The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-22
CROWD THRILLED
At BIG CIRCUS.
THOUSANDS SEE s.BARNUM's''
MAGNIFICENT PARADE.

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MAGNIFICENT PARADE.
Sees the Animals and Holds Its
Breath While Performers Do Deeds
of Skill and Daring.
The Barnum & Bailey greatest
Sunday morning. The first section
came in over the Omaha railroad at
II O'Clock. 1t was followed at inter-
walls of about half an hour each by
the other four sections. Immediately
upon the arrival of the first section,
the work of unloading the train was
begun. The first wagon taken off the
train is known as the stake and chain
wagon. The next were three contain
ing the cook tents and cooking uten-
sils. They had no sooner reached the
ground from the cars than horses
were attached and they were driven
post haste to the show grounds at
Fourth avenue S and Thirty-fourth
street.
and kitchen were ready for business
and breakfast was we'll under way and
by the time the remaining sections
arrived and the persons travelling
upon them reached the grounds,
breakfast was ready. Meanwhile,
| Charles Mclean, boss canvasman,
with some three hundred men as his
assistants, were laying out the tents.
| Stakes were driven, huge bales of
canvas unrolled and laced together,
the ropes fastened to the stakes and
at a given signal, the various poles
were raised and the tents were in po-
sition for the day. A great white
city of canvas had sprung into exist
ence within a single hour. A great
crowd witnessed the interesting work.
i At 8 o'clock this forenoon the rat
tie of drums and swirl of flies ana
the blare Of several bands announced
the approach of the great free street
parade and it truly was great. Lead
ing the parade was the world famous
forty-horse team, drawing a mann
moth chariot which is the largest We
hicle on four wheels in the world.
Then came a long line Of deliberately
elephants, and over a score of camels
and a like number Of magnificent tab
leauX, representing the five continents,
several nations, accompanied by out
riders, wearing the uniforms of the
armies of the respective nations; sew
eral mammoth representations of the
subjects of childhood lore, Funny
airy" FAIRY Tales" "Phoenician
Galleys," etc. Of course no parade
would be complete without a caliope
and strange to say this one was well
played upon. 1t is no exaggeration to
say that the horses seen in this parade
were not only the largest, but the
finest ever seen in this city.
A o. n +l,o 1~~ u.
open and the crowds began to surge
in. The vast menagerie tent was
lined with cages containing rare speci-
mems of wild animals of divers type
and species, great herds of elephants
and camels.
It was the center of this tent, how
ever, that attracted the greatest at
stalls a score or more of rare animals
usually exhibited in cages, among
them were zebras, llamas, bovolapus
a yak, five tiny zebus or dwarf In.
dian sacred cattle, one of which is 6
tiny little calf but a few weeks old, 6
pair Of full sized zebus and Other
} specimens. Next to5that stood a high
wire woven enclosure containing ar
, actual herd Of giraffes,a four in mum
/ Der. atf ORR aftt,
: Then came a high platform some
, fifteen feet wide, and about two hun
was the largest collection of human
curiosities ever assembled. There wa
! the fat lady, the living skeleton, tn
I Albino man, the legless man, the arm
+ less man, the moss haired girl, the ex
t pansiOnist, the fire eater, the hare
. lion faced boy the leopard girl, tn
: elastic skinned man, the lady swor'
). swallower, the human pincushion, an
: many others, including the famou
Horvath family of midgets, four il
T number.
: in the arena of the vast ampitheatel
s which had seating capacity Of som
s fifteen thousand persons. The frs
Y number on the program was a reall
5. gorgeous spectacle, which is a repre-
e sentation of scenes Of the Durbar a
o Delhi, India.
IS Then came the many featured cir
g Gus performances. In every branc
e of athletics, acrobatics, gymnastic:
arielistics, there is nothing left to
u desired, for every performer is sta1
s Ugo Ancillatt1 rode down long lad
is der upon a single wheel, while carry
o ing a companion upon his shoulder
d Volo, the volitant, arched the aeris
y abyss and Solo Ancillotto Topped tn
l. gap. Fifteen quickly run and hotl
II contested races completed the pre-
Is gram.
IL Turnout the performance there wa
y a rapid succession Of interludes of flu
supplied by veritable army of versa
tile clowns. Never before have ther
been seen such funny fools with an
show, and they kept the audiene
laughing when it was not engaged
'e applauding serious performance.
Comparing the program with tn
,s performance given at the Madiso
= Square Garden, New York, for 81
to weeks last spring, during all of whic
is time the largest ampitheater
"a America had not sufficient capacity
< care for those who wanted to see tt
I'D show, develops the pleasing fact tn;
: identically the same program was gil
y en- down to the minutest detail ar
James A. Bailey had emphasized h
reputation for keeping faith with tt
public.
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