The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-22
RINGING BROTHERS
IS HEADED THIS Way
Forty Elephants and Six Hundred
Horses Coming to WaIIa WaIIa
Thursday, August IL, to
Be the Big Day.

Acres of circus joy is headed this
way. And there are hundreds OF
strange wild animals. 40 good natured
elephants to tickle the youthful funny
bone, $50 high stepping horses in sill
Yer trimmed harness. 1880 sawdust
celebrities from every corner of the
earth, and goodness knows what else
Anyhow, Ringing Brothers circus
will materialize in this city Thursday
August II. The aggregation will come
in So double length railroad cars and
be presented here identically as given
at New York city during the shows
phenomenal run in Madison Square
garden.
This seasons program is made up
of 100 numbers, embracing many Eu-
ropean features that We're the arenic
sensations of the old country last win
ter. There is a trio of strong men,
from Berlin, who do everything start
ling from juggling human beings to
supporting with their feet and legs a
heavy structure over which is driven
ponderous auto car carrying six men.
From Germany has also come the
wonderful Schumann horse circus This
act stands out as the greatest exam
pie of animal training the world has
ever seen. These animals smoke pipes,
waltz on their hind legs, drink from
large glasses and roll one another
about in huge barrels The marvel
Gus Lorch family of European acrobats
who, by the way, are the only persons
on earth that have successfully ac-
complished the seemingly impossible
stunt of somersaulting twice from the
feet of a caster" to the back OF a
galloping horse.
Alexander Patty, from France, walks
on his head. With hands in pockets
and feet in the air this wonderful per-
former ascends and descends stairs,
Jumps over objects and skips the rope
with apparently the SAM! ease dis
played by a person in natural position.
Then there is RobledillO, the Mexican
wire wizard He actually falls down
on the wire, stands on his head and
staggers over the slender cord in lml-
tation of a belated clubman who has
dined too we'll.
For good measure has been thrown
in a nerve-racker that out does even
the days of Roman daring. Seated IN
a ponderous automobile, Mile. Roche is
carried down a precipice-llke incline
at a terrible rate of speed. Down,
down dashes the throbbing monster I'M
til it strikes a lift at the inclines ter
minaI then. like a rocket it shoots
upward 40. so, 80 feet, dips and de-
scribes two complete revolutions be-
fore crashing upon the hippodrome
track and spending its mad race.
In the blood curdling flight of Mile.
Roche. only an iron nerve and infalllble
skill stands between her and tragic
death. The act is one of unprecedent-
ed daring, and calls for a quality OF
courage which is found only in the
greatest deeds of human triumph and
sacrifice.
Ringling Brothers circus is the larg-
est in the world. 1880 persons are
employed in it's various departments
$40 horses are used. los cages and dens
of wild animals are exhibited In the
big menagerie, and twenty tents are
snread for the daily performances. The
..big show tent will seat comfortably
IA OOO neople. The performances take
r,ace in three rings, two stages and
on a hippodrome track quarter Oh
milo long Three hundred and se-enty
five performers are concerned III the
,oa members that make Up the pro-
gram.
A street parade embracing three
miles of novelties will introduce CIR
Gus day This feature VIII leave inc
show grounds on show day m'fnlns
Of 10 o'clock. passing over the usuai
route.