The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-21
BIG ANIMAL SHOWS
HAGENBECK AND WALLACE CIR-
 GUS HERE TO-DAY.
At Last Moment Arrangements Made for Street Parade This Morning -Performing Animals Are
 the Feature.

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 The Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wal lace shows arrived in Montgomery early Sunday morning from Selma, where they exhibited Saturday after noon and evening The shows will give two performances today at Capi- tol Heights.
 The doors for the afternoon perform ance will open at l o'clock and at night at [, the performance In the main tent commencing at in the af- ternoon and at at night. A concert by the Merrick Circus Band will be given in the menagerie before the per- fornaance starts, while the visitors to the combined shows are viewing the many wonderful rare and costly ani- malls which, are feature of the Ha- genbeck-wallace shows.
 At the last moment arrangements were perfected whereby the magnifi- cent parade organized by the Hagen beck show will traverse the streets at l0:30 this morning.
 All day Sunday thousands of curious tS interested spectators thronged the show grounds watching the army Of laborers erect the tents which are the home of a thousand men. women and children and the animals. Only the tents necessary to properly house the nOTNeH. ed on account of 1t being Sunday. but the rigging and hundreds of wagons testified mutely to the magnitude of the organization which rose. city in itself. within few hours.
 Sunday is A holiday with the mem bers of the circus and as little work as possible is done. With the Hagen- beck Wallace shows there are over 800 people, and most of them went to the various hotels to spend the day. osn. CTS spent the time visiting different points of interest in the city and quite a few went on little excursions to places within easy riding distance.
 Yesterday was pay day for the ma foritv of the people with the shows and over s6,o00 was distributed to the employes by the management. A great deal of this will be spent in Montgom- cry, while of course portion VIII go to the banks. Circus people as ruie ara thrifty, and many Of them own beautiful homes where they spend the winter learning new feats of daring with which to astonish the patrons or the coming season.
 while the circus acts of the Hagen peck Wallace shows are up 10 the standard, many of them being rare features, the trained animals are the real wonders of this enterprise.
 There are Hons. tigers. polar pears. leopards and pumas that perform Tn ore cage together; Hons that ride horses; tigers that ride on the backs of monster loping elephants, and even sea iioEs that ride horses.
 Haxenbeck has long been recognized .~ one of the foremost wild animal dealers in the world, He has ransack- ed the four corners of the globe. pene- trating the furthermost parts or unex- pfored countries to gather coliecsion of denizens of the wild for the eainea- tion of the civilized world.
 Thel HabenEeck animal hunters were Ina nrst white men to set foot in Sos maliyand, being forced to go there TOT animaIs oh account of the war in the soudan. Aa through the poisonous swamps Into the Uganda country and there found specimens of animals long supposed .o have been extinct. It took several months to cross the miasmic swamps. which totally surround the Uganda country. and it cost the lives of thirty six men, the natives through fear re- fusinr to 20 with the white men into the interior.
 To the wild animal man, nothing is impossible. His task Is dangerous one and he carries his life In his hands
 
 understood by the public that natives brought the animals to the coast and there sold them, but such Is not the case. for very rarely can the natives he induced to accompany the men on a wild animal expedition. for they live in superstitious awe of the savage beasts and their religion in many cases forbids the slaughter of wild animals.
 creat stories of thrilling animal hunts are told by Kipling In his stories of hunters in India. but he does not touch on the fact that the man who hunts animals for the circus must bring them back alive and uninjured, else his work is all for naught.
 The animal acts with the Hagenbeck- Wallace shows are aii presented In the circus tent within enclosed steel barred arenas. and they have been taught some very wonderful tricks.
 The parade will be given at 10:30 o'clock this morning, leaving the show grounds at g. Reaching the downtown district, 1t will traverse the principal 
 One of the features of the parade will be the exhibition of the monster menagerie in open cages. Six bands and a steam pipe organ will furnish the music, while a small army of clowns will be on hand to keep specta- tors in a good humor~
 It had not been intended to have . parade, but upon the representation that many poor children would not be able to see the show itself. it was decided last evening to give the parade.
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