The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-14
MANY ATTRACTIONS
FOR THE CARNIVAL
GaskiII Company viii Delight
People of Birmingham
OPENS TOMORROW NIGHT
Orphans Carnival Promises to Be
Great success-Many Unique
Amusement Features Have
Been Provided.

The amusement features Of the orphans
carnival which opens tomorrow will be
! furnished by the Great Gasldll Shows.
This organization was the originator and
is the oldest of its character in existence.
Founded in 1899 by the late Frank Gas
kill. it has enjoyed six years of unprece-
dented success and prosperity. When the
show was first founded in 1899, 1t had in
! its employ seventy-five people and four
cars, all that was required to move its
complement of performers and equipment.
For the present season 20 60-foot cars are
required and close to three hundred peo-
pie are on the pay roll.
| The Gaskill Zoo consists of seventy five
performing lions, tigers, pumas hyenas,
iaguars, polar and black BEARS snakes,
etc. Every animal is an actor, appearing
in sixty-foot steel arena and massive
dens. Ten big animal acts are presented
with Captain Ricardo, the great wild ami
NAL trainer in charge, assisted by Captain
Billy Dyar. Captain Rlcardos wonderful
lion fight with the ferocious "Spitfire" is
probably the greatest act of its kind ever
attempted Captain Dyar and his lion
hunt is another feature. Add to this the
! f1aReQDeGk
and her group of five performing lions.
Elephants and camels have always been
objects of curiosity. To ride an elephant
or camel is an experience of a life time.
| The Gaskill shows possess one of the
! largest elephants in captivity. Queen
Lilly" will be seen daily on the grounds.
| furnishing a world of amusement. There
will be also Asiatie camels, with their
keepers for the convenience and pleas
ure of the little ones
Dog and Pony Show.
One of the many feature attractions Is
the dog and pony show, twenty trained
ponies, eighteen dogs with clowns and
monkeys, presenting in miniature an old
fashioned one-ring circus, with all the
actors animals. Drills. waltzes and pua-
drills by all the ponies, together with hur
die jumping and bareback riding go to
form part of this entertaining exhibition.
Prof. ID. j. Woods, who is the trainer and
has charge of the department. is one of
the oldest and most successful men in
this line of work in America.
A fair or a circus without a ferris wheel
or a merrygo-round would be like Ham
let with Hamlet left out. One of the
largest ferris wheels and most gorgeous
merry-go-rounds that money can buy is
carried by the GaslSill shows. The Palace
of Illusions is a mystifying and wonder
full production consisting of a series OF
Illusions The feature of this entertain
ment is the skeleton which appears in the
midst of the audience travels over their
heads and Is made to appear and dis
appear at the viii of the exhibitor
| Gaskils Grecian Stadium Is the crown
| ing feature of the entire aggregation and
| presents an enterta nent consisting of
feats of strength troups of acrobats.
aerial artists, grand and lofty tumblers,
and In fact every kind of acrobatlc work
and specialties. Twelve big feature acts
are presented In the stadium, which have
been carefully selected from the leading
| creuses and vaudeville houses, both in
Europe and America. Among these the
| following may be named. Ole Abdallah
Ben Hamaby and his troup of Arabian
acrobats, the wonderful sunburned sons
of the desert Acorn Brothers, the mysti-
! flying hoop rollers; the Marinello acrobatic