The grand entrée was the first thing on the programme. It included the rulers of all nations, savage tribes, elephants, camels, chariots, and a hundred and one other things impossible to mention.
“Come on now!” suddenly said Snipper, and then he and Leo ran out into the ring and fell down and bounced up as if they were a couple of rubber balls.
“Ho! ho! look at those two clowns!” shouted the crowd.
The tumble over, the clowns chased each other around the ring, knocked each other down, and did a dozen other funny things.
While the two clowns were cutting their capers a young lady bareback rider rode into the ring.
Her name was Natalie Sparks, but she was known on the bills as Natalie the Fire Queen.
Her great act was to dive through numerous hoops of fire while on horseback.
As she began to perform, Leo commenced to climb the centerpole of the tent, doing so in a way that nearly choked the crowd with laughter.
“See him twisting like a monkey!”
“He ain’t a clown at all! See, he is throwing off his clown dress!”