A PAGE FROM THE INVOICE BOOK OF A BIG SHOW
Though it would be comparatively easy to start a circus and menagerie equipped almost entirely with second-hand paraphernalia, the reader will see from the following figures that the cost of starting a new first-class circus and menagerie is another proposition. Here are a few official figures on the cost of a first-class circus and menagerie which have never before been made public. They are taken from my private record, or invoice book:
| 20 | Cages at $350, | $7,000.00 |
| 2 | Band wagons at $1,500 each, | 3,000.00 |
| 3 | Chariots at $3,000 each, | 9,000.00 |
| 1 | Wardrobe wagon, | 800.00 |
| 1 | Ticket wagon, | 400.00 |
The above for the parade.
Animals to fill these cages will average about:
| 2 | Lions, | $2,000.00 |
| 2 | Royal Tigers, | 2,000.00 |
| 2 | Leopards, | 400.00 |
| 1 | Yak, | 150.00 |
| 1 | Horned Horse, | 500.00 |
| 2 | Camels, | 300.00 |
| 2 | Elephants, | 3,000.00 |
(As small elephants have been delivered here for $1,000 each, this is probably a fair average.)
| 1 Hippopotamus, | $5,000.00 |
| 1 Rhinoceros, | 5,000.00 |
| 2 Cages of monkeys, | 1,000.00 |
| 1 Kangaroo, | 200.00 |
| 1 Cassowary, | 200.00 |
| 1 Ostrich, | 500.00 |
| 1 Giraffe, | 1,500.00 |
| Other small animals including hyenas, bears, ichneumon, birds, etc., | $2,000.00 | |
| 12 | Baggage wagons at $200, | $ 2,400.00 | |
| 4 | Roman chariots, | 1,000.00 | |
| 125 | Horses at $125 each, | 15,625.00 | |
| This price is above the average. | |||