The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-08

WINTER The ANIMALS N A (; HERE e 3 E:
Keep Then15atiF Horse ShoWSBu
ing Or air Ground
Exhibitions to B e$ Given. 8s

Colonel Fred Lewis, wild animal show
mana ger, and al$round amusement man,
ia IN Richmond Snegotintins for q long
stay here this fall ard winter, Colonel
Lewis inoles y bring bis Wild animal
show and a string Of ten hlgb-class. clean
and refined amusement enterprises here
for the State fair, October 9th to 18th,
and al ter the fair to go into wlnterEquar
tiers with the animal shows and XII a
large two-ringed circus either in tho
horse show building at lakewood, or In
$one fof the State Fair buildings.
& Ili:8 addition 4 o bringing the largest az
X grega,lon Of wild animals ever seen In
4 Richmond. as well tas the ten other
large shows Colonel Lewis lso wants to
have Charles Strobel, of Toledo. O.. $win-
IA ner; Of the prize in the airship contests
4at&the st. Louis Exposition, and per-
$sonal friend of Colonel Lewis. come here
I State Fair week with his airship. Mr..
Slrobsl is going to give one or two en-
5hibitions with his airship NEXT week at
brighton Beach. where Mr.. Lewis II has
the animal shows. fs
Among the attractions which tho
Colonel proposes bringing here in connec-l
ton with the wild animal shows are tho
following: six bi-hybrids. the only anil
mails OF their kind In existence. These
animals are one-quarter leopard. one
Nning all the ferocity. craftness and
vicious nntamahle nature OF each OF these
animals. These queer@a animals are put,
through course Of stunts by Madame
Charlotte DeVere, who, In addition to.
these six. also has a cage literally filled
$withother Wild animals such as leopards
and sllver-maf&ed lloHs.
I'D Robert MCPHERSON and a monster group
Of wild Nubian lions. @ s
& La Belle selica, the Algerian dapcing
Z lady. acknowledged to be one of the most
graceful women dancers ever seen on a
New York stage. She dances In den
containing a monster group Of African
lions. Al 45
Professor jackson and his celebrated
muscle. dancing bear, Lydia. This ia the
only animal in existence which does tho
AInuscle-dance.
Professor Emmett, with four untamnble
Slionesses. In a series of Embarrassing acts,
Which wind up with lion hunt through
forests on fire. hi; y Il i
5& Princess Pauline and group OF lions,
tigers, 1aguars and leopards, In series
4 of acts. al Of which keep the life of the
fair mistress of these animals ut all
times in peril. k @
MA The performances OF the animal shows
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will conclude each time with monkey,
dos and pony circus. which never falls
10 delight the little'folks. sges Il
Nf3Colonel Lewis has invited committee
OF the State Fair Association to 60 with
lin as his guests to Brighton Beach.
N. Y. and see all the shows in active
operation. which he proposes to bring
here. He says he guarantees that II
every one is not clean. OF n higher class
and more interesting than any shows
ever brought here before, no will not
ask to have the shows come here, He
4 wants the committee to see and judge
for themselves the real merits or do
merits.
Another feature which Manager Lewis
proposes having here at the fair Is
Q"Chiquita. '-the smallest woman on earth.
i She Is just twenty-six inches tall and
4 being woman, Toes not, of course, tell
aer age, though 1t is known that she IL
over ttwenty-one years old.