The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-09-10
BARAUM AND BAILEY
SHOW IN COLUMBIA
ON SEPTEMBER BOTH
-iG ADVERTISING CREW HITS
The TOWN AND BEGINS
IlTHC
SOMf HING OF THE CIRCU
IS One Of The Biggest on The
Road Hundreds of People, Hun
dreds Of Horses-Wonderfu Me
nagerie.


The Baroum and Bailey Greatest
Show on Earth is coming 10 Columbia
on Thursday, Sept. so, and that fact
is being announced extensively today
in town and all the surrounding coun-
Try by crew of thirty-five men who
arrived at an early hour this morning
on the first advertising ear. Between
now and the date for the big show
here, an advertising campaign will be
carried on that has no comparison in
any other line of business. Nearly a
hundred men will visit this city and
the towns nearby devoting their ener-
sizes to the booming of this show and
for their date in this city There are
three advertising cars coming at in
tervals of a week apart and a fourth
enc which is known as the excursion
car does all the advertising up and
down the railroads billing the special
trains and the low rate excursions.
With the wonderful amount of pub
licity that is given, it is no wonder
that we are sure to have a tremen-
dous crowd on hand on circus day.
The largest circus that has ever
been organized to travel is what we
nay expect to see when Barnum and
Bailey come to town N size, this
exhibition is this year, about the limit
md is actually so large that the rail-
Dads are grumbling on account of
he enormous amount of valuable
reight that has to be carried in so
hort time.
There are eighty-five double length
ars made up into FIVE trains and upon
1ege are carried regular travelling
ity with a population of 1,500 people
Tho are actually employed, 800 of
lese are' performers, most of whom
re from abroad and who are present
lg this year a series of foreign novel
es that are seen in this country for
lie first time
In the Barnum and Bailey stables
'e 700 horses of the finest breed, a
eat many of them are thoroughbreds
Id some that are trained to a re-
arkable degree of intelligence.
'o5ably the most interesting horse
Id the most sensational act in the
tire program this year is the per-
rmance of Jupiter, the balloon horse.
piter, beautiful snow-white animal
on which is seated young lady
Ter, steps upon small platform at
ched TO a balloon, which ascends to
e dome of the big circus tent. When
ey have reached their highest point,
ere is a series OF loud reports and
hundred rockets are exploded which
I'D forth shower of sparks and
:, completely enveloping both horse
d rider Through all this, the brave
mal stands like statue, for the
yhtest movement on his part would
an his destruction as well as that
the young rider. The descent is
de in blaze of fire, when horse
mount leave the arena In safety.
Ifter an absence of four years the
mum and Bailey management have
laced their street parade and in SO
ng have revived this part of the
ming program upon a tremendous
lie. In the four years when no pa
e was given that time was devoted
the development of new ideas so
this year, we are to see a process
three times as long and repre-
ing an expenditure of ten times
amount ever invested before in a
ct spectacle.