The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-04
7. HORSE is AN AERoNAuT,
Observation-Disclosures IN Balloon and
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lis unquestionably 1.-THE most
beautiful and spectacular circus sfea'
Itufe ever devised'is this season hold
Ing. q PROMINENT placep ION the pro
RTatnme Of the BRrnum z and Bailey
Greatest Show onBEaFthiT which noInes
to sFairiiont on Friday May ~ TINS
acttis ne fformed by ,Tupiters 'knownoas
"the Balloon Horse" He. is a beauti'
full stiow.whIte Arabian animal. z A
handsome Young woman dressed IN
white; from.theI tips OF het shoes TO the
plume in her hat, sits in the saddle dur
ing the perilols trip. aan9
Jupiter and his mistress come ma
iestically into the arena. In the cen.
ter ring is a large balloon. Instead OF
basket platform is suspended from
hi BY four chains. This platform has
no railing and is barely large enough
to hold the horse. The animal steps
upon It and steadies itself. Then the
ascent begins. The sight is inspiring
The audience is amazed. Without a
safeguard Of any kind horse and rider
: mount the very top of the canvas.
Arrived at the top, Jupiter turns MS
headto one side, and with his teeth
takes hod OF a leather strap which ope-
rates a battery Of fireworks above
him. He gently tugs the strap A Sc
ries OF sputters and explosions follow.
Balloon, horse and girl are envelopen
in a flood | flame, fre.stars, brands
and white smoke. In this Niagara OF
fire the descent is made. When the
ground is reached storm OF applause
greets teh performance.
In France and Germany where THIS
! act was exploited for the first time, 1t
was extolled as the most brilliant ana
exciting arenlcachievemnt the world
had ever seen. The man who knows
anything about training horses VIII
say. the same thing. 1t takes a full
second for the audience to recover at
the conclusion of the act.
Charlie the First adds another sem
satoin to the exciting programme, he
is merely a champan2ee as far as zoo
logical classification Is concerned, but
he is greater bicycle rider and aero
bat than any man who ever lived. oth:
er sensational numbers are presented
by a company OF Hungarian stations
that 20 through evolutions and show
development and training that no 9TH.
erhorse act of the past has approach.
ed. There Is company of ponies and
unbrldled mules that made a hit IN
Germany last winter. There is brass
band OF elephants. There Is Ber2ac's
comedy horse circus. There are eques.
trians and Juggling seals that are mar.
yelous. There is a circus Of dogs and
monkeys that have astonished Europe,
and barnyard full OF educated pigs
geese and ROSTERS.
This show is a great affair, 1t has
always held tlrstplaceln the estimation
OF the world, This season, more than
ever before, 1t is an object OF wonder.
counting the various agents through.
out the world, the animal trappers and
the advance men, there are over l,5OO
names on the payroll. Travelling d.
rectly with the show are 1880 en-
poyes, There are 700 horses, 80 cam.
els, 40 elephants and 1900 other wild
and seml.domestic animals. In the
menagerIe is the greatest geological
curiosity ever exhibited. 1t is q year
old giraffe, Baby Bumbeeno, the only
giraffe ever born in America.
They JussIe Human Beings.
The famous Georgetty family Of
France are headliners this season with
the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show
on earth. They are what Is known
| in Europe as acrobatic iugglers. They
do a noval Juggling act using human
beings as affects. The act is sensa'
tIonal in the extreme and new e
American circus methods s (
aFindable things can be found, at
ElhaNlly noticeable cost throlg want a