James Washington “Jim” Myers (1823-1892) was an American equestrian and circus entrepreneur who began his career in the United States.Hewent on to perform in Europe and established the Grand Cirque Américain in Paris. http://www.circopedia.org/Myers_%26_Madigan_Railroad_Circus
1870 in Italy
1871 July – August in Austria
1871 September Pest
1871 November – in Belgium
1872 April Duesseldorf
1872 November- March 1873 – Hamburg, Germany
1873 August – Bremen, Germany
1873 October Austria
1873 November – Breslau, Germany
1874 February – Breslau, Germany
1874 June Czech mentions of a Japanese family in the circus
1874 July – Posen, Germany
1874 September – advertises for a first class Risley troupe for Germany
1874 – October – Winter in Dresden
1875 May – The company consists of 200 people.
The circus has 150 horses, several elephants and lions, many monkeys. and animals. The circus will come to Prague in May, it will be located on Letná and will stay in Prague for only a few days, after which it will go to Pilsen.
1875 June – Of particular interest are the Japanese
court artists Mo-to and Assa, who
achieve extraordinary feats in the field of acrobatics, and the Japanese Gin-Gero
and Ko-mo-Kitsche, whose productions on the bamboo Moravian Correspondent . Brno: G. Gastl, 24.06.1875,
15 (142), p. 4
1875 July “The performance consisted of 18 numbers, the best of which were the performances of two Japanese men in strenuous objects on a carpet still in one place and on a ladder finally torn apart, so that only one side of the ladder remained standing, which one of the Japanese men
balanced on his shoulder and in his teeth , while the other at
the upper end showed his strength with his bold turns” Shumavan 31 July 1875 p 362
1875 July – Vienna
1875 August – Grand Cirque Americain opens in Paris
1875 October – Hamburg
1875 November – tenting season – Paris
1876 April – Myers Circus in Paris included a troupe of Japanese
1876 June – July – Extraordinary bending and balancing feats by the Japanese brothers Gingero and Como Ketchy – Myers’ American Hippodrome at the Crystal Palace London. “extraordinary feats on a bamboo cane”. “The Japanese brothers Moto and Assa brought to Europe from Japan expressly for Mr Myers. ” “We presume they have joints and bones like other human beings but if so, they are so supple and easily reversed that their performance appears simply marvellous.” The Era 2 July p 5
1876 July – adjudicated a bankrupt in Britain SINGULAR ACTION. At the Croydon County Court yesterday, before Mr. H. J. Stoner, judge, an application in bankruptcy in the case Defries v. Myers was made, with the object of adjudicating Mr. J. W. Myers, the proprietor of the circus at the Crystal Palace, a bankrupt upon a petition presented against him by Messrs. Defries and Sons, of Houndsditch, who are creditors for the sum of £4520, alleging, as the act of bankruptcy, a fraudulent assignment of the debtor’s property in England. —Mr. Gates, Q.C., and Mr. Brough appeared for the petitioners, Messrs. Defries; Mr. De Gex Q.C. and Mr. Clay for the debtor • and Mr. Meadows White watched the case on behalf of the Crystal Palace Company. It appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Gates that Mr. Myers, in June, 1875, being about to open a large hippodrome in Paris, went to Messrs. Deb ies and Sons and asked them to do the decorations and gas engineering for him. This Messrs. Defries agreed to do and the contracts were entered into for 10,0001.. The work was done, and the establishment was opened on the 18th December in last year. After the work had been executed Mr. Myers paid Messrs. Defries 5000/. on account, but refused to pay the balance of their demand, and placed the matter before a French court, which subsequently gave judgment in favour of Messrs. Defries. Mr. Myers entered into a contract with the Crystal Palace company to open his circus on the 26th of last month, and on his landing with all his extensive establishment on the 21st ult. he executed a bill of sale in favour of Danvilliers for the sum of £5OOO. This was the act of bankruptcy upon which the petition was filed—After hearing witnesses and the speeches of counsel engaged on both sides, the learned judge decided that the assignment amounted to an act of bankruptcy. As regards the petitioner’s claim, that must be adjourned until the 21st proximo. In the meantime the receiver, Mr. N. C. Foreman, must remain in possession until the debtor gave security for the bill of £6,000 for the amount of the petitioner’s claim and costs. Sydenham Times – Tuesday 18 July 1876
Myers continued with the circus in France https://www.circopedia.org/Myers_%26_Madigan_Railroad_Circus
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