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FEAR CIRCUS WARTRUST OF THE TENTED MON(hat of t withSTERS IS ENDED.ingliny* Have Three Big Show* andWill Go After Their Rival*With Vengeance.A circus war of immense propor* Ion* Is promised fo* the conDng sea* on and from all present accounts the •Mtirt* country will ho given its choice»f at least two of the greatest enterprises. In some of the titles three o! he large tent enterprise* will bo not nind the dates will be fo arranged that t will be a matter of financial u .it iv*nt to aonie of the aggregations.1 pits are out now looking up tbe outing of the el reuse:, and as fast os he agtnts ran learn anything of tin; novenients of the opposition they use « *t to fhe management of the entei-(irlse which gives them employment. The trust, which was alive last year, ill he dissolved at the clone of the present calendar year, and so far asj he agreement is concerned it was broken up *ome weese ago when the ig shows pulled Into winter quarters, hcwe in the tamt were the Ringlings, arnuru Bai^P and the Forepaugh-11a aggregation. The trust was or-anized two years ago under the ma-ipulation of Hailey of the big shows! ince then the Forepaugh-Sells shows ► ere taken up by the Klnglings and arnum Bailey, and just before the oae of the season the Ringlings pur-osed the interest of the Harnum anagement and secured complete ntrol of the show and will line up atnst the Harnum Bailey outfit id the Buffalo Bill show. One of the etors in the work of last year wasoutthe go s war sent Ciwillheatthewillandbobget** j* /***#B1aerorickThisedgetheforjiT1of t! acts stroi turnits \ hlnanwa;actsInstup text rIlOWAv ayilt; witla IrreceiElt;perfithe»e appearance of the Carl Hagenback ow, which entered the field as an.in pendent aggregation and whichoked as though It was fighting the ,o hlg combination, yet wnich later j velopments proves to have been a | Meeting agency for the Ringlings. id the latter company owned an Incest In it and hllted it in connectionmartiomiraysworlTiIpurebornwayIron1th Us own ^!Icpw where It was nooes-ry to protect neutral ground of thenibinrttlon, and the Ringlings were )l put to the extra heavy expense ofhtlng a real opponent, though it sup-ied the funds to fight the other two [gregations on private ground. The igenbaeks have recently been taken er by the Ringlings and this given Is company three of the biggest rited enterprises yet brought to-ther under one ownership.The line-up of the respectivlt;* big ows is: Harnum Bailey. 80 cars: ngling, 72; Hagenback, 74; Buffalo Hi, 5k. The Hagenbcck circus intro-rcK the innovation of five rings, two ng devoted to wild beast exhlbi ns. The Buffalo Bill show has been Europe for two years and comes •k with new laurels, and wilt beeh the same as in past years, rman Dan by. representing Car! gcnbcck. has declared that the war next season will be a big one, andcquflperjtlggTluledskit nbllltic arcashadmthatapplTfon t with testtoe.’darnter f Tithe i »omi tlonkinsoi it iDibitHim.ri
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Burlington Evening Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sat, Dec 15, 1906
Page 7
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Fred P.
OH, USA 09 Jul 2020
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