Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-11
CLAIM TO HAVE BIGGEST
PARADE OF ANY ON ROAD
Ringing Brothers Display Three Miles
of SpIendors and Novel
ties.

The Ringing brothers. five of them,
who have made q name in the amuse-
ment field that stands for all that is
new. novel. strictly modern and far
reaching in magnitude, present this
season the most attractive and colossal
free street parade ever attempted in
the history of ciTcuses. Ringing
Brothers Worlds Greatest shows ex-
hibit in Rock Island Wednesday, Aug
80.
Since last season the parade has
been enlarged and improved upon by
master hands in the art OF producing
magnetic circus attractions There Is
something in this pageant TO interest
and hold the attention of every spec
tator. The student OF natural history
has the wonders of the wild animal
world brought before him in living
breathing reality. The lover of fine
stock has. here $50 magnificent thor
Oughbred horses upon which to feast
his eyes; the admirer of physical per
lection is RECALLED with the sight of
hundreds of the worlds greatest aero
bats. equilibTiSts, gYmnastS and riders;
the artistic interest is gTatified in the
opulent splendOr of massive, beauti-
| fully carved floats representing the
| known countries of the globe. Men
and women in the picturesque garb of
the various nations form regal allegor-
ical tableaux. Each float is accom-
panied by a detachment of the soldiery
OF the country represented. and the
picture is further enlivened and made
more realistic by bands. composed of
| German. Russian, French, Scottish, In
dian and Persian musicians. The float
| of the United States, superb in red,
white and blue effects, is preceded by
| Ringing Brothers famous cavalry
band, mounted on handsome white
| horses. The parade is in 80 sections,
and each one is a superb attraction in
| itself. It's hundreds of proudly step
| ping horses. with waving plumes and
| trappings of gold and silver; its gOr-
geously costumed diplomats and min
listers. knights and ladies. heralds and
cOurtiers its brilliantly uniformed sol
| diers; its numerous bands Of music
and its 6S-stop triple strength pipe or.
gan, builded on a monster van and
drawn by 10 horses: its great herd OF
40 elephants and 20 camels: its chill.
uItn SeCtlOn, III winch immature Snet-
land ponies draw pretty little tabIeau
wagons; and its scores of beautifully
carved and ornamented dens and
cages of openly exhibited rare and wild
beasts, form picture that in wealth
of display and beauty of cOloring is a
perfect sunbuTSt of bTilliancy The
opening performance in the big tent
begins at o'clock and at s, but the
doors will be open an hour earlier, in
order that visitors have ample time tC
inspect the immense menagerie which
contains numerous rare and costly an
imal attractions. including a pair OF
stately CRATES, the only living sur
yivors of their kind in existence;
Baby Boo" the first baby elephant
successfully bred and reared in Amer
lea, and the only rhinoceros in captiv
ity. The performance includes hun
dreds of new and novel acts, enlisting
the services of 375 high class artists
80 clowns and hundreds of auxiliaries
and the regal spectacular production
OF The Field of the Cloth of Gold" il
which appear 1900 characters and :
ballet of 800 girls.