Sparks Circus Made Hit with a Mammoth Crowd in This City. . . Thousands of People Attended the Two Performances Given in Goldsboro Yesterday and Went Away Well Pleased
Yesterday was circus day in Goldsboro, and as usual the city and countryside turned out en masse to see the renowned Sparks circus—the parade and two performances, along with the side shows and all the fol-de-rols that are found with such an aggregation.
The day was an ideal circus day, and early the visitors began to assemble on the streets, awaiting the arrival of the parade. Many wended their way out to the circus lot in the eastern part of the city, and watched the erection of the tents and early morning life about the grounds.
These hastened cityward when the hour of the parade drew near.
The parade in itself was worth coming to see. There was cage after cage of wild animals, horses such as delight the eye of the lovers of equines, many of these being driven and ridden by handsomely gowned women. Along with all this were two bands and two steam calliopes, making up a parade which was very creditable.
At the afternoon performance the big tent was literally packed and jammed with humanity. There were probably 5,000 people present, and each of these thoroughly enjoyed the performance.
Elaborate Spectacle
The performance opened with an elaborately costumed spectacle, “An Egyptian Fantasy,” featuring 200 human and animal participants, including Karl Mosher, contra tenor, and Miss Lucille Aumann, prima donna, in addition to a number of dancers in all the rings.
Then things followed rapidly. First and foremost were the animal acts, including Captain Tieber’s group of seals, Tom Burns’ pigs, the lion and the polar bear act.
By far the most intricate and wonderful number on the entire program was the act of Prof. Kloske’s group of 16 German-bred horses in drills and maneuvers. The work of these animals showed almost human intelligence and brought round after round of applause.
Every act on the program, including those of the tight wire, aerial artists and the Japs was good, so good in fact that they could hardly have been improved jupon, and every one went away well satisfied.
Last night another large and appreciative audience was in attendance, and the show was equally as good as during the afternoon.
At midnight the circus began to entrain for Wilmington, where they will give two performances today.
From the front page of The Goldsboro News, September 25, 1924. Photo from the blog Pat Cashin’s ClownAlley. Pat Cashin's CLOWNALLEY: PETE MARDO: Sparks Circus 1924, accessed March 7, 1924
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