Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-08-26
Immense Crowd Gathers to See
the Miles of Street Show
Given by RingIing's
Circus.
is 1.-THE BEST EVER"
HUNDREDS ON THE GROUNDS AT
AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORN
ING TO SEE OARS UNLoADED
AND GREAT TENTS RAISED
SYSTEM LIKE CLoCKWORK.

The circus has come, seen and Il
conquering.
From early dawn. when the frs
OF the trains pulled in and the worl
Of unloading began. the heart ol
young America has been rejoicing
On the great open lot a score ol
tents sprang up like magic. ant
when the big top" was finally hoist.
ed and spread and a vast area wal
covered by tens OF thousands oi
yards of canvas and the odor OF fried
potatoes and bacon began TO perme-
ate the air as dozen cooks were
busily engaged in the out-of-door
kitchens, the thousands OF specta
tors, with the genus small boy in the
great majority, realized Ringing
Brothers great circus was at last
here. and the fondly cherished hopes
OF weeks we're abont TO be consum-
mated.
Long before the appointed time
the streets along the route o. the
parade were lined with tens OF thou.
sands OF persons and every available
window in house, factory, store or
ONCE building had been pre-empted
Human forms hung from the win.
dows like grapes from the vine.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the parade
swung out OF the grounds and
started for the expectant city. II
was a parade worth seeing-beauti-
full horses as beautifully capar-
isoned, faultless riders. beasts OF the
jungle exposed to view In their cages
on wheels, bands a-plenty TO satisfy
the most exacting; clowns. funny
fellows with a band OF their own: a
great drove OF sNaying camels and a
great company OF elephants keeping
step like overfcd soldiers as they
hmbered along
II was enough to delight the heart
OF any youngster. be he 6 or 60.
Four and twenty snow-white
horses In one team dragging along
the first band wagon, on which more
than a dozen musicians were playing
was a great harbinger OF what was
TO come. and Young America caught
its breath and waited expectantly.
A young equestrienne driving
three beautiful stecds tandem next
caught the eye, and she was fol-
lowed by another who rode astride
in the most approved modern fash
ion. The swaylng forms OF four
camels hove into view, and-could
the mind believe the message sent Il
by tie eye?-l6 camels. four
abreast, dragging a monstrous float.
Four little zebres. their stripes as
regular as those emblazoned on
barber'o pole. delighted the young
sters as they skipped along with a
load that looked far too heavy for
them. but which they dragged as II
II were no heavier than air
Twenty-four shetland ponies. four
abreast, graded from the tiniest OF
rttle fellows In front 20 the usual
size OF full-grown Shetlands behind.
were hitohed In one team and
dragged a fioat. Every mothers
son under 10 in the great crowd then
and there vowed II he lived he would
have a pony like one OF those that
caught his eye,
Here came a mounted band play
ing bhthely on brass end reed, while
their horses. trained 10 the noise
and following their leader without
guidance, marched unconeernedly
along. rr
Then the elephants Twenty-four
OF the monstr0us beasts marched two
and two along the street, each after
tho hrst two. with the .ail OF his
Predecessor playfnlly grasped by
his trunk making two parallel Twins
chains along the street. The big
fellows looked about as they trod
al2ng. suprenely conscious. 10 all
appearances, OF tho admiration they
wero -eceiving
Behiad them came three more ele-
0hCnts, hitohe6 tandem and drag
sing tioat lntorspersed IN the pa
sade were more than e dozen cages
with lion, tigers aud other wild
beasts exposed To the view OF the