The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-07-19
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loaded, the horses rapidly hitched Il
them and they were whisked OK e
the show area on the Driving Farb
suffered severely in the storm at W.
tertown last Saturday. the big show
is here In its entirety, and it is not
cut in two and showing at two dit
ferent places.
Out at the show grounds the work
men set to work to place the great
tents in position and within an in
credibly short time the stakes We're
driven, poles erected, and the can
vas stretched out. The first tent that
went up waS the mess tent, where
some 5000 meals are served every
day. The horse tent went up next
and the 600 magnificent horses We're
comfortably stored away in them as
soon as their mornings work was
done.
In the absence of the parade the
horses and men we're given a much
deserved rest. While it was some
thing of a disappointment for the
people not to see the parade, the
Barnum & Bailey people assert that
its absence does not affect the at
tendance in the least, for everybody
is coming to realize that it is a gil
gantic effort to turn out all the i'm
mense paraphernalia just for an
hours display.
People began driving in the city
at an early hour and these were add
ed to when the special trains over
the Milwaukee road, four in number,
brought loaded coaches from Platte,
Canton, Chamberlain, and Madison,
so that by the noon hour the streets
were thronged with people.
When the afternoon performance
was started there was an immense
crowd of people present in the vast
tent, and while waiting for the big
show to commence the crowd passed
through the animal tent and inspect
ed the fine array of beasts which the
company has secured. 1t is here
that the father or mother takes the
small boy for instruction in the an
imal kingdom, meanwhile keeping a
weather eye out for the circus de-
partment.
The performance opens with the
usual grand entree, this season under
the guise of an %allegory of peace, in
which Japan, Russia and the United
States, symbolized by troops of SOL
diers and allegorical floats, take part.
The spectacle is interesting and pref
ty. A splendid elephant act follows
in the three rings. Harry j. Mooney
and his military elephants occupying
the place of honor. A good old fash
toned act of leaping over the backs
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clowns are turned loose and the rid
ing and acrobatic acts begin. The
Meers sisters ride in the center ring;
five acrobatic acts, including the
Vorlops in their whirlwind dance. are
in progress at once; Capt. Alex Hen
Erickson performs his giddy flight on
skees down a creased incline and
through the air; Josie De Mott, ia
nous the world over, does her beau
tiful riding act, ending with a somer-
sault on the back of a galloping
horse; the Novelties come on with
elephants, ponys and dogs in their
pretty novelty; the high school
horses %pirouette and dance; the aer-
ialists swing across the peak of the
"big top" the hippodrome races stir
the blood with thrill and terror; and
Miss Isabelle Butler ignores gravity
in what is charmingly described on
the program as "a delightfully."- dar-
ing, dashing, death defying automo-
bile fight and s~omersault." And this
is but an outline of what one specta-
tor actually saw, conscious the while
of a myriad other wonders in pro-
gress just outside his direct field of
vision.