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Shortridge Has Handcuff King.
M. Shode in advane of ga RINGLING BROS. ANSWER
kee Robinson shows, has just closed
contracts with Fred L. Gay, known a
sendhimona touras soon as theshow THE TAMMEN CHALLENGE
closes. As a part of the act, they will
carry torture machines and straight-
jackets from Japan, China, Russia and
Mexico, and somelof the boots, etc.,use   Furious Circus War Being Waged With Lurid                      Lithographs as
in many of the large penitentiarieS of    Fui      sWaW                            geLrd
this country.-TUCKER.                                the Ammunition --Virginia the Battle Ground.
DEL FUEGO CLOSES.
Del Fuego and wife have closed their      The fight has begun. The Sells-Floto     make the general admission 25 cents and
engagement with Yankee Robinson, ow-      show fired the first gun, when it issued  25 cents extra for reserved seats, in-
ing to the illness of Mrs. Del Fuego,     its new   28-sheet poster, showing pic-    stead of general admission of 50 cents,
who is now at her home at Perth Am-       tures of Win. Sells and the four "Sells    charging 50 cents and $1 additional for
boy, N. .. Mr. and Mrs. Fuego will feel   Brothers," and to those who believed       reserved seats, as the Ringling and Bar-
ever grateful for the kindness shown to   that the Ringlings would ignore this,      num and Bailey shows are now doing,
them by their friends with the Yankee     the reproductions of the two quarter       and we believe that the oublic will re-
Robinson show.                            sheets shown on this page furnishesan aspond where they get two           for  one

OF CIRCUS              H IPPODROME,~~
EXPERIENCE       4H.ID WEST.
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The New Twenty-Eight-sheet Poster of the Sells-Floto Circus.

ADAMFOREPAUGH
SR[S BROS.
ENORMOUS SHOWS UNITED.
WHAT IS THERE
IN A NAME?
by  eats of honorabl. tair. libral dealing
That ia why Sells Bros and Forepaughto
~gf.'  .~daytad at theonve head of teatedamuse-
mnrenlt uerarealiti ttoman ontlat
tin50  ators  Itteolo ttateatii  to
inscrlous on ernehtts na etnn rqe
til  F-i IetCilO ii.o  Thin  in,
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heie tobeb1o r casnon n 3
Henceithe announcement.
BENOTDECEIVED.
THE SELLS BROS,
AND FOREPAUG      H
ENORMOUS SHOWS UNITED
WILL NOT VISIT NORFOLK BEFORE 1910.
NEXrT YrEeARuI

answer in tile negative.   It would
certainly appear that the reasonable
way for the Ringlings would have been
to have had recourse to the courts if
tl1ey believed that the Sells-Floto man-
agement Ilad infringed upon their legal
rights.
The Ringling quarter sheets were first
displayed at Norfolk, Va., four days in
.adlvance of thle date of the Sells-1"loto
sihows' w hichI was billed in the usual
way to appear in thatcity,Monday, Sept.
20.
Tammen in Rot Retort.
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 30.-H. H. Tam-
men n, wh en seen at his office in this city
anid asked his views regarding the new
quarter sheets of the Ringling Broth-
cr5, put up in opposition to his show,
said: "It is almost as rich a joke as the
'coming soon' stuff they got out ahead
of us in the south. You may recall that
the Ringling show began its opposition
billing April 2, at El Paso, Texas, an-
nouncing that they were 'coming soon'
whereas, they will not show there until
to-day. If you will examine the billing
which they did against us at Norfolk
you will note that they announce that
they will show at Madison Square, New
York, in 1910, for eight weeks. This is
not true. In fact, the whole circular is
acheap method offighting andis put in
such shape that there are no signatures
to it so as to enable anyone to enter
court proceedings against them, al-
though they are responsible parties. The
quarter sheet does not designate this
and of the law suits that have been en-
tered against the Ringling Brothers by
us, one or two have been dropped be-
cause of want of proper service. In other
words, when a notice was served on
one of the Ringlings it was argued that
there was no responsibility, as they had
no interest.
"The Barnum and Bailey show is bill-
ing against us everywhere in the south
wvith the 'coming soon' stuff, but I can
assure you it has madenodiffeence in
our profits, unless it has been toincrease
them. For instance, in Norfolk, where
the new Ringling quarter sheets first
made their appearance, we played to
$6,000. That was the fourth largest
business we have had this season, and
is entirely satisfactory. We had one
complete turnaway, and capacity in the
afternoon.
Cut Prices Threatened.
"Furthermore, the threat of the Fore-
paugh outfit to go on the road next sea-
son-and it is assumed that the idea is
to follow the Sells-Floto and be in di-
rect opposition to them-is indeed grat-
ifying to us, because we have made up
our minds to establish a circus much
larger than our present aggregati on and

against the present method and will do
so, so strongly that the results will be
equally as profitable as they have been
with tile 50 cent price.
"It may not be out of place to state
that court Iroceedings will beinstituted
by the Sells-Floto Circus Company as
soon as it is possible to get service upon
the so-called owners of the three shows
-that is, Ringling Brothers as individ-
uals or co-partnlers, and therefore a
merry,, and possibly a hot time in the
show business may be expected before
this season is over or surely during the
season of 1910."
WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS
ORGANIZED ON COAST.
Al. G. Barnes Announces Plans toBild
Big TentedShow In
Spokane.
SPOKANE, Wash., Sept. 29.-A real
Spokane circus-assembled and built
here, with a permanent training quar-
ters-will go on the road next spring
to be known as Al G. Barnes' Trained
Wild Animal circus.
Arrangements have been made with
the fair association for winter training
quarters at the fair grounds, and it is
expected that the entire winter will be
occupied in fitting the wild animals for
the road next spring.
"If our present plans work out we
will open a free zoo at the fair grounds
for probably a month in the spring, and
the visitors from the city will be given
exhibitions of the animals' work," stat-
ed Mr. Barnes in speaking of his new
enterprise.
Contracts are being let with the F.
0. Berg company for covering tile big
show, and 22 cars are to be built, with
an addition of six standard coaches for
sleeping quarters.  This contract has
been let already to the Mount Vernon
Car company.
Mr. Barnes will deal exclusively in
wild animal acts, and he is raising most
of the animals himself. The show has
outgrown the carnival business and Mr.
Barnes is about to realize his ambition,
heading a circus of his own.
Spokane is to be headquarters for the
show, and it is to be billed as a Spo-
kane product. The enterprise will go
into winter quarters here each season.
Mr. Barnes ispreparing to sendfive of
his acts over tie Pantages circuit this
winter.

NOT COMING
TO NORFOLKI
UNTIL 1910.
MIo.  ,       OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
TO THE PUBLIC.
F  auigh , Colosa  Ehibitisil
f.,ae th   intko  at dt ii9ee
impha  tout o1  ect  setonin
unoDllane maiugrtiatit..a.o
-iie ij       --rane admeaoreonsecuw~s
Na  Yatl Cite
BELIEVE NO FALSE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO THE OONTH90.
There is but one Scils Bros.' She
It Will NOT EXHIBIT AT NORFOLK THIS YEAR

Many Circuses in Oklaom
IALESTER, Okla., Sept.       l
Bros.' 101 Ranch andWild~etxii
ed here MIonday, September 20 and wa
greeted by an immense crow;dand is
meeting with like success througho.1'
tie1entire state. The Indianswerem.
en to Lake Park Sunday afternoon for
a pleasure trip and seemed to enjo,
same immensely, also received man
kind words in regard atoThe ho
World,' and were shown agoodtie by
all. Barnum &Bailey exhibitedThurs.
dlay. September 23, and although three
days behind Miller Bros.' 101 Ranch
show, had ian exceptionally god crowd
Buffalo Bill's Wild W"est & Pawnee'
Bill's Far East will exhibit Saturday
October 2, and an immense crowd is e
pected from all parts of the eastern
half of the state. The Busby opened
September 23 with "The Alaskan"; al-
though the Barnum & Bailey showa
in town on this date, it did not see
to hurt the attendance any.

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