HARMSTON' S CIRCUS.
Young Wellington^ is looking forward to Saturday next, for that is the day on which Harmston's Circus season opens. Colonel C. B. Hicks and his staff have painted the hoardings all colours vith pictorial and other announcements appertaining to the Circus, the members of which arrived from Sydney by the Monowai to-day. Mr. Robert Love, the manager, is well known in all parts of Australasia as an experienced manager, and he promises us something good for the present visit. The Harmston Company include expert aerial artists, fearless riders, graceful gymnasts, grotesque clowns, Japanese balancer?, French Battoue leapers, a trio of unequalled equestriennes, and other novelties of the ring. Australians tell us that the dressing and costuming of the performers is of a very high quality, and the admiration of all. There is a fine stud of Arabian horses and a unique menagerie. The latter contains th«s famous Royal Bengal tiger Duke, the largest tiger in captivity ; the great Burmah elephant Babe, said to have been the favourite hunting elephant of King Thebaw ; a den of performing leopards, and specimens of the sacred Brahmin cattle of India. The tent will be located on the site of the late Exhibition, and the management make a point of attending to the comfort of its patrons.
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1898, Page 5
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215HARMSTON'S CIRCUS. Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 77, 28 September 1898, Page 5
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