The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-06-13
CIRCUS DAY TOMORROW.
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH BIG-
 GER THAN EYER.

This Year--What It Brings With It.
 The Terrible Dip of Death Act in an
 AutOmobile-The Gorgeous Peace
 Pageant.
 Tomorrow is circus day and the Greatest Show on Earth will roll into town during the early hours of the morning and take up it's abode for the day at Aliens lot on West street. For the first time in it's history New Haven will witness a circus minus the parade. The street pageant which delighted the children and interested the grown up folks has ceased to exist and unless one goes out to the grounds it will be dlffl- cult to imagine that it is circus day The decision to omit the parade was arrived at only after the most careful consideration. The great amount of de- tail work in connection with the parade has always been a great drawback and heavy tax on the employees in getting ready for the afternoon performance and for this reason the parade has been side-tracked az an experiment for this year at any rate.
 The Greatest Show on Earth is big ger and greater than before. Here are some of the things 1t will bring: | S7 cars.
 1,065 employees.
 690 horses.
 12 acres of canvas.
 Main tent seating 14,S32 people. | Dining tent serving 5000 meals daily.
 L'Auto-Bolide or the Dip of Death apparatus weight twenty tons, 60 ushers.
 40 property men.
 14 expert bookkeepers. l 27 assistant treasurers.
 Spaniards, Japanese, Austrians, French, Germans, Turks, Russians, Americans, performers.
 Daily expenses, $7,500.
 Two interpreters.
 Complete secret service department.
 Red Cross department, presided over by Dr. Ivers and four nurses.
 Blacksmith shop employing 21 men. Wagon shop employing 12 men. Paint shop employing 16 men.
 Three veterinary surgeons. Its own attorney Its own postman.
 It's own weather forecaster.
 Four giraffs valued at s6S.000. | 216 animals in the menagerie. | 24 performing elephants.
 The oldest elephant in captivity, age "A years.
 The tallest man in the world.
 The smallest couple on earth.
 Side show contains 31 freaks.
 Main tent e46 feet long.
 The new peace spectacle, which serves as an introduction to the triple ! ring performance, is described as quite the cleverest and most brilliant dis play of the kind ever attempted. The , military character afforded by the Rus so-Japanese war, is, it is said, taken advantage of that leaves nothing to be desired while the introduction of the allegorical clement into the story gives an opportunity for utilizing scores of pretty and shapely girls in costumes of gorgeous coloring and striking pie turesqueness.
 The spectacle, ambitious though 1t is, Is declared to be simply an introduction to an arenio performance of exceptional merit and novelty. During the nearly three hours performance in the big hip | podrome pavilion, the three rings, the ! two stages, the aerial spaces and the great racing track are said to be vi | brant with the novel feats and displays | of 300 artists from all parts of the | world, hundreds of horses and scores of wonderfully trained animals, including elephants, sealions, dogs, sheep and l ponies. There are it is announced several big thrillers. One of them, "the Dip to Death serves to exploit the daring of a courageous young lAmeri- can girl, who rides forty feet through the air in an inverted auto-car; anoth- CT presents the Boiler brothers in sen- sational mid-aid revolutions on bicy- cles.
 Among the announcements for the regular circus company are-The Troupe Carmen, in a novel high-wire act; the Imperial Viennese aeriallsts the Steves' aerial tremplin, the Flor enz La Mont Grunatho and Castrillion troupes of acrobats; a long list of well known riders headed by Les Row landes, company of French eques- trian acrobats who utilize tally-ho coach with four running horses for their various exploits; Josie DeMott the only lady somersault rider; the Ray Thompson troupe of trained men, age horses, troupes of educated sea- lions, dogs and ponies; three herds of acting elephants, company of forty fun-makers, introducing Spader John. son, Ryan, Zorella and Bartlett; Inno- centi and Albertino; the Brothers Ken nard; Dan Marvelle and other popular clowns; a newly equipped hippodrome and what is declared to be the finest collection of rare wild animals on this 1 continent.
 The Barnum & Bailey engagement should make new record in this city for big crowds and popular interest.
 Home for the Friendless Donation day day to-day.