South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-29


ages are gathered at the railroad
yards this morning. the long. gayly
painted trains OF the Ringing Broth
ers and Barnum & Bailey circus viii
be coming 20 town and the day OF
days viii be officially announced by
trumpeting elephants and all strange
sounds that make the circus entirely
unlike any other institution known
10 mankind. Five trains are used
TO move the bag, double show and
newIy-added European wild-animaI
circus and these are coming here
from Fort Wayne.
AS quickly as the trains are spot
ted" the work Of unloading Will be
commenced and continue UNTIL all
the wonders and paraphernalia have
been moved &c the grounds The
following figures give some idea as
10 what Will be transported from the
trains to the site of the circus city
by noon today:
More than 800 immense vans and
cages. 1903 wild animals; % tents
including one measuring 700 feet in
plants in America headed by AT
gar" biggest Of all pachyderms: six
CRATES. herds OF camels, Ostriches
and zebras; approximately 5000 sets
of costumes. hundreds of tons Of
properties and trappings; entire car
loads Of physical equipment includ-
ing the worlds biggest kitchen out
fit and enough spangles to reach
from here ~ the Island Of zap.
Eliminate Parade
The inhabitants OF this superior
Gus city are this season equal in num-
Der 10 those Of at least 10, 900 towns
in the United states. The latest
census gives q total Of 1871 persons.
This seasons extra tents and added
paraphernalia are 80 extensive that
the entire morning is required to
put everything in place Every
ounce Of man power and horse power
IS needed from peep OF dawn TO
nOOn-time. 1t Is because of this that
the street parade has been eliminat-
ed. A complete battery Of 5O-foOr
steel arenas suggests some notion Of
the increase in massive properties.
II
numbers more than 600 men ond
women performers. wiId-antmal dis
plays and trained horses for the fea-
lures. In steel circIed encloeu res are
presented mixed groups Of perform
ing Siberian. Bengal and Sumatran
tigers, troupes OF full grown Nubian
lions. 10 polar bears. pumas. jaguars
and other ferocious beasts These
are the acts the Ringing brought
10 America by specially chartered
ship. The same vessel carried 40
Barbary stations representing the
finest band of acting horses ever
seen IN this country.
Thirty elephants are exhibited in
single t3b'eau. Some do stunts
at the top of 20-foot-high pedestals.
Others kick footballs around the en-
tire hippodrome track. There are
five troupes of trained seals. black
and cinnamon bears that ride old
fashioned high-wheeled bicycles or
walk tght-ropes. and such unusual
novelty acts as trained desert camelS
These beasts. brought To America by
the Arabs who trained them, do
nearly all the tricks performed by
horses. Whole companies OF dogs
including LoyaTs famous somerSult-
ing cannes - Shctlands. monkeys
pigs and pigeons are included in the
vast animal displays.
100 Clown Laughs
The program opens with gor-
geous fairyIand pageant in which
hundreds OF picture book characters
appear. together with scores Of rich
" caparisCued horses, elephants and
Camels. Following come almost
three hours Of circus acts. These
number Lily Leitzel. queen Of aerial
Fymnasts. Hillary Long performing
perilous sides on his head. Ernest
Clarz OF the vorld-famous Clark
onians in triple twisting flights
through space. Lillian Kincaid.
known as "the golden SRI in the
golden whirl." the Sicgrist- Silbon
casting act numbering Is artists; the
NeapOlitans aud many others. Such
famous eQuestrlans as the Daven-
ports Roonoys. Bagonghi. Bradnas.
Corrcias. Cgarkdons. NIarcerIllos head
and riding champions Noted ath-
letes include Australian wood chop
pers. the worlds most daring perch
performers and such areniC celeb
rifles "a tho picchianis. Dekoes Ar
leys and Sllvas. There are eight
groups Of statuary dogs. horses and
women models including Ena Claren.
the perfectly formed woman.
A hundred clowns enliven the per-
Torrance. There are various s-yies
81 hippodrome races And supple
mentiug the mammoth main-tent
program are all the wonders OF the
rnena gerie There are scores Of re-
Gently imported beasts including
Emir. a tiger Weighing $50 pounds
now first exhibited IN America.
Performanccs win begin AZ 2 and 8
=. NJ and the doors TO the great
double menagerie open one hour
earlier. 4 down town ticlCot onica
VIII be maintained during the day