In the month of June, 1888, M. Houcke having given us an appointment at the Hippodrome, made the clown, Auguste, and an artist of the fixed bar, vault in our presence. The members of the Société d’Excursions Française de Photographie, headed by its president, were nearly all assembled. Fifty cameras were arranged like a battery: each amateur had brought twelve glasses. After they had been examined, M. Albert Londe sent us ten proofs, which alone out of six hundred had been deemed worthy of being printed, and after a final examination only seven plates were preserved by the painter. They inspired the series of somersaults which are found in the chapter on GYMNASTS.
HUGUES LE ROUX.
ERRATA.
Page 78, line 7 from top, for “bloated Vitelliuses”, read, “bloated Vitellii”.
Page 206, line 3 from top, for “Naet Salsbury”, read, “Nael Salsbury”.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. Organization 1
- CHAPTER II. The Fair 37
- CHAPTER III. Permanent Shows or Entresorts 57
- CHAPTER IV. The Theatre Booth 81
- CHAPTER V. The Trainers 107
- CHAPTER VI. The Tamers 133
- CHAPTER VII. The Equestrians 159
- CHAPTER VIII. The Hippodrome 183
- CHAPTER IX. The Equilibrists 209
- CHAPTER X. The Gymnasts 241
- CHAPTER XI. The Clowns 277
- CHAPTER XII. The Private Circus 307
- Index. 333
