The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-03
CIRCUS DREW IMMENSE
CROWDS TO THE CITY
Ringling Bros Make Good
With Great Street Parade
and all Interesting
Performance.

Il was nothing but circus from be-
ginning to end.
A circus Is really measured by It's
elephant power There are the con
sideratlons Of new and novel acts. good
horSehesh and attractive costuming
But the average man. aud the omnl-
present small boy wants to know first
how many elephants the show carries
and he measures il accordingly The
Ringing Bros circus is a forty eie.
phant power concern and is perhaps
the biggest one In the world. The
Ringing show looks as big as Sells
Forepaugh and Barrum put together
In the essentials of horses and equip
ment Il is probably larger. # kss that
touch OF individuality that places 1t IN
class in which the other Zig shows
can net be considered After seeing
the performance the spectators always
remember the Ringln ng boys and their
attractions. The big tent show has
spread out all over the field Of spec
tscular. vaudeville, musical comedy
tragedy and burlesque
It must be rather difficult to think
up a now circus act. The Ringing
show mas a lot of new features that are
exceedingly well done.
Ths geological collect'o on is incom.
parably the rarest in existence. It ex.
hlbits two giraffes. the last of their
tribe.--the only rhinoceros in captivity,
genuine baby elephant Baby Boo.
horn in captivity. and the greatest
herd Of elephants in the world, forty III
number Twenty of these bulky beasts
perform amazing tricks in thu ring
The pick and flower Of the circus
profession in Europe and America ap
peared id the extraordinary ring per
Torrance this afternoon. Many of the
myiad OF performers we're introduced
by Ringing Bros, in this country for
the first time
The weather went just as far ds 1t
cbuld today towards making It pleas.
ant for the hundreds and thousands OF
visitors who came to the city to wit
ness the big show. Instead OF the Gus
tomary lot sun and wind or rain that
usually accompany circus, pei form
auce. the day has been delightfully."-
cool and pleasant the clouds obstrucy
ing the hot beams OF a southern Octo
Der sun. And the crowd. II was the
biggest and the best natured that has
witnessed performance OF the circus
this season.
The feature Of the performance /:
the magnlicently costhrhed spectacle
1.-THE Field OF Gold Twelve hundred
characters. more than twice the mum
Der ever used a spectacle before, are
in the cast. and ballet OF 800 beauties
and singing chorus OF 2OG add TO the
delightful charm OF the enchanting
scenes twenty-five hundred delicate
ly fashioned and .lassicalIy correci
costumes are worn In the varied and
thrilling action. and the stage is larger
than tchombined stage room of 100
theatres. A selected band Of nifty
solcists renders the specially com
posed music.
All of the oircuses have cut out this
old umbling acts with which circuse.
formerly got up steam. but there ar,
several old time features stii in gen
eral use that might be eliminated tc
advantage One OF tteIa is tie hippo
drome racing.
The Ringlings carry good bands, anS
they cut into program OF classics
with the ease and grace Of Sorrentino'
players or the famous Banda Rcssa.
Rihelings main show tent Is one o
The largest in the world It will com
fortably seat $4,000 people, and th'
menagerie canvas is the largest in th'
world
IL is getting close to winter quarter
fcr The circus and naturally it ha
lost some OF rs spic and spanness o
the spring he horses, especially tn
larger ones show the effects OF thei
summcg'a work
There are coo horses with the hug
show, more than twenty Of which wer
bred in the purple, and are highly edu
Gated.
On account Of the epidemic Of ye
low fever existing in the South the eli
Gus wil rnt exhibit in the souther
states proper this tall After leavin