East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-05-06
animal CIRCUS TO
Be HERE TOMORROW
AL &. BARNES ,CELEBRATED
SHOW GIVES = PERFORMANCES
Street Parade and Unloading of Wild
Beasts from Trains Are Features
Before Beginning Of Performance
at Grounds. -

Three special trains or railroad |
equipment consisting of thirty-two |
specially constructed cars, will arrive |
in Pendleton early tomorrow morning |
bringing the paraphenalia of the Al |
G. Banes Big Three-Ring Wild Ami
NAL Circuit. For weeks the small
boys have been counting up the days
and boarding their pennies that they
may buy real pink lemonade and pea
nuts for the elephants on circus day.
AS quickly as the cars are parked
on the railroad siding in the yards of
the O.-W r. & n. the work of UNI
! loading will commence.
To the average small boy and to
the grownups too, for that matter,
the work of unloading the circus
trains is one of the most pleasing in
cidents to the program of circus day.
The intutive welcoming shouts of
boys and girls. a blurred slender out
line in the distance, the screeching of
railroad whistles and the hurried or
des of officials. Then a pressure of
breaks, crunching of wheels and a
rafting ofscoupling pins. The circus
has arrived
One of the first persons to alight is
the circus mail carrier who hurries to
the postoffice. This is the first of
three trips to the government station
he will make during the day At his
heels Is the general manager, whose
multifarious duties require an early
rising. The circus detective follows
behind, scrutinizing faces and figures
and approaching by easy stages the
local police station
There are two sleeping cars bear
ing animal trainers and members OF
the executive staff on the first section
This train is known as the baggage
section" 1t bears the pharphernalia
| necessary to the immediate work OF
the encampment, follows: Stake and
| chain wagons side pole and center
| pole wagons, water tank wagons, cook
tent wagons and kitchen vans.
On the second section is carried the
jack wagons, tableau wagons dens
chariots, elephants. camels, the seat
wagons, etc. The fine circus specia
carries the $50 odd wild animals to-
gether with their keepers and all the
remaining attaches of the show
AS fast as the Circuit trains are un
loaded tomorrow morning the haul tC
the show grounds will commence. The
work of unloading generally requires
about three hours and is alway!
fraught with that hurry and bustl,
characteristic of circus followers
a glittering, gorgeous, fastodoni,
street pageant-one mile in length
will leave the show grounds at 1888
o'clock Tuesday morning. All tn
principal downtown streets will b.
passed through. Following the stree
parade a series of free exhibition
will be given on the show grounds
The doors to the big show will b
opened at l and p. m, that the mag
nificent menagerie may be viewed
The performances will commence on
hour later. For half an hour preced
ing the big show a concert of popula
and classic music will be given by tn
Al G.. Barnes Military band of TWEEN
ty-eight soloists under the directio
of Prof. E. E Markham.
One of the principal acts to be see
with the AL G.. Barnes circus this yea
is the group of twenty-four monste
ions which perform in massiv
steel girded arena under the direc
ton of Captain Richard Ricardo, on
of the worlds great animal trainers
Other acts of especial Importance
that of Nine. Florine and her Persia
/ leopards, South American panther
| and leopards: Miss Dolly Castles in
/ sensational, dance surrounded by
score of man-eating lions and Mm'
| Ricaedo and her group OF Royal Ber
gal tigers. Altogether there are fifty
| two separate acts which are given
| two rings and the arena.