Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-18
THE CIRCUS.
Tie Main and Cummins Shows viii
Be Seen in Augusta Tuesday.

Tuesday will be- one of the days or
the summer of 1906 which will long be
remembered, as it is the dat" OF the
coming Of the one big circus, of the sea
son, the Walter L. Mains Circus. Me-
naGerie and HippOdrome, Combined
with Cummns' Greater Wild West
Indian Congress, which will give two
performances at the Driving park, and
in addition thereto grand spectacular
street parade at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon The big show. which is under
the personal direction of Walter l..
Main, is one Of the best of its kind and
has been greeted by crowds wherever
il has been. The exhibition includes
Col Cummins' Original Wild West,
with it's cowboys and punchers, In
vivid presentation of life on the plains;
the Indian Congress, presenting chleiS
of all the tribes. including the great
Chief Red Cloud and Chief Red Shirt;
educated wild beasts; vivid nre anu
flames show. portraying an entire
block on fire with a real nre prisaue
and all the great modern nre engines
in operation; complete military car
nlval, introducing representatives vi
the great armies of the world. includ-
ing the war features that made the
St Louis Worlds Fair so famous, ana
a complete horse fair and society show
in which will be exhibited over 900
specimens Of the worlds different
breeds and types of horses.
Apart from giving vivid portrayals
of Western life this unusual show has
all the features of other circuses and
many which no other circus mas at
tempted. There is something to please
everyone in the combination, and the
grown-ups need not have the excuse
Of taking youngsters. for these are
many features which to miss would be
an opportunity lost that may never
again be presented. The Cummins
wild West Show has with it the two
most famous Indian chiefs, Red Cloud
and Red Shirt and the most famous
of all scouts, the half-breed Curley,
Clusters scout, who was the only one
not killed in that memorable fight in
Which Gen. Custer lost his life. Both
Of these famous chiefs and the scout
are held as United States prisoners of
war and are always under the care of
n detachment of United States cavalry.
They travel in private car and while
in the city will stop at a hotel
~ at 10 o'clock and will be headed by
COL. CumminS mounted on his $4,000
thoroughbred charger. which at the
conclusion of the season goes to the
United States experimental station in
Vermont as ii is considered the finest
type of thoroughbred i'm the world. On
either side of Col Cummins will be
United States cavalry man and an
yin he
United States flag and the other the
celebrated war standard OF the Sioux
nation which was restored to the Sioux
tribe by the government after the
massacre in Pine Ridge. The standard
has been in possession of the Sioux
nation for 200 years. having been given
10 Pocahontas by John Smith 1t is
made entirely of eagles feathers and is
50 highly priced that it is carried about
in a steel case.
Next will come an escort of United
States cavalry surrounding the great
Indian chiefs: then cowboys and cow
girls; then the celebrated cowboy band
The next feature i'm line will be the I'M
perial ZOuaves and the far famed MAJ
Zettis which We're the sensation of
Europe for three years. These will be
IolloWeu Dy tfOup OF ROugn RIDERS
who have seen actual service for their
government; then comes a detachment
Of United States artillery, which is
followed by representatives of the mill
tary powers of the world.
After all these many features which
represent the Wild West will be seen
the circus proper with bands, circus
wagons. animal cages. clowns and all
the gilt and pOmp of the sawdust
arena. All the performances are under
the direction of Walter l.. Main. and
as thousands of people will be here to
attend the convention, Mr.. Main has
consented to reduce the prices of ad-