Show World (April 1909)

24, 1909. THE SHOW WORLD 25 THREE shows clash AT INDIANAPOLIS. Miller Brothers’ 101 Ranch in Be- ween Two Large Shows at In¬ diana Metropolis and Harassed at Other Points. There is quite a great deal of spir- f jud opposition among the circuses just now. The routes of the various 1 shows have clashed at several differ¬ ent points and each of the tented en- i terprises is fighting both for the sake of getting business and to keep up the reputation of its agents. The most interesting fight is at Indianapolis, where Hagenbeck-Wal- lacc shows April 39, 101 Ranch May S and Barnum & Bailey May 10. All three of the shows have opposition brigades there and the fight is said to be quite interesting. Hagenbeck- Wallace got in first and is reported to have secured the choicest locations. As that is an Indiana enterprise, the >how is certain to do business if the weather is nice. If the day should be rainy all of the expense will have | been thrown away. The Barnum I show has a strong force of billers at i Indianapolis and as a result the Mil¬ ler Brothers are tailenders in the battle. The 101 Ranch is first in several Oklahoma towns where Campbell Brothers are to appear and there has also been some interesting billing contests down that way. The Camp- j bell Brothers, having the largest 1 show, has made it hard for the wild west in that section and but for a few choice dates like Oklahoma City, the early stands would not have been I likely to have made money for the enterprise Out on the Pacific coast Norris and i Rowe and Sells-Floto are having an occasional battle with honors about even to date. To Have 11 Cars. _ Wonewoc, Wis., April 19. It is understood here that Dode Fisk will have a 11 car show the com- Opera Chairs Immediate [Shipment We can save you money anc time. Chairs from 50c upward 15,000 chairs in stock. Large assortment to select from. Quo¬ tations by return mail. Ask for Catalogue No. 306. E- H. STAFFORD MFG. CO. 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Rice Brothers 12. Dode Fisk 11. Gentry No. 1, 10. Sun Brothers 10. Mighty Haag 10. Gentry No. 2, 9. Welsh Brothers 8. M. L. Clark 7. John H. Sparks 7. To Play East. Ponca City, Okla., April 19. It was announced here last Satur¬ day that the Arlington and Miller Brothers 101 Ranch would spend the major part of the season in the east. COST OF MOVEMENTS FOR VARIOUS SHOWS The 101 Ranch Wild West paid $200 for its first jump from Ponca City, Okla., to Arkansas City, Kan. The next jump to Enid, Okla., and the following one to Guthrie, cost the same amount. The show will pay $225 for transportation from Alva, Okla., to Wichita, Kan., one day next week. The Ringling Brothers will jump from Allentown. Pa., to Easton early in June and will pay $465 for the movement. The next jump takes the show to Scranton and it will cost $715. From Scranton the circus goes to Wilkes-Barre and the movement will cost $465. M. L. Clark & Sons Combined Shows moved from Winnifield to Alexandria, La., one day last week and the jump cost $225. The Mighty Haag show paid $200 for its jump from Perry to Tulsa, Okla., where it exhibited April 23. Opposition at Altoona. Altoona, Pa., April 19. The opposition brigade for the Cole Brothers show has been here and decorated the town for May 3. The Barnum & Bailey circus comes here late in May. John D. Carey was here Sunday and expressed himself as being well pleased with the billing. Bob Simons, opposition agent, and E. Robinson, contracting agent, were also here recently looking after the Cole Brothers’ interests.—WEST¬ BROOK. COMING SOON BILLING MONEY THROWN AWAY? Los Angeles, Cal., April 20. Harry Earl, general agent of the Sells-Floto show, left here tonight for San Francisco. He is watching the work of the advance forces very carefully and so far has always had a trick up his sleeve to combat the work of opposition. Being a press agent he has done effective work against the “Coming Soon” opposi¬ tion of the Ringling Brothers by printing the dates on which the big show is to appear. This has taken the wind out of the sails of the oppo¬ sition in every instance, until the gen¬ eral opinion has prevailed that the “Coming Soon” crusade was money thrown away. Students Attended Circus. Lebanon, Tenn., April 19. Sixty-six students were suspended from a boys’ school here for attend¬ ing the Van Amburg and Howe’s circus last Wednesday night. Long Sunday Jump. Chico, Cal., April 19. Norris & Rowe had a 119 mile jump to get here and will have a 99 mile jump next Sunday. To Play Pittsburg. Pittsburg, April 19. It is understood that the Welsh Brothers will appear here one week during May. BARNUM SHOW GLEANINGS Lew Sunlin and wife came down from Grand Rapids to see the Barnum show of 1909. Ed Burke arrived in Chicago from San Francisco on Friday of last week and saw the circus Friday night. A. A. Reeves, who has been in Chi¬ cago since the show opened, will leave next Sunday to take up his duties on the road. Ed Shipp, who was ill with pneu¬ monia for more than a week, is back at his old stand as equestrian director of the Barnum & Bailey circus. John Robinson came up from Cin¬ cinnati last week to size up the Bar¬ num performance and expressed himself as liking it “very much.” Arthur Hoffman, who has the side¬ show with Hagenbeck-Wallace, ran up to Chicago recently to see the cir- Percy Phillips, elephant trainer, and John Helliott, tamer of wild beasts, both of the Hagenbeck-Wallace show, were visitors at the Coliseum recent¬ ly- Jack Sutton, who owns the Tas¬ manian teeth act which was the big feature with the Hagenbeck-Wallace show last summer, was a recent visi¬ tor at the Coliseum. Fred Letchett and wife, who are to ride with Wallace this season, saw the performance one day last week and visited their many friends with the big show. Otto Floto, for whom one half of the Sells-Floto show was named, was in Chicago last week and saw the cir¬ cus performance. He reports that the Sells-Floto show had big business for the week after leaving Denver with the exception of Good Friday at Los Vegas, N. M. Another mule riding act has been dug up and instead of having the daschund horse in the center ring while clowns ride donkeys in the oth¬ er rings, similar numbers are present¬ ed in the three rings and the freak horse is given the stage in another display. T. Cortez, who works in a double trapeze act, strained his shoulder in rehearsal and it is doubtful it he will be able to appear during the Chicago engagement. His partner Codona now does a single trapeze act which is a real novelty. His heel hold is won¬ derful. Charles E. Cory saw the circus per¬ formance three times. He sat with John Ringling one night and liked the show so well that he saw the af¬ ternoon and night performances the next day. Messrs. Cory and Ringling discussed many topics of mutual inter¬ est and there were many topics of mutual interest which they did not discuss. Henry Stantz contributes much to¬ wards the amusement of the vast throngs by clowning as an old lady. Lately Dodo Florence, a bright little lad, has been assisting him to the ex- United States Tent& Awning Co. Desplaines and Madison Sts., -CHICAGO- and show parapher- $104.00 tent that he played around Stantz and masqueraded as his grandson. The very wiseest people are caught by Stantz’s makeup and actions and it is fun to see the embarrassment of some of the men. Mrs. Edward Shipp, when inter¬ viewed by a Chicago newspaper writer recently, said: “We have some very nice girls with us. They are very do¬ mestic. The girls and women who belong to the circus have no time for frivolity or foolishness or suppers. We do hard work and we must take excellent care of our health. Few cir¬ cus women travel alone. Either hus¬ band or father or brother is our pro¬ tector. There is no such thing as scandal in the big family circle of a circus. Neither is there any-envy or jealousy. We leave all that for women of the stage.” A member of the Dollar troupe turns several somersaults from a springboard and lands on the should¬ ers of another acrobat which is an¬ nounced by Tom Rankin in glowing terms. It is a great feat. One day recently the feat was attempted and while not accomplished to suit the acrobats, pleased the spectators, who applauded liberally. The acrobats tried again and again and a fourth time, then left the stage in disgust. The first trial satisfied the crowd and the three other attempts only showed that the trick had not been mastered perfectly and detracted from the re¬ markable performance of this won- deful troupe. The menagerie includes: 18 ele¬ phants, 14 full grown camels and four baby camels, 1 hippopotamus, 1 rhin¬ oceros, 3 giraffes, 2 water buck, 6 sa¬ cred cattle, 6 full grown lions and four baby lions, 3 tigers, 2 bears, 2 elands, 3 yaks, 1 wart hog, 3 full grown kangaroos and four young kan¬ garoos, 2 tapirs, 6 leopards, 6 hyenas, » pumas, 2 oryx, 1 nylgau, 1 sanbur, 2 zebras, 4 llamas, 1 hartebeest, 2 gnus, a cage of monkeys, 1 zebu, 3 American deer, 2 axis deer and two antelopes. Additions will be made to this menagerie when the show takes the road. For instance there is only room in the Coliseum for 18 ele¬ phants, so those now at winter quar¬ ters will join the organization at Champaign.