The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-10
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sss 1ysf the a~tatefnent was noe considered
definite by ,he press aesut
Tho circus ccsufany numbered 40 0ctivu
performers and kAn,eoa Ford end Jean
Esnirieh HhnRs The two humoFisas Ia
their capacity n staas directors 10 ths
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,suned thinking parts, The consolidated
hmins N the stage dlfectoFS we're hviahsd
on ths makeup 81 Hobars Fosd.ths fourteen
year-old son Of Simeon, who otroisd che
hlppodrrne ceiling peanuts from O shoe
Dor Urt drawn by the prids 81 the Ford
homo circle, Terry Moo. an Irish terrier.
Young Hobart cold 60 ceuts worth Of pea.
mute during tho afternoon and hs told the
reporter confidentially he had advance
orders for 20 cents worth for Tho evening
show.
There we're twenty-one numbers OF
~'displays' on the Programme. concluding
with a whirlwind Battle OF Apswamis, In
which n mum Der Of troopers Of the West
chester Military Riding Club and some
members Of Troop c Of New York put out
of business q lot Of Indians named Kar-
nochan, Entz. Van Rensselaer,. Haag. Short,
Burger. Reynolds, Haight and Homsz
Smith. Jr.
There was no dip Of death. but there
was q hair raising bultlght under direction
Of George d. Barron. Sherman WhealsR
played the front elevation q the bull and
Mr.. Dufie played the back porch. Press
Agent Finn has worn a troubled face for
NttAb, ct IN toha ou1 1tyC btdt ~ ally
one dare mention the fact that there was
to be a bullfight q local clergyman-Dame
r~efused-would undoubtedly step in and
stop 1t. The bull was successfully killed
three times, however: once at the dress
rehearsal on Friday night and twice yes
terday.
Before the big show began, and while
the small boys OF the summer colony scorn-
fully tore up the tickets bought for them
by their parents and sneaked in under
the canvas, the crowd made the rounds Of
he Bearded oeag LADY, the he fat at woman and the
giant who stood Q feet 10 inches in his stills
II he stood an inch. There were doubts
that the tattooed man was printed In fast
colors as he wiped his row during the
bot afternoon.
for the wimin folksl" greeted the audience
as it filed into the big tent. The programme
said hat Display Il would be he -Grande
Entree" Of freaks, clowns, animals. Indians.
soldiers, beautiful women and brave men
wonderful ~evolutions," but
before all this happened there was an i'm
W hen six women on their way to their seats
In a box t%houghtlessly stopped to chat
o n the ~hippodrome course until n in
pink caught sight of some horses peaoe-
fully walking their wey
Mercy, girls!' crisd the one in pink;
run for your lives for the entrance to get
outs and the race was on. Pink oolors led
at the quarter pole and the audience rose
to its feet and cheered. just inside the
to get out was stretched across
the course an evergreen covered hurdle
that caused the HiT tc pause in consterna-
ton.
Jump 1T" yelled the enthusiastic au-
dienoe, but the matrons- balked. One
backward glance of terror, however, toward
the horses 100 feet behind spurred them to
nIiink thou Than VIVA n SWich nf ak III
as the six ran around one end Of the hurdle
amid loud cries of Foul" and brought up
painting just inside the entrance to get out.
Long before this the horses had gone out
the exit at the other end OF the tent. 90
perhaps the danger to the matrons was not
20 great as appeared at first blush.
Where all were stars it wa difficult TO
rick the head liner in the circus hat fol-
lowed. but perhaps the loudest applause
went to Pompey, the celebrated four
important member Of the New York
mounted police, and who came out in
high society yesterday at the age OF % by
giving an exhibition In higher mathematics.
Pompey, owned and exhibited yesterday
by ex-Policeman Redmond Keresey, Is
Road stock farm near Rye, where all he
has TO do is to eat double p~ortions Of hay
and dream all night of fires, runaways and
deaths that were his daily lot during
his wild oats days in the city.
Them tricks Keresey taught him."
said Danny Hart, who lives near the stock
farm, seems foolish to a horse O. breedin',
Pompey JUS does EN- to be agreeable,
but he don't think much Of them hisself."
When Keresey rode Pompey into the ring
he bowed repeatedly to the rounds Of APP
plause. Then he proceeded to add and
by paving the dirt six times when
he was asked how much two from eight left.
From this Pompey scared to the va
Of fractions and indicated one-half
n his answers by holding up a hoof.
Pompey had just glanced at Keresey's
watch and had paved the time when one
voice from the audience asked How old is
and another wanted to know how |
apples would be left if Willie ate six
oranges and a piece OF pie. Sadly the horse
glanced toward the Simeon Ford box and
Then toward the John Kendrick Bangs
V and with droopipg head walked toward
the dressing room and lay down with a sigh.
just before Pompey's act Homer B.
Smith, Jr., ave an equestrian exhibition
that came near ending disastrously. Around
the horse ridden by Mr.. Smith was a belly
arrangement, with a leather loop fast
ened to the band at the top. MIR. Smiths
performance consisted in fastening one
DOT in the loop and then hanging head
downward while his horse cantered around
The ring. In the middle OF the exhibition the
horse slipped and fell heavily and the rider
escaped being crushed under the horse only