The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-10
PARADE WAS
WORTH SEEING
Thousands Took Advantage
of the Chance.
FEATURES ARE ADDED
Some Things Never Seen
Here in a Parade.
Ringing Brothers Arrived Sunday
Morning and Thousands Visited
the Grounds Sunday.
My. wasn't that a parade,

Myi WASH that parade!
1t was carnival OF nations, n
musical convention, a geological gar
den on wheels, fairyland festival
and a horse Iair. all rolled into one
grand display. II was the finest
thing OF the kind that was ever seen
Ia Marion, and the famous Ringing
Brothers have moved up another
hotch In the estimation OF the peoples
whereabouts.
Inc procession was fully two miles
loTS. 1t was led by a corps az
trumpeters and great golden band
wagon drawn by twenty-four pure
"hlte horses. Behind there rode
l,2SG people on beautiful horses, ON
elaborate floats, in richly draped
howdahs on the backs of elephants
ana on ornate rolling thrones.
Six bands, one mounted, calllopes,
cathedral chimes, organs and barbar-
ian orchestras played variety of
music. There were nearly 700 of the
most beautiful horses ever seen
many animals displayed in open
cages, a great herd of elephants hold
Ing each others tails In their trunks,
20 camel tandem team pulling an
immense tableau and a thousand 9TH
er novel and entertaining sights.
Thousands OF spectators stood along
the streets. They came from miles
around by trolley, train and wagon.
The afternoon performance is now
going on in the big tent before a
capacity audience, and the verdict Ia
that Ringing Brothers circus Is the
best on earth. OF the 375 performs
ers on the roll nearly all are foreign
ers seen In America for the first time
The program is all novelty from the
opening spectacle 70 the thrilling au-
tomoble double somersault, which is
certainly the most blood-chilling per-
formance ever witnessed. The men
agerie has many remarkable exhibits
that are new to America, and the
entire show has a bright new equip
ment.
The performance tonight will be-
gin at s o'clock, the doors opening
at q.
The circus came in early yesterday
from Mansfield and by O'Clock
fourteen acres of ground east OF the
fairgrounds were under canvas. The
work of building the wonder city
was witnessed by hundreds OF towns
people. Crowds came and went all
day and it is estimated that $4,000
visited the show grounds during the
day.
Only necessary work is performed
on Sundays, so only such tents as
are needd to shelter the animals and
people we're raised Visitors coander-
ed at will throuh all Of these but
the menagerie They stood six deep
around the cook tent while breakfast
was being prepared and saw 5000
pancakes baked for a single meal
The 700 horses were given sponge
baths with warm water and CASTLE
soap, till their white sides fairly
glistened. The menagorie animals,
were ,groomed and the elephants were
given their weekly rundown with
linseed oil. BY noon the days work
was done and the remainder of the
Sunday was spent in resting, reading
and writing letters. The show
grounds was a peaceful and quiet as
a Quaker camp meeting, not the
slightest disturbance or confusion
marring the day.
The Main tent, the shops, the post
offices and offices we're erected early
this forenoon The size of the show
has been occasion TOR much surprise.