The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-08
MANY At DEPOT,
To SEE CIRCUS.
Barnum & BaiIey's Greatest
Show on Earth" Arrives
in City.
CITY OF CANVAS BUILT
BY PLYING SQUADRON"
Will Give Two Performances
and Big Street Parade in /
Zion Today.

A city OF canvas. the home Of more
than one thousand people from all climes
sprang up Sunday AT Main and Eighth
South streets. when the flying squad
ROM OF the Barnun & Bailey Greatest
Show on EARTH followed by other sec
tions OF railway equipment with trained
workIncn, pitched dozens Of tents on the
two tcn-acre lots.
AT the break of dawn this morning the
huge main arenic tent OF the aggregation
was holsted to Its masts by ten teams
OF six horses each. and by breakfast time
everything will he In readiness for the
two performances and the free street pa
rade. which will make the great stretch
of canvas the Mecca of al Salt Lake
City.
The First Work.
The first work of the flying squad
rom is TO set up the battery OF twelve
steel ranges and boilers, arrange the din
ing tables and dishes 10 accommodate
more than 1000 persons and provide food
from the refrigerator cars so that break
fast may be served promptly.
While the meal Is being prepared work
goes on at a rapid rate al over the
after stake Is being driven and The rum
BILE Of wheels are heard while the tall
poles are being reared until there Is
veritablc forest OF them The first can
vas stretched WAS that to provide shelter
for the kitchen. dining hall and meuag.,
erie, TO shelter the wild animals, OF
which there are many hundred, coinprls,
ing a complete and wonderful geological
collection of beasts, birds and reptiles.
Interesting Department.
Tho most interesting department Of tho
menugerIe Is the kindergarten of baby
animals Included IN & this Is Baey a1 ,iIna sqm
This attractive little fellow was born
six months ago at the Barnum & Bailey
winter quarters. Bridgeport. Conn, and
10 10 t,c -
exhibited. There are several baby cam
els, born this spring; four hon cubs. three
months old. three cubs nine weeks ola.
while the big show was exhibiting IN
Philadelphia, There are several elephants
that are still young enough to be elassed
in the youthful collection. One feature
OF the menagere is the great herd OK
FAsiatic elephants. numbering thirty odh
ponderous creatures. standing peacefully
munching alfalfa and oats.
The most intelligent animal In the Bar
nun, Bailey collection Is without
aSTpt Chmmf his tdbs dhs and odipa"1ie eafs Sie
food with as good table manners as the
average well-trained child, using knife.
fork and spoon with human-like clever
ness. He drinks milk from glass, and
in eating grapes, carefully removes all
the seeds,
Brought From Africa
Chimmie was brought from Africa by
the Rev John Ross of Washington.
Penn who was navmae Ssi99afS Of tSc mine dne
ister's children until he grew too ADis
and strong to be trusted with them. The
rare animal Is treated Ike young
prince, His food is prescribed by ply
sician and is carefully prepared by spc-
clal cook.
Thousands of persons visited the show
grounds Sunday, many Of them having
been at the railway station 10 see the
unloading of the elghty-nine cars. As
nearly as possible. Sunday is day OF
with the exception OF those in charge OF
the animals, who are kept especially
busy. The docile animals are given their
baths on this day and the 700 beautifutN
horses are given an extra grooming and
soap bath.
The feeding of the animals and horses
carried by Barnum Bailey requires 300
bales of hay. 250 bushels OF oats. i5D
bales Of straw and seventy-ive bushels
Of wheat bran daily. The carniverous
animals are not fed on Sundays, ii being
necessary on account OF their health to
have one day OF fast In each week, On
days that they are fed 1t requires three
The herblverous animals are fed on Il
mixture OF carrots. cabbage. apples, ba-
nanas and beet root. chopped together
and mixed with wheat bran.
Big Street Parade.
The grand cavalcade or parade, which
is always a feature of circus day, and
which is eagerly anticipated by thousands
who cannot attend the performances. VIII
start from the snow grounds about ~
o'clock this morning. moving east on
Eighth South TO State street. thence
north on State street 10 South Temple
street. west on South Temple 20 Main
street. south on Main street TO the circus
lot. The parade is said TO be- more than
a mile in length and will include hun !.
dreds OF blue-ribbon horses. and many of :
the rare animals will be so arranged in
steel cages as to enable tho public to
get full view OF the captives.
The Banum &; Bailey show is a city
in itself. 1t has its own postmaster. a
police department. composed of a chief
and six men; two physicians and sur
geons. three trained nurses, two veter-
mary surgeons and four assistants;
blacksmith shop, wagon shop, harness
shop. wardrobe shop; in fact, workers in
all the arts and industries which go to
make up a big up-to-datc town. The
main tent Is nearly six hundred feet long
by two hundred feet wide. and will seat
$1,000 people. II requires ninety cars OF
railway. equipment 10 move the para
phernal!a from place to place. and more
than HOO people are employed. After
tonights performance the show will give
two exhibitions at Provo. On Wednes-
day at Ogden. then northwest to the Pa
Citic coast.