The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-17
STRANGE BEASTS IN HARNESS
Zezras, LIamas, EeIephants and Cam els Driven Like Horses in Circus
 Parade.

A team of llamas pulling a fairy l land tableau is one of the novel sights
 to be found in Ringing Brothers pa- 1 rade. There is also a team of zebras 1 They are supposed to be untamable animals
 There are elephants hitched to a
 great India float in which a potentate with his retinue sits in state. An other immense chariot of gold is
 drawn by twenty camels. The three mile procession is headed by a team of twenty-four white horses hitched to 9 great band wagon. From this spectacular 'thitch'' to the big pipe or gan on the tail end, all is novelty and richness. The sights of the world unfold themselves in a bewiIdering panorama. Every mile is a. mile of wonders. There are 1,28O people in the line. They come from every COZ ner and crevfce of the world. A 1arg- CT menagerie than any other circus possesses is disclosed in this Parade in open ders and cages. Two thirds of the elephants in America are shown. This circus will give two performances in Bridgeport on Wednesday, May 21.
 A world of detail is necessary to the organization of a big circus The management of @ years tour is as nothing when one realizes the thou sandes of things that must be done before the show can begin it's season. The assembling of the organization which Ringing Brothers are this sea- son presenting began early last fall To the foreign agents of the show is due a considerable part of the credit.
 The engaging of Ba1kani and his family of Italian riders, took no little diplomacy, to say nothing of a small fortune Balkani was too well satis- fled with his native country to con slider America. He said it was too far away He believed it was a, dan gerous. country and thought the front fer began where the western suburbs of Philadelphia end. He believed, if the show toured as far westward as Omaha, the militia would be needed to save them from an Indian massacre. The agent devoted three days to an illustrated lecture on the beauties or American life. Then Balkani gave in.
 To Edgar Linden is due the credit of invading the court of the Shah of Persia for talent. He was anxious to secure the DeItorelIi, family, for many years the favorite entertainers of the Shah. Their fame grotesque tunn- blers and clowns extends all over the old world Linden had to enlist the services of a diplomat at Teheran be- fore he could achieve his purpose. It was no easy task to secure the Schu- man performing horses. They are the master accomplishment of Albert.
 
 Schv eningen, Frankfurt and Berlin are famous througfrout Europe. Schuman has made several million dollars by training and exhibiting horses. No amount of money could tempt him, until the fact was placed forcibly be- fore him that in America there were 90, 900, 900 people who had never seen real trained horse.
 The great Janowsky family of gym nasts was found in one of the great indoor circuses of Russia. It was 48 degrees below zero when one of the Ringing Brothers agents put the proposition to them. It was the psychological moment for a contract, especially when the agent explained that in the United States circus tours are conducted only during warm weather Mijarez, the wire-walke1', was appearing in Madrid when he was approached. He took easily. to the notion of travel, especially when the agent hinted at what Ringing Broth erss' notion of a. salary was
 To devise and build the great spec tacle of "Joan of An,c'', over 100 experts advised and planned together before the actual work of building it was be gun. Twenty envoys were sent to France for the stage properties. the banners and flags of old France and anything in the shape of authentic war relics that could be used in the great battle scene.