Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-15
BIC CIRCUS DRAWS CROWD
Immense Tent Filled at Both After.
Don and Evening Performances.
PROGRAM FULL OF THRnLERs
star Number Is FIir Of Automobile
which Turns SommersRuIt In
Air with Fair
Occupant,

The "world's greatest shows have come
and gone.
Tuesday was Ringing day in omaha and
thousands packed the show tents of the
five brothers at the afternoon and evening
performances and weer entertained, thrilled
and delighted with the marvellous acts per
formed. Not a seat was empty at the aft
ernoon performance and the huge show tent
in the evening was nearly full, and none OF
the thousands Of people who witnessed the
circus was disappointed. This ls Ringlings'
t~wenty-fifth year in the SOW business and
the silver Jubilee has been made the occa-
sion for more 'thrillers' and death de-
flying acts than heretofore, and through
QUIT he performances 1.-THE high standard
set by the Baraboo men was kept up to
the limit.
The circus proper opened with a magnifi-
cent spectacle illustrating in panoramic re-
view, scenes of the days Of Rome, when
the Caesars were in the height of their
power, and closed with the sensational
ride OF Mile. LaBelle Roche in an auto
mobile down a steep incline and the turn
ing of a complete somersault at the bot
tom. Lasting over two hours, there was
something doing every minute and the
scores of clowns weer forced to secure
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were in progress. The clowns were not
used simply to fill in the gaps.
Trained Elephants, Dogs and Pigs.
Trained seals and wild animals of the
forest are not in this years Ringing pro-
gram. the animal acts being confined to
trained elephants, dogs and pigs. Con-
sidered the most stupid of any animal. the
pigs went through all sorts of maneuvers
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The elephants performed the usual antics
with a few new acts added to their pro.
gram. Lii Kerslake had charge of the pigs
while Pearl Souder, James Johnson and
George Keene trained the elephants,
twenty-nine of these largest of all beasts
composing the RingIand herd. A trained
horse caused much alarm to the occupants
of the reserved seats by kicking a large
foot ball with precise aim into that section.
Fents on Slack Wire,
The four Jordans received the largest
share of applause for their feats on a slack
wire high above the ground. They danced
the cake walk, laid down on the wire.
swung 1t far to the sides, and acted on II
with as much ease as performers standing
on solid ground. Two troups of bicycle
riders showed many new tricks on the
wheel, contortionists and trapeze perform
ers had their hosts Of admirers, and the
bareback riders thrilled the people with
their feats Of equestrianism
The Patty brothers had a really new
stunt They walked on q stage and down
a long flight of stairs on their heads, with
out touching their hands or feet. The
Marnello-Marnitz troupe, 'up-side-down"
bell ringers. also had an entirely new act.
Half of the troupe balanced themselves on
their heads on the heads OF the others and
played I'm Afraid to Go Home In the
Dark by means of shaking their feet on
which strings of bells were fastened.
There were the inevitable hippodrome
races near the close of the performance,
the several events including the Roman
chariot and Roman standing races. double
tandem race, rough riding exhibition and
others.
There were eighteen separate displays on
the program and not one dull lumber.