HAMLYN'S MENAGERIE MAGAZINE. 
in the main street of the town. This street was 
broad, and when the show was built up, only 
room was left for a single cart or carriage to 
pass by — this was in 1849; it would hardly be 
allowed now! 
At his death Mr. Wombwell left three men- 
ageries. No. 1 was carried on by his widow un- 
til 18.65, and was then taken over by Mr. Alex. 
Fairgrieve, a nephew by marriage, and managed 
by him till 1872, when it was sold by auction in 
Edinburgh. The large elephant, Mawragh, was 
bought by Mr. Jennison of Belle Vue Gardens, 
Manchester. When he was to be transferred by 
rail, it was found that he would not enter the 
truck provided for him; consequently the only 
method of travel was by walking, and he did the 
journey thus, in stages, Lorenzo, the lion-tamer, 
being in charge of him. 
Mrs. Edmonds, a niece, became the owner of . 
No. 2>; she took the Crystal Palace Menagerie, 
and carried it on till 1884, when it was sold in 
Liverpool. No. 3 was left to a nephew. 
The Menagerie of Bostock and Wombwell 
was established by Mrs. Jas. Bostock, who was a 
relative of Mr. Wombwell, and was connected 
with his business for some years; eventually the 
Bostock family became the owners of all the re- 
mains of the great show. It is now carried on by 
Mr. EL H. Bostock, whoi also owns a large circus 
travelling in South Africa, and several music halls t 
William Mander's Menagerie was, perhaps, 
the only competitor during my recollection, al- 
though there were several others. Batty 's, with 
seven wagons, was one; this I lost sight of en- 
tirely. Steven's I remember with a small one, 
and again with a larger one, consisting of ten 
wagons; he went over to' Ireland, and this men- 
agerie was disposed of. When I last saw him, 
he had what is called a "Walk-up Show." 
Hylton had a nice little menagerie; Wm. 
Manders was his keeper and lecturer, a careful 
man, who eventually became proprietor. At that 
time, in the early 50's, the lecturer used to wear 
a silk hat, and Manders told me how he used to 
hand round the hat for tips, and ultimately by 
this purchased the show. He was one of fthe 
most successful men in the show business, begin- 
ning with eight small wagons, and continually 
adding to them until, at his death, which occurred 
at Girvan in Scotland, the menagerie consisted 
of sibteen beast wagons and a front scene which 
required nine horses to draw it. He had five ele- 
phants and seven camels. 
Sedgewick's Menagerie is now no small 
affair. I remember him with a waxwork show 
early in the 60's, and saw him with it at Aldershot 
in 1869, when he had a group of performing lions. 
Now, when last I saw the show, I think there 
were thirteen wagons, and very nice ones. 
Symons' was another small menagerie. 
After the death of Macomo, from pneumonia, 
which took place at Sunderland, McCarthy, a one- 
armed man, became lion tamer for Manders; he 
was killed at Bolton in Lancashire in 1871. Sy- 
mons took his place under the name of Lambetti, 
but was with Mrs. Manders only a very short 
time, leaving her and working his own small 
menagerie, "gagging," as it is termed in the show 
business, as "Lambetti, the lion-tamer from Man- 
ders' Menagerie, engaged at an enormous ex- 
pense." 
It has been supposed that most lion-tamers 
meet their death by being killed while performing; 
but this is not the case; I only know of five having 
met this fate in this country. These were Helen 
Bligh, McCarthy, Delia, Tom Bridgeman, and 
Beaumont. Considering the number in the busi- 
ness, and the numerous performances given every 
year, this is a very small percentage. 
When I first remember Day's Menagerie, it 
was a very small one, of some four wagons; but 
he gradually got it up to eight, and at the sale of 
Fairgrieve's (Wambwell's No. 1} he bought the 
living-wagon, in which Geo. Wombwell d.ed at 
Northallertan, and a beast wag-on, which, added 
to what he already possessed, made quite a decent 
show. He advertised it as "Day's, late Womb- 
well's"; in consequence of which Mrs. Edwards 
brought an action against him for using Womb- 
well's name, but lost her case. 
Anderton, who had a conjuring show, col- 
lected a nice little menagerie of e'ight wagons, He 
afterwards added a circus to this. He was a very 
deoent fellow, and I am sorry to say was found 
drowned some years ago. 
With the exception of those of William Cook, 
Hengler and Ginnett, circuses were, until after 
1857, very small in comparison with those of the 
present day. It was in that year that Home and 
Cushing came from America. Their great outside 
feat was driving forty cream-coloured horses with 
white manes and tails; and they were as much 
talked of as Barnum was in later years. The last 
time I saw the show it consisted of sime eight 
wagons in all and Tom Sayers, now their great 
draw. 
To compete with the Americans, William 
Cooke had forty knights in real armour in his 
mid-day procession, and again in the wagons 
drove forty horses in hand. 
Hengler was always to the fore for respecta- 
bility, and when tenting his procession was small 
— the ladies dressed in riding "Blue" habits and 
silk hats, the gentlemen in blue coats and silk 
hats. He had a permanent building in Liverpool, 
and eventually gave up tenting entirely. He 
erected buildings in Glasgow^, Edinburgh, and 
Dublin, and made a considerable sum of money. 
