!
as we'll as general admission tickets |
at the same prices as charged on the
show grounds at Tallman's City Drug |
Store