Milford chronicle., 1938-05-27
BIG SHOWS LOADED
WITH ACE FEATURES
Unprecedented Array OF ExtraOrdi-
nary Attractions Coming With
Largest Circus
The BIg Shows loaded for bear.

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: gorilla-Gargantua the Great, gian
primate, who has already made hi
= bid for world wide notorIety by try
ing to tear the arm off the executiv,
head of the Ringing Bros. and Bar
mum and Bailey combined shows
which will exhibit in Wilmington oil
Thursday, June 2. Gargantua is th'
largest and fiercest gorilla ever helC
captive anywhere on the globe to
day. and no writer, no matter how
imaginative and gifted, can adequate
ly describe him. This great ape has
hatred and contempt for man, anC
he constantly tries to lure visitors
within reach of his powerful hands
There is a CLEAN of alert intelli-
gence in his deep, human eyes, and
he out-stares everyone that tries t1
lock gazes with him. He awes one,
One turns away. disturbed. feeling
that there is a human soul within
that huge bulk.
Gargantua the Great will travel in
a mamOth steel cage, with shatter-
proof glass enclosing the bars. It's
air conditioning apparatus was in
stalled by the Carrier Company.
The temperature will be kept at 20
degrees. There will be two cOmpart-
ments, so that the cage can be clean
ed, as not even Dick Kroener, who
has been with the gorilla for years,
can risk getting within his reach.
Gargantua is years of age, and
may grow until he is 20. He stands
feet. inches, weighs 45O pounds
and has an arm spread of over 6
feet.
Then there is Bring EN- Back
Alive Frank Buck, who will be in
troduced from a hunting howdah
atop an elephant in the new opening
spectacle "Nepal," starting at 2 and
8 p. m. daily, which was created
and costumed by Charles lie Marie,
Ziegfeld FoIlies designer, who
streamlined the show. The manage
ment has stated that the costumes
and trappings for 'NepaP cost SSO,-
900. They are fantastically Rue de la
Paix, all of them, even to the uni
forms of so Bengal Lancers, the last
unit in the professional pageantry
Buck will be welcomed by the Ma
harajah of Nepal and his court. and
in his retinue of native hunters and
beaters will be wild animals on
leash, including Lady" the new
tame Royal Bengal tiger and Frank
Bucks famous chetah.
"NepaI' is a new note In the cir
Gus, and 1t is. at the least. a prelude
to a new art form under the big top,
an art form STEPPED in beauty. 1t
marks the greatest change In the
circus since the last talking clown
chuckled his way into Valhalla, and
the performance spread from one to
seven rings and stages.
And wild animal acts have come
back.
They not only have come back in
Madison Square Garden, but they
have come back on the road-the |
first group of performing black |
leopards. Terrell Jacobs and his per-
forming black-maned lions, and PAIL !
enberg's wonder bears, those intelli-
gent bruins that dance. walk flight |
ropes, skate and ride bicycles like
men.
Foremost among other top flight
features, many of them from abroad
this season are the Christians,
world famous bareback riding stars,
with Luico, double twisting somer-
saulter from horse to horse In col
umn: the Angeles, teeter-bOard SOM
headliners: Tamara and
her equestrian cart beautiful; the
Davisos. thrilling high perch troupe;
La Louise, EurOpe's aerial darling;
the Great Magyar troupe. spring
board somersaulting sensationalists
in four high flights to shoulders; the
Wen Hais, wonders of Oriental bar
the Qualtieros, aerial
whirling perch marvels, and others
of international acclaim.
Also headlining the 800 aerial.
acrobatic. wire and riding artists OF
every land are the Naittos, spectac-
ular tight wire troupe, with Mo and
Ala, somersaulting stars; the inter-
celebrated Yac0pis, cham
pion springboard someTsaulting ar
lists; the lovely Antalek girls in lof-
ty perch feais; William Heyer, fa-
nous Dutch trainer, with his re-
markable horses Yo Yo and Arjuno;
the waIkmirs. marvels of :he whirl-
Ing aerial perch; the Maysy-Brach
troupe of lofty unicycle acrobats;
he great Loyal-Repenski and Wal
.ers families of bareback riding
stars: Rudy Rudvnotf. renowned
trainer, and his troupes of liberty
horses; Mile. Gillette, sensational
serialiste; the famous Wslter Guice
roupes of daring comics on the aer-
al bars; the Maschino and Uyeno
roupes of whirlwind acrobats: the
Victoria duo of flying
perch aerialists; the world renowned
wo troupes of high wire Wallendas;
he famous Flying Concellos. with
Antoinette. only girl triple somer-
iauIter to a catch; the Rooney's,
lerial aces; the Randol and Comet
roupes Of fying-return artists; the
i0-girl aerial ballet; sixty free run
ling horses in tableaux vivants, and
,thers of almost equal stellar rating
n the world of sawdust and spang-
es. 1t