The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-08-24
Crowds Line the Streets to
Watch Parade Through
Principal Streets.
AT HUBBARDS PARK
Hagenbeck and Wallace Shows Ar
rived This Morning and Estab-
lsh New Tented City.

The streets Of Hammond, denseIy
packed with the largest crowd that
ever turned out for any occasion, told
the story of the popularity of the Carl
Hagenbeck and Wallace circus. which
arrived in this city early this morning
and which will give performances this
afternoon and evening. Men. women
and children lined the curb to watch
the long parade of the show, which is
the most magnificent production that
ever paid visit to Hammond. Early
this morning the army of men, horses
and animals arrived, and the work of
erecting the young city a Hubbard
ball park was under way
At IL o'clock the parade, which was
anxiously awaited by thousands of wo-
men and children, started from the
grounds and made a circle Of the prin-
cipal streets. So long was the parade
| that the advance guard was compelled
to wait at the four corners until the
rear end passed by. For nearly an
hour business was suspended along the
route of the parade, and everybody had
a peek at the wonders.
The attractions furnished by the
management of this attraction are I'M
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Of any circus that ever exhibited here
With the largest menagerie of any
travelling circus and a complete card
of performing men, women, horses,
dogs, seals. and in fact all kinds of
animals. it was no wonder that the
people Of the Calumet region flocked
to the tents. The elephants in a herd
caught the fancy of many, and one
little incident amused many people who
witnessed it, The bridge over the
Calumet river which was recently de-
clared unsafe, was proven so by the
sagacity of the herd of elephants
Early this morning when the animals
were being led from the railroad yards
to the circus grounds, the leaders stop
ped at the bridge to investigate as to
whether it was safe for their ponder
| Gus weight. Slowly advancing they
placed one heavy foot forward and
carefully tested the weight. For a
while they hesitated before they would
advance and seemed to know that
something was wrong. Finally, after
much coaxing and another thorough
test, they were induced to cross the
| bridge one at time.
At a production Of the show at Val
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performers was badly injured The
daring of the performers was shown
by the REPETITION of the act this after
noon, the part of the injured girl be-
! ing taken by an understudy. MadQne
Van Dieman of the Van Dieman troupe,
in a thrilling stunt Of twirling about
a wheel, holding on by teeth grip, lost
her hold and was thrown heavily to
the ground. Two other girls on the
same wheel, doing a sister stunt at
once, were thrown from their positions
but managed to grip with the arms, as
the wheel was Unbalanced after the
| first accident. Hardly had the injured
lady been picked up, and before the
audience realized what had happened,
! a physician was at her side and she
was born from the circle. 1t was
found that several bones in her ankle
had been broken and numerous other
| injuries were found. Mile Du Press,
her understudy. at once took up the
role and will appear in the part here
today.
The Hagenbeck and Wallace circus
is as well a regulated affair as any
big business house in a city. Each and
every performer has a part and knows
we'll enough what to do. Besides the
performers, the show has regular po-
lice and fire department and is ready
to meet with any emergencies. But
there is little use telling about any
more of the wonders. as the majority
of the Hammond people and residents
of the surrounding country will be on
hand to see for themselves.