The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-19
PARKER SHOW HAS !;
ARRIVED IN CITY
All Kinds Of Animals and Special At
fractions Are Shown Under Canvas
on Old Circus Grounds on
West Rose.

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the O. r. & N. railroad last evening
about Z o'clock on their big special
train consisting of q double length
cars. The train was scheduled to ar
rive at 5 o'clock, but was unavOidably
detained at .Wallula. A large crowd
Of disappointed people gathered at the
depot in the afternoon, and still
larger crowd greeted the show train
upon it's arrival in the evening AS
the train arrived at the city limits
the strenuous tones of the immense
steam caliope floating over the city
attracted many people, and small boys
and girls, and even elderly people, were
seen hurrying towards the depot from
al directions.
The Is paid attractions, which con-
stitute the Parker shows in their en-
tirety, are erected on the circus lot
in the form of horseshoe, or semi
circle, with the immense canvas pavil-
lion occupid by the Al. G. Barnes
Trained Wild Animals Circus, situated
at one extreme facing the main en-
trance to the Path of Pleasure as
the midway with the Parker shows is
termed by the show people. and be-
meath the PAVILION devoted to the ami
mi actors will be found a stee. bound
arena behind the protecting bars of
which the various groups of trained
wild animals will present their per-
formances, subject to the will of in
dividual trainers. The domestic con-
tingent of educated animals will go
throuh their stunts in two regulation
circus rings erected on either side of
the arena, and the spectators will be
SO seated as to command an unob-
structed view of all three arenas.
Among the features presented will
be the various schools of forest bred
animals, including both Nubian and
African lions, as well as bears, Loop
ards, pumas, elephants, camels, mon
keys and jugars. OF course the pre-
dominating feature will be Nine.
Barnes and her pupil, Nero, the only
lion in the world that has been taught
to ride on the back of galloping
horse. Then there will be Martha
F1orine and her group of beautiful
Persian leopards as well as Mile. Alt
more and her school of Nubian lions.
Edwin Kelly, the youngest lion master
in the world, will introduce the. man
eating lion, Caesar Wallace, and DEM
onstrate for the benefit of the public
the methods employed by a trainer
in protecting himself from the vicious
onslaughts of enraged animals. Aside
from the above mentiined and SEN
sational features there will be the ed
ucated sa lion and the boxing kanga-
roo, Jeffries, who engages in a regula-
ton three round fight with his trainer
The Arabian ponies, performing dogs,
elephants and goats as well as the
monkeys will take part in the perfor-
nance, for it is one Of the commend
able things about the Barnes animal
circus that every animal carried with
the aggre cation has been taught to be
useful and to present some sort of
performance in the arenas
TIL shows will all be thrown open to
the public promptly at o'clock to-
night. and performances will be given
every afternoon and evening during
the week. The c.. w. Parker Shows
give outward evidence of their ability
to sustain the reputation they have
established in years gone by as the
biggest, best, and cleanest amusement
organization in the realms of enter
tainmnt, and the gentlemen of the
Walla Walla County Fair association
are to be congra tulatsd i'm having Sc
cured such high class concern to
provide the attractions during the
week of festivities offered under their
auspices, and for the benefit of the or
ganization they represent.