The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-10-05
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Promptly at 10 O'Clock the parade
swung out of the grounds aud start
ed for the eNpeCtant city. lt was a
parade worth seeing htaufifui
horses as beautifully Caparisoned,
laultlcss riders. beasts Of the jungle
exposed to the view i'm their cages
on wheels, bands a-plenty to satisfy
The most cNacting, clowns with a
band of their own, great drove Of
5wayinE camels and a great company
of elephants keeping step Ike over
fed soldiers as they numbered along,
1t was enough TO delight the heart
of any yonngster. be me- six or sixty.
Four and twenty snow-White
horses in one team, dragging along
the first band wagon on which more
than a dozen musicians We're play
ing was a great harbinger of what
was to come, and young America
caught its breath and waited ex-
pectantly.
A young equestrieDne driving
three beautiful steeds tandem next
caught the eye, and she was follow
ed by another who rode astride in
the most approved modern fashion
The swayiug forms of four camels
hove in sight and--could the mind
believe the message sent II by the
eye-siXteen camels, four abreast,
drawing a monstrous float,
Four little Zebras, their stripes as
regular as those emblazoned on q
BARRIERS pole, delighted the young
aters as they skipped along with a
Dad that looked far too heavy for
them, but which they dragged as IL
it were no heavier than air.
Twenty-four Shetland ponies,
four abreast, graded from the tin
lest of little fellows in front to the
usual size of full grown Shetlands
behind, We're hitched in one team,
and dragged IA float.
Here came a mounted band play
ing blithely on brass and reed, while
their horses, trained TO the noise
and following their leader without
guidance. marched unconcernedly
along.
Then the elephants. Twenty-four
of the monstrous beasts marched
two and two along the street, each
after the first two, with the tail of
his predecessor playfully grasped
by his trunk. making two parallel
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big fellows looked about as they
trod along supremely conscious, to
Ian appearances, OF the admiration
they were receiving.
Interspersed in the parade there
were more than & dozen cages with
lions, tigers and other wild beasts
exposed 10 the view of the curious,
and last but by no means least came
the steam caliope with its siren re-
frains that could be heard half a
mile
While the parade was passing
through the center of the city there
was almost a general suspension or
business.
The parade over the crowds began
surging toward the circus lot III
F.! East End,
! For an hour before the perform
ance the spectators sWarmed through
the menagerie tent feeding and
watching the animals. The menag
erie was the largest ever seen here
and was one of the most complete
collections of animals ever brough
together under one tent
The performance began at
o'clock and for two hours the saw
A., ;,gr furnished suneTb enter
uust lln-' - ~ bipgast
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crowns Ina'
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illS t"e '7ios'V,t '7SC,.s',, pla,,ar,, act which
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e,ec'iIit'' az 4ho raa,tor accornntish-
me 'c' - 81 '"S n,;aard trainer Albert
nieHt VI '" Car,,ary
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me , os'iul,l'''', Sdn" dr;nJ from large
thell NM e,,sb aanb otner about
glasses anu do, poSr horrole
III husS ~ ,oat ayoranla of anima'
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