Show the first circus the traveling circus originated in london and was kept by a man named phillp philip astley who lived at the end of the eighteenth century prom from the very beginning the circus via as hold held in a tent the center of which formed the arena where the performance took place the seats for the spectators were arranged in tiers as cendon from the central space the same exhibitions which characterized our own circus were found in the first one there were feats of horsemanship such as an leaping through hoops from the back of a galloping horse standing with one foot on each of two horses as they kallop gallop side by aid side |