The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-10-06

the size Of an ostrich egg. hia au-
dience gets WOODY. Hermann. Keller
and the rest of the sligh, os hand
bunch arc no, in the going when
compared with Sheckla
But back again TO the circas prop-
or An animal act that startled 10
an extreme was big and beautiful
Bengal tiger and an Aslatlc elephant
This Is the only act al it's Kind in the
world. The tiger rides thc elephants
back. jumps through hoops OF fire
and does too many things to mention
here The elephant also does some
things worth while
Notwithstanding the brilliancy Of
this act the Jriumphal feature Of The
animal exhibition. which by the way
is given in an enormous steel cage.
was the grouping of lions. tigers,
leopards, dogs and hyeuas. and MAX
ing them perform These denisens of
the jungle sit down to a table like
folks and have fairly good table
manners. Their trainer. Herman
Roger demonstrated his absolute
control of the beasts and his daring
bravery by feeding them raw meat
from his hand This was a sure
enough cye-opener and caused spinal
rigors.
But the croWniug event of ali is
the Ride of Death. at the seeming
i.. t1poggjhlg r{g.,yg1 .F rv-hf,l -,
public have been looking incredul-
nusly for weeks Incredulity is
forever silenced by the actual event.
When Miss Pearl Wilson mounts the
lofty structure from which she is TO
rush headlong IN her automobile, a
buzz Of excited comment goes round
the gazing multitude. She enters the
yellow car and her assistant lowers
it over the edge of the steep descent.
Then suddenly the buzz ceases and a
profound silence falls upon the great
crowd. From below in stentorian
tones comes the question;
Are you ready?'
From above in voice cieai and
cool, but musical, comes ne answer:
II am ready.
The assistants let her so and the
machine Tushes with eyer-increasing
momentum down the precipitous
track, hits the huge steel springs,
turns once in the air and lights on
the level, bringing up against a bar
rier of mattresses. Immediately the
spell OF silence is broken and the
arena is filled with the thunders Of
applause Miss Wilson smiles sweet
/ ly, does a kind of a hop-sklp-a and
! jump bow and makes for her dress
ing room
"A band or thirty pieces made nausi
during the progress of the perform
ance 1t is the best circus band tn;
ever hit town. This narrative wi
not be complete unless the clowI
are told about and complimented an
congratulated They do absolutel
new stunts and keep the crowd /
an uproar all the while.
Another performance viii be givel
tonight and those who failed to at
tend this afternoon should take ad
vantage of this opportunity TO SCI
the show that is fighting the "allee
ed circus trust.
The city has been filled with peo
pie today. They We're attracted here
from every section of the county by
. the Hagenbcck circus and trained
animal show. They began arriving
at an early hour this morning anc
long before the parade took place the
streets and sidewalks were throngec
with visitors. all bent on having
good time.
II was about g O'Clock when IN,
Hrs, circus train pulled into the KATY
wards. and this was soon followed by
the other Two, the last one being
pulled hy o. doublc-headcr No time
was lost iu beginning the work O
unloading and traustcrriue the ~ae
pus to try show ground. The uu
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