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Show CIRCUS HAS Big Tent Show Arrives VH Trainload of Special ScenH and Performers. BALLET OF DANCIM Menagerie of the BarnunH Bailey Shows Contains'H Rare Collection: tH Tho closing of the clrcun nftaohJ announced for today when the Ba1H & BaJloy greatest show on earth glvn two exhibitions. Many novcltlcsH features aro announced In ' prcllmlf Information. Much stress is lald-'H tho sensational features which fortfH Important part of tho performance. TH nro described an tho Mikado' a troupH royal Ja panose athletes and Jlu-jltBiiH ports, tho elephants' basohall club p1a our national gamo, the Australian. eojH trienno. Miss May Wlrth who achlH tho moHt consatlonal results while tnoiH ed upon swiftly-flying horses. Tho nH added spcctaclo of "Cleopatra,"' saliH , bo the greatest porformanco of Its H ever given In America, in onact;d tho 1 argent ntage ever built with aJH of 1250 characters, a grand opera chl of noo voIcph and a ballot of 350 danH girls. A trainload of npculal scenH properties, costumos and Bta?o effiH This in Itself Is a mighty nchlevemell Many Celebrities. jjM Among the arenlc artlats aro th? enport family of equestrian celob,AH tho Wlrth family, nmsatlonnl bn"H riders; the ton Viennese In an old H aerial novelty, tho flying N'capo fl the foarless Sllbons, tho J'loronun JM in a novel acrobatic spoclaJty, Pr fH Do Mario with hlo two compan.iH trained dogB and monkeys, John candor's school of beautiful horsos. Fran Sandwlna, tho perfect womaii.H feat a of herculean wonder. , H Of riders thoro will be a scoro or mjH They aro akl to bo tho clmmplonaH all countries and of all schools of eqtH Thrilling Stunts. 'H First-class aerial performances poaH the most thrilling Interest for evH body, and In this branch of urenlc artH Barnum & Bailey shows aro pro-oH ncntlv strong. They represent an H paralleled number of the greatest 'lH most venturesome and original mala H female midair trapeze, horizontal lH floating rings, Invisible wire and funoH bullstlc exports in tho most ntaxtiH (HghtH, dives, evolutions, catches combinations. M Tho monagcrle of tho combined shOTOjH said to be mado up of tho largest .H rarest collection of wild beasts evcr'H hiblted indcr canvas, including a hH giraffe. The. two scoro olophams H brace the collection said to be the wH dor of the zoological world. Merrlm'H for the llttlo ones will bo furnishfedH clowns without mimbor, who will be biH throughout the entire performance. ThH will be many other attractions to wild or and delight. Seven Hundred Horses. Throe enormous tont iue necessary JH tho accommodation of tho 700 horses wjH tho Barnum & Balloy circus. Tito staJH occupied by tho heavy Pcrcheron uM Clydesdale draft horses Ib a model .H equine ncatueus, while tho Arabian thH oughbrods and tho ring stock ocouH luxurious quarters In separate teiils. iM After all. the great attraction of tH circus is tho horse. To give a oirc without horses would ho like giving opera without music It is tho llfo aH animation of tho horse, together wilh beauty and Intelligence of I he nnlnifl that lenda ns much charm and plcastl to the exploit.) of the sawdust r'nR tho grace and dash of the rider. exhibition of beautiful horses Is a feabH of tho freo street parado "which the prl ont management of the Barnum Sz Ball shows will givo during tho morning. |
