COLE'S GREAT AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN CIRCUS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 30 November 1880, Page 3

COLE'S GREAT AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN CIRCUS.

f] )e advent to the Colonies of W. W. £,),/*i great American and European circus uJd' menagerie has already excited more tliaa ordinary interest in amusement and in view of the fact that many mnjiictures are rife a3 to the extent of jjj-g Vl3 t enterprise, an interview with Mr. I E. Coolce, press agent of the famous jimv, served to elicit the following knowconcerning it :—The organisation puiiats of circtts, menagerie, aquarium, jnd i congress of living wonders, which embraces rare specimens of animated and jpnimatstl nature, without limit. In America, whence it comes, it i 3 conceded to stand pre-eminent among its fellows, jai traveh exclusively npon huge tuira of 3teel cars built expressly for it. In this country, it will be transported on steamers under special charter, and rait only the larger cities. The cost of transit from San Francisco to New Zealand alone exceeded §20,000, or fjOOO sterling. Every feature advertised will be produced. The marvellous troupe of six performing stallions will all Ja seen in the ring at once, and every position act, or movement depicted on the iliow-carda will positively be accomplished these eqnine wondere. The dazzling electric light, of which so much has been aid, i 3 nsed to illuminate the vast exhibi-tion-tents, which contain nearly a million pris of canvas. This refulgent light is of such remarkable brilliance that every object around i 3 made distinctly discernible, though the night be of inky darkness. The zoological wonders are a special item of interest, and will consist of animals, beasts, and birds—dens of performing African lions, leopards, tigers, kenas, sea lion 3 (weighing tons), snakes and reptiles, elephants, camels, and atwoiornea black rhinoceros are prominent features. Not 1e33 than eight bare-back riders will enter the arena, and the appearance of Mdlle. Lind Jeal, the only jiving- female rider who dashes through loops of fire, ia considered the sensation par excellence. A troupe of aerial bitjcle ridera will accomplish herculean fats upon a single strand of wire suspended some 50ft. above the ground. These are only a few of the many features, jet they will serve to illustrate the immensity of the enterprise. Men who ride seven horses at once, and hurl themselves overaherd of elephants and camels at a lini'le leap, are a'so principal attractions in this great show, which will be opened kcr.e night only in Oamaru on the 20th December.