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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Myers' Grand Hippodrome - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: November 7, 2016 [EBook #53472] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MYERS' GRAND HIPPODROME *** - - - - -Produced by deaurider and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - THE - Holborn Restaurant, - 218, HIGH HOLBORN, - ONE OF THE SIGHTS AND ONE OF THE COMFORTS OF LONDON - - Attractions of the Chief Parisian Establishments, with the - quiet and order essential to English Customs. - - _Dinners and Luncheons from Daily Bill of Fare._ - - A TABLE D’HOTE, AT SEPARATE TABLES, - Every Evening, from 6 to 8.30, - 3s. 6d., - _Including Two Soups, Two Kinds of Fish, Two Entrées, Joints, - Sweets, Cheese (in variety), Salad, &c., with Ices and Dessert._ - - This favourite Dinner is accompanied by a Selection of - high-class Instrumental Music. - - COFFEE, TEA, CHESS, AND SMOKING ROOMS. - - * * * * * - - Crystal Palace Skating Rink. - - PLIMPTON’S PATENT ROLLER SKATES. - - THE RINK, open and covered, has an area of 14,000 square feet, - the surface is laid with Plimpton’s patent Pitch Pine Floor, - and the Skates are in perfect condition. - - ENTRANCE FROM PALACE. - - _By Aquarium Staircase; and from Upper Terrace by Monkey House._ - - Admission One Shilling. - Hire of Skates Sixpence. - Spectators Sixpence. - - OPEN DAILY (MAY to OCTOBER), - - From 10 till 1, 2 till close of Palace, excepting on Tuesdays, - Thursdays, and on all Firework and Fête Days, when the hours - are 10 till 1, 2 till 6, and 7 till 9.30, with a Band in - attendance. - - As a fashionable and invigorating exercise, Skating stands - unrivalled. With Ladies and Children the delightful art of - Skating is more easily acquired on roller than on ice Skates, - and the newly-laid patented floor is universally considered a - superior medium to asphalte or Portland cement. The amusement - afforded to onlookers rivals any of the numerous attractions of - the Crystal Palace. - - =N.B.--The New OPEN-AIR RINK, which is in shade after 2 - o’clock, commands a fine view of the unrivalled Gardens and the - Kentish Hills, and affords, perhaps, the pleasantest lounge - (combined with the amusement of the Rink) within the precincts - of the Palace.= - - - - - CRYSTAL PALACE. - - Myers’ Grand Hippodrome. - - ACCOUNT OF THE STABLES - - GREAT COURSE FOR CHARIOT RACES, STEEPLE-CHASES, - HURDLE RACES, ETC., - _All other Arrangements at the Crystal Palace_, - WITH PLAN. - - ANECDOTES OF JOHN COOPER’S FEATS - OF - Lion Taming & Elephant Training, - DESCRIPTION OF - ELEPHANT SWIMMING AND BATHING, - GREAT EQUESTRIAN PANTOMIME, - LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD, - SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, - AND - _Parades and Processions of Gorgeous Chariots_. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -Myers’ Grand Hippodrome. - - -At the Crystal Palace. - -It is but natural that the greatest Hippodrome of the world -should be quartered at the greatest pleasure-resort of the world, -and the arrangements made at the Crystal Palace for the reception -and performances of Mr. Myers’ Company will fittingly occupy the -first place in this brief account of his establishment, and of the -entertainments which will be offered to the public during his visit -to England. The stables (marked D on plan), whose dimensions are -given elsewhere, occupy the basement at the north end of the building -adjoining the Skating Rink, and will be open to the inspection of -visitors, affording what is really tantamount to a daily show of horses -and ponies of the highest breed, training, and mettle. The arrangements -for ventilation and the preservation of cleanliness are perfect. The -horses each occupy separate stalls; the floor is of concrete, and the -whole is lighted with gas whenever necessary. The elephants and camels -are housed in specially-erected stables (E on plan) at the north end of -the Second Terrace, near the bear-pit; and the lions are caged on the -north lawns, being transported daily with their cages to the various -places of exhibition. - -The performances take place in various _locales_--in fact it may safely -be affirmed that no arena in England could be found better adapted -than the Crystal Palace for the display of Mr. Myers’ resources. The -great course of three-quarters of a mile in length (C on plan) has -been formed by connecting the First and Second Terraces, on which will -take place the steeple-chases, hurdle-races, parades of richly-mounted -carriages lavishly plated and decorated, and revivals of classic -sports. This transformation has been effected by the construction of -two inclined planes, 120 yards in length, built of timber, supported -on piles, and overlaid with a thick stratum of earth or tan to form a -suitable roadway. - -The conformation of the Greek hippodrome was not unlike that of the -great course formed in the Crystal Palace grounds, the sides being -parallel, and one end semicircular. The site for the hippodrome of old -was also chosen, as a rule, on the side of a hill. The circuit of the -Olympic hippodrome was about 2,500 feet, or a little less than half -a mile; that of the course on the first and second terraces of the -Crystal Palace is 3,760 feet, or half as long again. The width of the -Greek hippodrome was about 400 feet; that of the Crystal Palace also -400 feet. The Circus Maximus of Rome was three stadia, or about 1,800 -feet, in length; and about 600 feet across. - -If we picture to ourselves the whole frontage of the Crystal Palace, -1,584 feet in length, tier upon tier affording accommodation to -thousands of spectators, and overlooking a combination of natural and -artificial scenery such as is hardly to be matched in England, we may -justly claim that the Coliseum of Rome in all its glory did not afford -a spectacle so picturesque, and with the additional advantage that the -performances at the Crystal Palace will be entirely free from debasing -elements. - -The equestrian performances, entertainments of Oriental jugglery and -acrobats, feats of lion-taming, by John Cooper, and other exhibitions, -are divided between the great centre transept (A on plan) and the -great waterproof tent (B on plan) erected at the north end, occupying -21,600 square feet, and capable of holding 4,000 persons. An ingenious -plan has been devised by which the centre transept can be at will -transformed into an enormous circus, or revert to its normal use as a -promenade, a theatre, or colossal concert-hall. A ring of 44 feet outer -and 30 feet inner dimensions, has been formed by constructing a sunken -circle about 12 inches below the level of the original floor, which is -rendered capable of removal to just such an extent as will disclose the -ring, the boarding being replaced to form the ordinary promenade, at -such times as the circus performances are not going on. The elephants -and other animals will be brought from their stables in the basement -and park to the centre transept along an inclined plane of about 250 -feet in length, and of ample width to allow both human and quadrupedal -performers to pass or repass. - - -Magnitude of Mr. Myers’ Establishment. - -The magnitude of Mr. Myers’ establishment may be, in some degree, -estimated when we state that its performances employ no less than -200 persons--as equestrians, acrobats, clowns, musicians, children, -&c., and 200 performing animals, comprising 132 horses, 18 ponies, 9 -elephants, 7 lions, 6 camels, besides monkeys, dogs, and mules. The -estimated value of _matériel_ alone is £150,000, and the daily expenses -are over £250. Another idea of its extent may be gained from a few -facts as to its transport to England, which required a train of no less -than 46 waggons, besides passenger carriages, for the conveyance from -Paris to Boulogne, where it was transferred to the two steam-vessels -_Leo_ and _Rhine_, which were specially detached from the General Steam -Navigation Company’s Continental service, for the voyage to London. -The area of the stabling and harness-rooms at the Crystal Palace is no -less than 27,456 square feet; and the dressing-rooms alone occupy 3,472 -square feet. The elephants, horses, and camels require about 10,000 -pounds of corn, 8,000 pounds of hay, 8,000 pounds of straw, 2,000 -pounds of bran, and 3,000 pounds of potatoes per week; while the lions -consume 400 pounds of beef per week. - - -Career of Mr. Myers. - -Mr. J. W. Myers, the proprietor of the largest Hippodrome in the -world, was born in New York in 1828. Though still in the prime of life, -he is a veteran in his profession, having commenced his public career -at the early age of nine by apprenticing himself as an equestrian to -Aaron Turner and Sons, partners of the celebrated Barnum. _Ex nihilo -nihil fit_, and Mr. Myers thus early recognised the truth of the -proverb by taking care to be provided with the small though substantial -capital of one halfpenny, with which, as the nucleus of fortune, -he fled from his home. He made rapid progress in his calling, and -soon distinguished himself as being the first who ever did a double -somersault over horses. A few years’ experience placed him foremost -among equestrians, and at the age of twenty-one he started a Circus and -Menagerie of his own, with which he travelled over the United States -for seven years. He then sold his property to Mr. John Wilson (whose -establishment was at the time the largest of its kind in America) and -came to England, having, shortly after his arrival, the distinguished -honour of performing before Her Majesty the Queen and the late Prince -Consort, at Windsor Castle. - -Mr. Myers was for seventeen months engaged with Messrs. Howes and -Cushing, and at the expiration of that time he again formed a company -of his own, and performed with great success at Birmingham and other -English towns. Leaving England for the Continent he commenced the -career which has culminated in the formation of an establishment of -unprecedented magnitude. - -The Mecca of Mr. Myers’ long pilgrimage was, of course, Paris; and -a Paris journal gives a characteristic account of the interview in -which the _entrepreneur_ acquired possession of the Magasins Réunis, -which he has transformed into the vast establishment which has been the -sensation of the capital of the world of pleasure during the last six -months. The Paris _Figaro_ states that on a certain day in last autumn -the proprietor of the Magasins Réunis, Baron E----, was visited by a -stranger who expressed his desire to hire the structure, till then a -drug in the market. Baron E---- was startled for a moment, but, soon -recovering his self-possession, replied that he was willing to let, -but only on a twenty years’ lease. “Be it so,” answered the applicant. -The owner believed himself the sport of a dream, and could only feebly -articulate “75,000 francs (£3,000) a year.” “I’ll give you 75,000 -francs a year,” answered the visitor, “and here’s a year’s rent in -advance.” The bargain was struck, and the applicant announced himself -as Mr. J. W. Myers, the proprietor of a peripatetic hippodrome. Mr. -Myers set himself with all possible speed to adapt his new acquisition -to his purposes, and the great range of warehouses at the Château d’Eau -was in a very few weeks transformed, at an outlay of not less than a -million of francs, into a place of entertainment which has been one -of the wonders of Paris since December 19, 1875, when it was first -opened to the public. The great circus into which the central court -was converted accommodates an audience of more than 8,000 persons, and -the establishment is described by _La France_ as a complete world in -itself. In fact, the Paris press is singularly unanimous in pronouncing -it to be not only the greatest hippodrome which has ever visited -Paris, but (what is perhaps synonymous) the greatest in the world, -unparalleled in grandeur and magnificence. - -For the Hippodrome of Mr. Myers has attained its present unequalled -proportions by gradual and steady growth. There is an eclecticism -even in Circus business, and Mr. Myers has excelled the doings of his -predecessors and contemporaries, not merely by employing nine elephants -where they used to employ _one_ performer and three or four “dummies”; -by doubling the usual number of the band, of the horses, and other -component parts of such an establishment: but he has taken care that -his horses shall be the best bred; that his elephants shall be the most -highly trained; that his equestrians shall be the most finished and -daring; that his clowns shall be the most amusing; that his acrobats -shall be the most graceful that have ever been seen in public. If the -patronage of the great ones of the earth be a test of merit, Mr. Myers -may claim to possess that merit in a supereminent degree. The Emperor -William of Germany, the Empress Augusta, the Emperor Francis Joseph and -the Empress of Austria, King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, King Alfonso -of Spain, the King and Queen of the Belgians, the King and Queen of -the Netherlands, the King and Queen of Saxony, the Queen of Greece, -the Khedive of Egypt, the President of Switzerland, the late Emperor -Napoleon III., the Empress Eugenie, the ex-Queen Isabella of Spain, the -King and Queen of Hanover, and the unfortunate Abdul Aziz of Turkey, -have all, at various times and places, honoured Mr. Myers with their -presence at his performances. Lyons, Bordeaux, Toulon, Dijon, Nimes, -St. Étienne, Nice, Grenoble, Avignon, Toulouse, and all the great towns -in France; Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfort, Breslau, Dresden, Königsberg, -Leipsic, Cologne, Mayence, Vienna, Nuremberg, Munich, Bremen, Dantzic, -Stettin, Regensburg, Strasburg, Metz, in Germany; Rome, Turin, Milan, -Florence, Genoa, Verona, Venice, Padua, in Italy; Amsterdam, Rotterdam, -the Hague, Utrecht, in Holland; Brussels, and other towns in Belgium; -Berne, Aarau, Schaffhausen, Zurich, Lausanne, Geneva, Zug, Basle, St. -Gallen, in Switzerland, have all been visited by Mr. Myers; and the -press of these places has been unanimous in its laudatory notices of -his establishment and its performances. - - -Animal Performances in Ancient Times. - -The love for spectacles in which animals take part is inherent in -human nature, and directed the current of popular amusements at a -very early period of the world’s history. There is a natural pleasure -in witnessing performances which illustrate the sovereignty which -man’s intellect enables him to obtain over the largest and fiercest -of the brutes. Some of the most beautiful of the classic myths are -based on this dominion of man over the animal creation. The Centaurs -were but early trainers and riders of horses, the vulgar imagination -amalgamating the horse and its rider into one strange creature whose -beneficent deeds rendered him worthy of deification. The chariot race -is described by Homer as the most important item in the series of -funeral games in honour of Patroclus. Chariot-racing was introduced -at the 25th Olympiad (about B.C. 680), and racing by single horses in -the 33rd Olympiad (about B.C. 648). Elephants were first introduced in -the Roman circus in the year B.C. 251, when Lucius Metellus exhibited -them as part of the spoil of his victory over the Carthaginians. Lions -and panthers were first exhibited in B.C. 186 by M. Fulvius, after the -Ætolian war. After this date wild beasts became a regular feature of -the Roman entertainments. Scaurus, in B.C. 58, exhibited a hippopotamus -and five crocodiles. Julius Cæsar introduced giraffes into Italy for -the first time in B.C. 45; Augustus, a rhinoceros in B.C. 29. But these -animals were used mainly for the _venatio_, or exhibition in which they -fought against each other, or against man--the contrast between the old -Circensian games and the modern performances being all in favour of our -own times as regards humanity. - - -The Performing Elephants. - -Elephants have, from a very early period in the history of circus -entertainments, played a leading part in the performances. They were, -in fact, the first animals (except, of course, horses) introduced into -the ancient amphitheatre, Lucius Metellus having (as stated above) -paraded them as part of the spoils of the Carthaginian war. In the -time of Pompey’s rule at Rome there was an attempt on the part of the -elephants to break down the barriers which separated them from the -public, an act of insubordination which led Cæsar to alter the form -of the circus. We hear of elephants as rope-walkers in the time of -Galba and Nero, and, in the reign of the latter emperor, an elephant -mounted an arch and thence walked on a rope with a man on his back. -Pliny, in his “Natural History,” has an account of an exhibition given -by Germanicus, in which elephants walked the tight-rope, fought with -javelins, and executed the Pyrrhic dance; and Seneca, Suetonius, Dion -Cassius, and Œlian bear testimony to their talents and high training. -Pliny says that the elephant is able to walk up the rope backwards, -and down it head foremost. Elephants are peculiarly susceptible to -the influence of music, and the Romans took full advantage of this -susceptibility. They were trained to march into the amphitheatre to -the rhythm of musical instruments; and we have in Arrian an account -of an elephant who, with cymbals fastened to his knees and trunk, -beat time to which his comrades danced. They also took part in mimic -representations of a banquet, reclining at which, in suitable costume -of ladies and gentlemen of the period, they behaved very much like -those they represented, eating and drinking with due decorum. Elephant -performances have been a feature of modern hippodromes, but it was -reserved for Mr. Myers’ coadjutor, John Cooper, to rediscover the -lost art of elephant training and performing, as understood by the -ancients. Music has played an important part in the education of Mr. -Myers’ _troupe_ of elephants. They waltz with pachydermatous grace, and -in perfect time; they execute complete ballets with an accuracy and -confident knowledge of their respective _rôles_, which many a human -performer might envy. They perform dramatic scenes with a perfect -appreciation of the situation. An anecdote or two will illustrate their -intelligence. It is recorded that, while performing in a certain town, -the _troupe_ had each evening, while on the road from the stables to -the place of representation, to pass in front of the tap of a brewery. -One day, as they were _en route_, one of the drinkers held out his -glass of beer to an elephant. The elephant gracefully accepted the -compliment, took with the utmost delicacy the glass from the hand of -the donor, poured the contents down its throat, and politely returned -the empty vessel to its owner. The bystanders were so amused, that in -an instant a crowd of glasses was tendered to the crowd of trunks, -and the same ceremony was performed by all the elephants present. -The proprietor of the establishment, in an excess of generosity, -brought out a barrel of beer, which was soon emptied by the combined -efforts of the trunks, and the _troupe_ went on its way rejoicing to -its duties. But the next evening the elephants, to the surprise of -their keepers, unanimously refused the ordinary beverage which was -provided before starting to their tasks. They were not pressed, and -the _cortége_ took its way to the theatre; but, on arriving in front -of the brewery, the elephants, to the consternation of their guides, -refused to budge a step until the performance of the preceding day -had been repeated. The brewer, with less satisfaction than on the -preceding evening, provided a second barrel of beer, and begged the -superintendent of the procession to take another road for the future. -But he had reckoned without his host. In spite of all the efforts of -the keepers, at the same hour the next evening an array of trunks was -again extended in front of the brewery, and a third barrel went the -way of its predecessors. In despair the brewer related his sad case -to Mr. Myers, who indemnified him, ordered a barrel of beer to be -delivered at each passage of the _troupe_, and, it is said, has ever -since, when travelling, taken care that his elephants shall avoid all -streets in which stands temptation in the shape of a brewery. Another -story is told of one of the sagacious animals whose keeper, returning -fatigued at night, fell asleep on a truss of straw, and was uplifted by -the trunk of his faithful four-footed valet, and placed in a manger; -the elephant not contenting himself with this delicate attention, -but proceeding to take off the boots of the sleeper, and cover him -carefully with two or three trusses of straw! - -One of the most interesting of Mr. Myers’ exhibitions, is the bathing -and swimming of the elephants, which takes place in the lakes of the -Crystal Palace. The sight is a most amusing one; in fact, one day’s -casual bathe of the elephants in the Rhine, when Mr. Myers was at -Cologne, so excited the curiosity of the townspeople, that a guarantee -of some thousands of thalers was raised to ensure its repetition on -successive days. The great beasts play hide-and-seek with each other, -and, with their keepers, they turn somersaults in the water; they are -as uncontrollable and spontaneous in their mirth as a pack of boys -turned loose into a playground after school hours with _carte blanche_ -to amuse themselves. Indeed the only drawback to their being allowed -to enter the water is the difficulty of getting them back for their -more serious duties. Pursuit with boats is attendant with the risk -of the sudden elevation of the vessel and its occupants some ten or -twenty feet into the air; and even when one is captured and seemingly -brought to a sense of its duties, the temptation to rejoin its sporting -comrades is too strong for it, and if unwatched for an instant, it -takes the opportunity of plunging in again. Nothing but the firm though -mild rule of John Cooper then avails to bring them up to the time and -place for their other performances. - - -John Cooper and Lion Taming. - -With the lions of Mr. Myers’ Hippodrome the name of John Cooper is -inseparably associated. This foremost animal trainer in the world, was -born at Birmingham in 1838, and entered upon his present career under -the auspices of George Batty (brother of the Batty of hippodromatic -fame of 1851), who was then travelling on the Continent with his -circus and menagerie. Cooper commenced lion-taming at the early age -of twelve, and has followed the profession of trainer of wild animals -without cessation till the present time. He remained with George Batty -about fifteen years, and at the expiration of that time bought some -lions, and started on his own account. In 1866-67 he met Mr. Myers, -who ultimately bought Cooper’s lions, and engaged the services of -their owner at a salary unprecedented in the profession. The secret of -Cooper’s success is his love of animals, allied with a temperament in -which fear is no element, and a calm sense of superiority which is felt -by his brute servants no less than by himself. - -Some remarkable instances of his immediate ascendency over the -fiercest animals are on record. When Lucas, the lion-tamer, was killed -by his own lions, he left a wife and child with no other resource -than the ownership of the fierce brutes. M. Arnauld, manager of the -hippodrome where the tragedy took place, gave a benefit performance -for the widow, and Cooper volunteered to enter the cage of the lions, -whom he had never before seen, and who had never before seen him, and -to perform with them, a task which he accomplished to the astonishment -of all beholders. Victor Emmanuel of Italy--one who, like Cooper, never -quailed before danger--found a kindred spirit in the lion-tamer, and -has honoured him with special marks of approbation; one of his presents -being two splendid lions, which form part of the _troupe_ with which -Cooper performs. Four camels and an elephant are also gifts of the -soldier-king. John Cooper has trained, while with Mr. Myers, 42 lions, -16 elephants, 25 camels, besides monkeys, bears, hyænas, and other -animals. It is a popular fallacy that trainers of such animals begin -their task while their pupils are in infancy. Cooper does not commence -with lions till they are five years old; only in one case, that of the -King of Italy’s lions, did he begin at four-and-a-half years. Whatever -and however fierce the animals presented, he enters their cage without -hesitation and without emotion, at the first interview. In the presence -of his ferocious _protégés_ a remarkable change takes place in the -demeanour of Cooper, and it is difficult to realise that the quiet, -mild, and gentle individual with whom one has been recently conversing -is the same person with the stern, energetic, and commanding figure, -with the bright and penetrating eyes, before which quail the fiercest -of the beasts, and whose iron will renders them compliant with his -every nod and beck. - -We have before alluded to Cooper’s fondness for animals. One -incident is worth recording, as illustrating both that trait and his -dauntless intrepidity. While the lions were one day engaged in their -performances, springing over the head of their master, bounding from -one side of the cage to the other, a favourite lioness failed to clear -the movable barrier which the trainer uses to separate the animals -when necessary, or, as in the present instance, as a kind of hurdle -over which they are to leap in traversing the cage. The impulse of -the spring forced apart the iron bars of the barrier, and the head -and fore-part of the poor lioness were fixed as in a vice, at the -height of some feet from the floor of the cage. The situation was -somewhat critical, as Cooper had around him the other lions, which -were evidently excited by the fix of their companion; but, nothing -daunted, he attempted to release the prisoner by manual force. She -was, however, too firmly fixed; and Cooper called for a mallet, a -lever, and other tools, with which, unheeding his ferocious and excited -attendants--against whom he for the time had no defence--he separated -or broke the bars, and released the lioness from her painful position. - -Mr. Myers relates an account of a desperate fight between a Senegal and -Nubian lion, which, in the absence of Cooper, he and his people vainly -tried to stop by red-hot iron bars, by throwing several pounds of snuff -into their eyes, and other unsuccessful means. The fight resulted in -the death of the larger lion before Cooper could arrive to separate -the furious beasts; but, on his arrival, he at once entered the cage, -severely chastised the victor, and attaching ropes to the body of the -dead lion, dragged it out of the cage without molestation. - -Mr. Myers’ experience of a quarter of a century with lions tells -him that, contrary to popular belief, lions born in captivity are -less intelligent and much more fierce and nimble than those born in a -state of liberty. The victor in the above-related fight was born in -captivity. But whether born in the great forests of the tropics or the -narrow cages of the travelling menagerie, all fierce animals are alike -cowed by the magnetic power of John Cooper, and Mr. Myers’ longstanding -challenge of £100,000 to be awarded to any lion-tamer in the world who -will perform the same feats as John Cooper is still unaccepted. - - -Equestrian Scenes. - -With such an unrivalled stud as that of Mr. Myers, and with such a -company of equestrians, it is, of course, inevitable that the scenes of -the circle will be on a commensurate scale. Mr. Myers has enlisted the -services of almost all the best-known riders, and his horses fulfil all -the requirements of the circle, both for high breed, for docility, and -for training. There is not a more accomplished and graceful horsewoman -in the world than Mrs. Myers; and her performance on her thoroughbred -steed “Cromwell” will form one of the most pleasing features of -the exhibition. Madame Nyegaard’s feats, performed while riding a -barebacked steed, are also unique; while the Madigans are unsurpassed -in those daring gymnastic feats which would almost lead one to the -belief that the rider was born and brought up on horseback, that he -lives, takes his meals, and sleeps on horseback, and that a visit to -_terra firma_ is an abnormal occurrence which occasionally breaks the -monotony of his ordinary life. - -James Madigan’s double somersaults, performed while the horse is at -full speed, and Charles Madigan’s riding of four trained horses at -once, are feats which have excited the admiration of all the towns -on the Continent which Mr. Myers’ Hippodrome has visited. Special -attention must also be drawn to the quadrille of eight thoroughbreds -ridden by four ladies and four gentlemen, all accomplished performers, -who guide their intelligent steeds with the utmost grace and dexterity -through the most intricate figures of the dance. - -Amongst the most notable of Mr. Myers’ horses are the thoroughbred -“Cromwell,” mentioned above; the horse “Mexican,” presented to Mr. -Myers by the ill-fated Emperor Maximilian; and the seven coal-black -horses from the Imperial stables of Trakhene, in Prussia. - - -Parades and Processions, Sports, &c. - -One of the features of the performances in the Roman Circus Maximus was -the grand procession which preceded the sports, and in which all who -were about to exhibit took part. These will be reproduced during the -stay of Mr. Myers’ establishment at the Crystal Palace; the chariots, -constructed on the classic model, gorgeously decorated and lavishly -plated, and drawn by horses of the highest breed and mettle, being -daily paraded on the great course constructed on the First and Second -Terraces, as before described. There also will take place from time to -time the hurdle-races, steeple-chases, and other entertainments, in -which the great resources of Mr. Myers will be utilised. The classical -character of this portion of the entertainment will be maintained -by the decorations, which have been entrusted to Mr. Fenton, and in -which, amongst other items, the fasces and ova, which formed important -features in a Roman circus, will be reproduced. - - -Acrobatic and other Entertainments. - -The miscellaneous entertainments given by Mr. Myers are of great -variety; in fact, he is able with perfect ease to change his programme -daily, such are his resources. An attractive item is the performance -of the Japanese _troupe_, brought from Japan expressly for Mr. Myers, -and in which the brothers Moto and Assa exhibit a flexibility which -implies the possession of spines of abnormal elasticity; while Gingero -and Como-Ketchy go through a series of balancing feats which cast into -the shade all contemporary performances of a like nature. Especially -wonderful is the business with the bamboo ladder, up and down which, -while it is supported on the chest of one of the performers, the other -runs with the greatest rapidity, standing on his head on the top, -creeping in and out between the rounds; and which at last, at a given -signal, falls to pieces, leaving only one side-piece, with the acrobat -standing on the top. A band of Bedouin Arabs also appears in those -bounding feats which seem the speciality of the sons of the Desert. -Miss Charlotte Felix’s _troupe_ of performing dogs go through a series -of interesting tricks, which illustrate to what a pitch of perfection -of training these sagacious animals can be brought; and a number of -clowns, headed by the well-known Hulines, add zest to the interludes by -their quaint sayings and grotesque tricks. - - -The Equestrian Pantomime, Little Red Riding Hood. - -The latest addition to the varied attractions of Mr. Myers’ -establishment has been a gorgeous spectacular pantomime on the subject -of Little Red Riding Hood (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge), which was -produced in Paris in April last, at a preliminary outlay of 120,000 -francs, and which forms one of the most striking features of the -Crystal Palace performances. The charming little story of Perrault has -been ingeniously adapted to the equestrian resources of Mr. Myers’ -hippodrome. The pantomime opens with a pretty ballet, in which the -fairy Good Heart and her attendant fays take part. Little Red Riding -Hood next appears, with her basket, and is surprised by the wolf, but -is for the time being saved from danger by the appearance of a host of -little hunters, whose horns terrify the savage beast, and who chase -him on their tiny ponies till they unfortunately lose his track. The -wolf then slays and devours the grandmother, and disguises himself in -her dress to deceive more effectually his intended victim; but she is -saved, of course, by the entrance of the young prince, who captures -the wolf, and encloses him with some trouble in a great cage. A grand -_bal champêtre_ follows, given by the fairy Good Heart in honour of -Little Red Riding Hood. The circus is transformed into a garden, with -copses, alleys, flowers, tended by little gardeners. Little Red Riding -Hood, transformed by the fairy into a princess, appears; guests of all -nations, and all classes of society, arrive, in appropriate dresses. - -Distinguished Orientals, comprising the Shah of Persia and Chinese -and Japanese ambassadors, are intermingled with dukes and duchesses, -marquises and marchionesses, of the Western world. Waltzes, quadrilles, -and galops are the order of the day. A skipping-rope dance by Little -Red Riding Hood succeeds, in which time is kept to the music with -wonderful precision and exquisite grace. Now appear the gala chariots, -to convey away the prince and princess. A procession of miniature -chariots, richly gilded, each bearing two footmen, sumptuously dressed -and heavily powdered, are drawn in, each by six Lilliputian horses with -lavishly plated harness, and conducted by little coachmen. The arrival -of the great allegorical chariot, drawn by six magnificent horses, all -arrayed in dazzling silver-plated harness, and bearing the colours of -various nations, forms a suitable finale to a spectacle which consists -of a series of tableaux of more than an hour’s duration, which have -never been surpassed in originality and richness, and which will surely -be more effective in the Crystal Palace than it was in the great court -of the Magasins Réunis. - - W. G. - -NOTE.--This little book aims merely at giving a short account of the -rise, progress, and magnitude of Mr. Myers’ Great Hippodrome, and a -brief abstract of the entertainments which will _at various times_ be -offered to the public during his visit. 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