The Wichita daily eagle., 1903-09-24
THE BIG SHOW COMING.
Ringing Brothers Exhibit the Rarest
Collection Of Animals in the World.

The announcement that Ringing Broth
ers' Worlds Greatest Shows will exhibit
in Wichita Tuesday, October Is. Is one
that will be hailed with delight by every
man. woman and child in Wichita and
the surrounding country "All the world
| loves a circus" and this is especial y
| true of the one owned by Ringing
Brothers, which is transported from city
! to city in five splendidly equipped trains
! -S5 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 sys-
TENS of advertising. have long made the
| unchal'eaSed claim of possessing the big
| gest, best and most entertaining collections
] Of high class novelty features and rare
wild animals in all the world. This is es-
| pecialiy true of the mammoth nnenagerie,
| which contains. by actual count. 10S cages.
| lairs. dens and tanks of beasts. fowl and
| aquatic species from every jungle. plain
! and ocean on the face of Mother Earth
Prominent among the hundreds Of Per
! feet geological specimens in this unrivaled
department are two beautiful giranes.
the last Of an almost extinct race These
animals We're secured at an enormous
cost and to the Ringling Brothers they
are priceless. Scientists and students OF
natural history say they are the lone
I living members Of their kind. In order TO
keep them alive in thettrying climate of the
United States they are given even more
attention than a baby secures from its
proud and loving parents. The girares
are transported in specially constructed
cages. the tops Of which can be raised
and lowered at will. Cages of this kind
are indispensable on account OF the great
height OF the animals The walls of the
cages are thickly padded with curled hair
and fine wire springs 10 prevent possible
injury to the occupants. Their food Is
prepared according to scientific rules laid
down by famous veterinarians Another
feature of this colossal menagerie. one
that Is In keeping with the progressive
ness that is part of the Ringing
Brothers success as amusement project
ors, is Baby Boo" the only baby ele-
phant bred, born and successfully reared
in captivity in North America. Baby
Boo was born January s. 1905 is just
thirty inches high weighs but 11s pounds,
and is as cute and full OF life as fox
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 animal
creation. are more than half Of all the
elephants in captivity The infant MEM
Der of this big herd is as fat and round
as a butter ball fresh from the churn,
and greatly enjoys the attention shower
ed upon her by the thousands of children
who daily visit the big tent. The rhi-
nocerous is another rare animal in this
interesting menagerie. II ha, been many
years since an animal Of this kind has
been exhibited In either a circus or a
geological collection, and the one in Ring
ling Brothers circus is said to be the
sole survivor of its kind The gnu, or
horned horse. the Eiand. the yak from
the highlands of Thibet. the monster hip
popotamus the veack vearck frem South
Africa. the cassowary. seals and sea
lions the pure white Chinese pea fowls.
and the sacred cattle Of India are TO be
found only in thi. menagerle. which also
contains magnificent specimens OF the
lion. tiger. puma. hyena. buffalo and pan
ther. herds OF camels. fifty species Of
deer. and other animals and birds from
every quarter Of the globe. This collec-
ton Of the flower of the animal king
dom is worth a fortune alone and stands
alone in it's magnitude and diversity OF
subjects. Ringing Brothers present. Also
a thrilling s1-horse act, s75 aerial, menage
equestrian and acrobatic artists in their
circus performance. 40 famous clowns
and the most lavish spectacular produc-
ton ever attempted. a superb presenta-
ton of Jerusalem and the Crusades in |
which 200 characters are shown. Two
complete performances and a magnificent |
free street pagent are given daily. Re-
served seats can be secured on the day |
served seats can be secured as well as |
general admission tickets at Howe's Jew |
elry store at the same price as charged on |
the show grounds on the day OF exhibi- |
tion
Ringing Brothers employ over 1.2oo |
men. women and children. To feed this |
great company of people requires a daily /
average Of 1000 pounds OF bread. 1.15o /
pounds of meat, 500 gallons OF coffee. and |
everything else in proportion. These sup
plies as well as Is ton. OF hay. $40 bushels
OF oats, and S. bushels Of corn for the
horses. have to be secured daily in the
city where the show Is exhibiting
The horse fair with Ringing Brothers
Worlds Greatest Shows embraces $50
specimens IF the finest breeding. and IS
the most valuable collection ever brought /
together for exhibitional purposes. No
other circus ever owned one-hslf so many
The feet trotter. fierce racer, graceful
saddler. aristocratic driver. sturdy Perch
eron.. Arabian stallion. Kentucky thor
oughbred. English cob, stylish coach,
and pert pony are in this famous ex-
hibition-