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SAWDUST AND SPANGLES
cated horses, ten in number, were purchased at the same figure. These, however, were unquestionably the best and most valuable ever seen in a circus.
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 |
