Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-07-29 | Page 17 | Modern and Progressive

MODERN AND PROGRESSIVE The New Forepaugh-Sells Circus Is Far Ahead of Ita Competitors. Foropaugh and Sells Brothers' World's Greatoat Shows, which will exhibit ln Salt Lake City, Thursday, AugUBt 2. has been enlarged upon 6iich a broad scalo of liberality as to almost preclude tho depiction of Its roal magnitude on paper. Foropaugh aud Sells Brothers, always al-ways modern and progressive, havo had for years tho biggest and best show on earth, yot this season they have more than doubled tholr immense amuoomont enterprise enter-prise by tho addition of comploto new trains, hundreds of horsoa and people, and by entire new shows. Tho crowning feature of theso almost unlimited additions addi-tions Is the stupendous spectacular and I pantomimic production, "Fighting the Flames," introducing 1200 poople and an ontlre trainload of massive sconery and ornato accessories. This coloBsal production produc-tion la shown ln the largest tent ever made for a circus a mammoth cauvaa theater, arena and aerial enclosure, brilliantly bril-liantly llghtod nnd comfortably seating 12,000 people. Tho monster free streot parade, a glittering pageant fully throe miles In length, Is alone worth tho amount charged for tho circus proper. It Is re-plote re-plote with new and novel processional attractions, at-tractions, displaying beautifully carved and decorated floats, representative of evory country on tho globe, richly attired at-tired horsemen from every known nation na-tion and monstor herds of elephants and camels, with a division for tho cblldron, and a full hundred cages of the rarest wild animals known to zoologists. In tho arenlo porformance Forepaugh and Salla Brothers Introduce 376 performers, each ono a promler artist. There are more than 200 acts ln the clrcu3 programme, and most of the acts are exclusively novel nov-el and sensational. In the trained animal display Forepaugh and Sells present three herds of hugo elephant actors, squadrons of cuto llttlo ponies ln acts that never fall to please the children. Captain Wobb's wonderful performing sealB, and cakowalklng and high school horsos In exhibitions of the highest typo of equlno Intelligence and marvelous new concoptlonB. Tho clrous porfomianco la given on two stages, In throo rings and on a wldo quartor-mlle hippodrome traok. Theso wonderful shows will exhibit hero one day only, and give performances at 2 o'clock and 3 o'clock. Admission tickets nnd reserved numbered ohalrs will be sold at Forepaugh and Sells' down-town ticket offlco at the Smith Drug Co, circus day at exactly the sumo price chnrgod ln tho ticket wugons on tho show grounds.