Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-12
HOWE s GREAT
CIRCUS COMING
TOC|TYS SOON
Frank ]. O'DonnelI, Here All
Day Yesterday, Arranging
for the Big Show on Sat-
urday, March &c. .'.

Notwithstanding the fact that a
number of towns near Albuquer-
que had offered to the manage
ment of Howe's Great London Cir
| Gus and Van Amburgs Trained
Wild Animals free lot, license, wa
! ter and feed, they decided that
| Albuquerque would be the start
ing point this season. They will
open the season here on Saturday
March 26.
THE show viii be loaded on the
cars at Lancaster, Mo, on March
| II and will move direct to Albu-
querque without showing any
point between here and there, y
said Frank j, O'Doncll, press agent
Of the shows last night. 1T is some
trip, but we have SO man y impor-
tant towns to make in California
that this city was selected as the
opener on account of its progress
siveness and prosperity. We had
selected another town nearby; they
offered to give us the show
grounds, license, feed and advertis-
ing free, but we figured that this
was the town and here we are.
THE show will be here about
Monday, March q, and we will do
all our rehearsing and organizing
here. 1t will be quite a task and by
the time we open a perfect organi-
cation will be found to have been
formed out of what looked like
chaos. One great thing will be the
neWness of the whole show. The
tents when erected will come di-
rectly from the tentmakerS and are
absolutely water ana sun proof
The cars are either entirely or
have been rebuilt like new. The
wagons are absolutely the most
elaborate ever seen with a circus
and the expensive scrool work and
gold leaf is so entirely different
from any other show that it will
be revelation to the circus bugs
when they are seen on the streets
in parade.
THE harness and elaborate
trappings worn by each horse in
parade and during the perform
ance is entirely new and is novel in
design and very attractive. The
costumes are of the latest styles
both in riding and dress patterns
and when the show opens it will be
one of the best ever organized.
AS to the performance | can say
without the least hesitation that it
is one of the best that was ever as
sembled. 1t is u circus to the last
letter and has trained wild ami
NAL show for a background. Wild
beasts of all kinds have been
trained clever tricks and one of the
biggest novelties is the introduce
ton Of trained Camels who work
with horses. Another feature is the
dancing girl with three tigers assist |
ing her. Three lions have been
taught to ride a horse.
THE elephants have an up-to-
date repertoire of acts that are
really amusing as well as astound-
ing and there is a whole army Of
clowns who will make merry and |
all the later happenings. i
The menage horses are the cream
of the circus realm and there are
more with this organization than
in any other travelling circus. Can
you imagine twenty-four menage |
horses with twelve men and twelve |
ladies' in the latest riding habits
1t is a sight that has never been
seen.
The circus features are new
and exciting and of the thrilling
kind. OF riders there will be two
score or more. They are the cham
pions of all countries and of all |
sCboOla Of puI1eS ria niSn1 [
First class aerial performances
possess the most thrilling interest 4
for everybody, and in this branch i,
IF arenic art the Howe's Great !.
London Circus and Van Amburg's 4
Trained Wild Animals are pre-
sminently strong They presented 1
IN unparalleled number of the !.
greatest and most Venturesome \
md original male and female mid I
lir ,trapeZe, horizontal bar, floating
'ings, dives evolutions, catches
ind combinations.
"One of the sensational features
will be the wonderful performance
If the world famous LaCompte
roupe of wire walkers. The feats 4
by them would be \
cllldl hdblS even WSIe' liIey per-
ormed on the ground, but when 1t
s taken into consideration that
he slender wire upon which they
work is thirty feet III the air the
performance borders on marvel
us.
"Of acrobatic companies there
ire several. Their wonderful stunts
re accomplished with many diff
icult evolutions and tricks.
The menageries of the COM
lined shows are made UP of the
argest and rarest collection of
Wild and domestic beasts ever ex-
ibited under canvas. Sixteen ele-
hants embrace the combined
roupes and both herds are equally
3 well trained. Trained lions. IT,
ers, pumas. leopards, polar bears,
lonkeys, goats, chickens, dogs, 4
onies and others will furnish