Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-07
CIRCUS TODAY.
Ringing Bros Shows Will Give Two
Performances at Driving Park.

The shrill shrek of locomotive
whistle at just 3 o'clock this
morning announced the arrival Of the
first section of Ringing Brothers
massive circus. BY dawn the three re-
naming sections had come in from
Portland. The string of long gOndola
cars, horse cars and sleeping coaches
seemed an intermina3le che There
was no time wasted and the hustle and
apparent confusion at the unloading
point was the greatest ever known in
the local railroad yards. Men, women
and childran were on hand to greet the
first train and when they had all ar
rived and began unloading it seemed as
though most of the city was present.
The Maine Central road sent in four
crews comprising fifty-three men with
the circus and they aided the canvas
ne n in the unloading.
Mr.. Taylor the master Of transpOrta-
ton. said the commissary tent with its
ranges and paraphernalid would be set
up on the grounds in abundant time for
the small army Of cooks to announce
breakfast to the thirteen hundred em-
ployees of the circus at six o'clock.
Word came down to the cars that The
circus lot was a small che. Later
orders came from one OF the cars Occu-
pied by the Ringing Brothers that
room would have to be found for the
circus and everything must be UNI
loaded.
The advance guard Of the circus men
reached the city at 4 late hour Wednes-
day night and they wera busy lot
yesterday They refused to take thu
feed mans word for it that he would
have the hay and straw necessary and
insisted upon seeing it. AS MIR.
Spingles had ordered the hay from the
country he kept the; circus men worried
until it began to come in. 1t was the
same case at the City bakery where
demand was made that the baker show
that he had sufficient -four on hand for
the making of the 900 !oaves of bread
ordered for delivery on the grounds at
five o'clock this morning.
1t was announced last night that the
much Wanted narade Of the shows
would cover the following route: Driv-
ing park to State stree., to Laurel
street to Water street, to Grove street,
TO State street, and return to park.
This parade the features of which
have already been described in these
columns. will be well worth witnessing.
1t will leave the park with military
prOmptness at 10 se!clOck, end will be
three miles long. 1t Is a glittering
pageant in which many wild animals
and the largest herd of elephants in the
country will be seen.
One of the things for which the Ring
ling Brothers shows are noted Is the
quality and appearance o. their live
stock. There are over go horses, COM
prising every type of equine attached
to the circus and they present fine
appearance. There will lie some big
bitches seen in the parade. The first
band wagon will have Il hitch of
twenty-four Norman draught horses,
harnessed four abreast. There will be
a similar hitch of diminutive Shetland
ponies.
There will be two performances of
the circus today one ut two and the
other at eight o'clock. The gates will
be opened one hour earlier so that the
menagerie may De inspected. This
menagerie contains one hundred cages.
Among the rare animals on exhibition
are two giraffes, a rhinocerCs. hippo
pOtamus, a horned horse and black
ward. There are baby lions, baby
elephant, baby elk and tiny baby
tigers in the collection.
The spectacle of 1.-The Cloth of Gold"
with which the circus opens, employs
1,24O people. OF circus acts there are
over 100 and they call for 80 perform
ers of reputation.
A ticket Office will be opened this
morning at Means drug store, $50
Water ST., at which tickets will be sold
at exactly the same prices as are
charged at the ticket wastns on the
show grounds.