The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-10
RlNGLINGS COME TO TOWN
THE BIG CIRCUS WILL GIVE TWO
PERFORMANCES TOMORROW.
1t Is Claimed that This Year the Great
show Is Bigger and Better than
Ever-The Features.

Ringing Brothers, whose big circus will
exhibit in Indianapolis tomorrow. have
a perfect system by which they are en-
abled TO bring their eighty-five cars into
a city in the morning. unload them, give a
parade, erect tents that cover fifteen acres
of ground, give two performances and then
load all the paraphernalia and head their
trains for pastures new, all in one day.
Without the system the show could not be
handled
The first Of the five trains will reach In
dianapolis this afternoon at 1 o'clock from
st. Louis and the other four will steam
In at intervals of an hour. The fact that
the unloading Will be accomplished during
the afternoon will doubtless draw a mon
ster crowd, to which the system will be
personally illustrated. The first train car
ries several carloads of workingmen, all
the ranges, the dining and kitchen tents
and the commissary of the stewards de-
partment, five carloads of horses and the
scenery and costumes and trappings used
in the beautiful spectacular production of
Jerusalem and the Crusades' The work.
ingmen are loaded in hacks and hurried to
the circus grounds, where, under the direc-
NiOAi "a a competent lneN lay
out the plan for the tents A. l.. Webb
the steward. follows with his cooks, wait
ers, canvasmen, tents, ranges and WE'LL
filled larder, and in less than half an hour
has steaming breakfast ready
The men who arrive on the first train
are then called to ''hash,'' and by the time
they have eaten, the second train, with
hundreds of other laborers, appears. The
new arrivals are fed, and then with full
stomachs the brawny men set at work and
erect the horse tents. the tents used by
the blacksmiths. harness makers, wagon
workers and by the side shows. They also
prepare for parade the numerous floats and
tableau wagons that are carried on the
second train. This parade preparation will
not be made to-day in Indianapolis as the
street pageant is not scheduled to take
place until Tomorrow. and IT is one of the
Ringing rules that only necessary work
be accomplished on the Sabbath day.
THE MENAGERIE.
The third train brings in the menagerie
and hundreds of big. handsome gray horses
cages to the circus grounds. The menagerie
tent is also transported on this train and
while the cages en- route to the grounds
the boss canvasman has his aids busy
hosting the canvas structure. The ele-
plants. the camels and all the lied stock"
of the circus. together with the ring horses
and the monster circus tent. the seats, the
poles and the lighting paraphernalia come
in on the fourth train and are unloaded
without the least confusion. This train is
followed by the fifth and last, which is
composed Of Pullman cars and diners.
The Pullmans used by the performers
and the business staff. With this train
is the private car Chicago" used by the
Ringing Brothers and their families.
II is expected that the five trains will
all reach indianapolis before o'clock and
will be unloaded and placed on the side
tracks in the vicinity of the grounds. long
Indianapolis with the largest and best
circus they have ever owned The per-
foSmance opens with a new and novel
spectacular production called Jerusalem
and the Crusades." Scenery a half a block
long, costumes that are historically cor