The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-10


I'VE In Ogden this morning from Pro
20 whore IL showed yesterday. The
usual crowd OF small boys and men
on hand during the unloading OF the
elephants and later watched the mag
ic rise OF the tents at the grounds
on Washington avenue. between
Twenty'0rst and Twenty second
streets
Just before noon there was a bic
street parade, The splendid stock OF
the circus was favorably commented
upon by people who lined sidewalks.
The horses were surely prize animals.
There was not a jaded-looking one in
the procession. The folks who Work
In the show were also fresh and
clean looking. The beauty OF the
women was especially commented up-
on. and this comment was repeated
with reinforcement when they were
seen In the big top" The costum
i1g and trappings were as bright as
a silver dollar just out OF the mint
Some OF the animal cages were
cpen and the rubber necks along the
street had an opportunity of looking
Of looking the ibeN square In the
eye. The open cages served to whet
The appetite for animal lore only the
more, and the result was that sew
eral hundred who had not figured
cn going to the circus at all went just
TO see what the menagerie contained
and as long as they were there. they
opined they might as we'll stay and
sec the rest OF IL.
Show Moves Swiftly.
The Barnum & Bailey show is a
GOOD one There Is nothing the mat
ter with IL in any department 1t Is
clean and moves with a swiftness that
at times is amazing. 1t is estimated
that 5000 people saw the show at the
afternoon performance Not u word
of complaint was heard among all
the multitude. Everybody got his
moneys worth, and the kids got their
moneys worth twice or thrice over
The menagerie is worth seeing It
is really a wonderful collection of
rare animals There are ever so
many elephants. a few among whose
number have not vet had their eye
teeth pulled The elephants per-
form well There is a thrill In each
of the three rings when the great
pachyderms chats what the circus
mon calls emJ walk all over their
trainer without ever stepping even
on his mustache. They play horns
and ring bells with an accuracy that
is quite astonishing. Accompanied
by half a dozen women buglers. the
elephants hold high C without ever
q flaw In the harmony.
The camels and the dromedaries
ere there IN numbers Their pres
ence gave 5000 men who thought
their companions had never read OF
TIE ark chance 10 say that camel !
can go eight days without a drink, J
but who wants to be a camel7 Two |
baby camels were cute enough TO
kiss.
Clever Bareback Riders.
The performance was as complete |
as ever put on by circus The bare |
back riding. feature that always de- |
termines the standard of circus. was |
excellent The six Konyots and the
Dayenports led in this department
Orrin Davenport. Fred Derrick and
Charles Siegrist performed wonderful
feats on the backs OF their horses, |
Davenport doing Bip-nops from one
horse to the other with astonishing
grace and cleverness The three Box
romaS juggled on horseback with no
more difficulty than they would have
eaten soup
Jtpiter, a beautiful white horse.
went up in a balloon" and fred off
fireworks while he was. al the top OF
the canvas Mounted on Jupiter's
back WAS charming young lady all
in white, and between the horse the |
lady in white, the balloon and the fire I
works. the spectacle was an exceed |
irgly pleasing one
Acrobats Are Good
The acrobatic feats were good The
Bcnito Alfonso Bracco troupe eXcelled ]
The Dollar combination was fine, and |
this also may be said Of the Patty
Frank troupe In this series of acts Il !
Miss Dollar constitutes herself wom- !
an bridge, one end of the bridge being /
her forehead and the other her toes.
On this bridge about half a dozen full /
grown men. tremendously heavy dumb /
bells, tables and other paraphernalia !
are piled but the apparently fragile ,
woman bridge stands like a modern !
cantalever
For genuine cleverness the Carne-
gle medal and the Nobel prize 60 to /
The seals. One of these seals rides i'm |
a cart attached to a galloping pony |
and the other rides on the pony's |
back. The seals, jogging up and down !
and sidewise and across. balance balls |
on their noses and pass them one 10 |
the other. They also loss torches |
around like pinwheel on the Fourth |
of July. and for all their effort they !!
are rewarded with a fish all of whlcn !,
goes 10 show what seal will do Tor |
little piece of fish
Almost human. ;
Charles the First is a chlmpanzee. F,
At least. that's what they say he is, |
but really he is more human than lots
of people that are erroneously classed !
in the latter category. He eats and |
drinks at the table. with all the grace
lul table manners OF Chauncey De-
pew. and after the banquet he very
properly undresses and goes to bed,
also after the fashion OF banqueters. |
no doubt
This years thriller was all right. |
In this hair-raising stunt man who