He had no vague boyish design to serve a 'prenticeship as stake driver or roustabout in the hope some day of graduating into a rider or a tumbler, a ringmaster or a clown.
Collins staged the trick properly, as it would be staged in the theatre, even had ready and set up all the necessary apparatus, and himself acted as ringmaster while the prospective purchaser looked on.
They began upbraiding one another, came to blows, and the ringmaster sent them about their business, saying the show could not encourage prize fighters.
Benares then stepped up to the ringmaster and beckoned to Andy.
The ringmaster joined him, and so did one or two others as he hurried after Andy.
You've caught the knack," spoke the ringmaster encouragingly.
Andy did some creditable twisting on the trapeze, the manager and the ringmaster conversing together, meantime.
He suddenly realized that he could get more promptly to the manager or the ringmaster from the rear.
The ringmaster stood near him, in charge of the ceremonies.
With the pitiless accuracy of a bullwhacker the ringmaster pursued his victim.
Raising a pistol, the ringmaster directed it aloft.
The ringmaster made a short speech, telling a lot of stuff about Dick that made the chums grin.
The music stopped and the ringmaster made his customary speech about the next act, which was the lion taming act.
Then the ringmaster he see how he had been fooled, and he WAS the sickest ringmaster you ever see, I reckon.
The ringmaster couldn't ever say a word to him but he was back at him quick as a wink with the funniest things a body ever said; and how he ever COULD think of so many of them, and so sudden and so pat, was what I couldn't noway understand.
All acts cut short five minutes tonight," sang the voice of the ringmaster at the entrance to the dressing tent.
At last, in response to the command of the ringmaster's whistle, the band ceased playing and silence fell over the tent as the ringmaster raised his hand for silence.
The ringmaster waved his hand to the band, which instantly blared forth and to its music Phil Forrest tripped lightly down the concourse, being obliged to go three-fourths of its length to get to the ring where he was to perform.
He alighted on his feet and the ringmastercaught him deftly.
But the lad wavered a little after the ringmaster had released his grip.
The ringmaster was in his element, for he loved to direct.
Right then and there theringmaster made a bargain with the captain of the Nancy Hanks to transport Scalawag to Milton on this return trip.
If Scalawag could have seen, and been able to speak with, the old ringmaster just then the pony would doubtless have pointed out an important error in the above statement.
The ringmaster mounted the stage and invited everybody to remain for the Minstrel Show and Popular Concert to be held immediately after the conclusion of the performance.
Then he flips himself over, an’ the ringmaster he shouts ‘In mid-air!
Then the ringmaster he see how he had been fooled, and he was the sickest ringmaster you ever see, I reckon.
The ringmaster couldn't ever say a word to him but he was back at him quick as a wink with the funniest things a body ever said; and how he ever could think of so many of them, and so sudden and so pat, was what I couldn't no way understand.
With a tender glance the ringmaster handed down to her a huge bouquet of orchids.
Each time the ringmaster shouted his call of "Men up!
The ringmaster mounted to the top of the piano and waved his hand for silence.
Lady and gent performers of the circus," announced the ringmaster jovially, "I am sure we will all agree that a good time has been had by all.
Then the ringmaster walked to another part of the dressing-tent to put on his street clothing, for he did not dare appear in the ring again at that performance.
Grandy, you must know what became of the little rascal," they heard the ringmaster say.
The ringmaster glared at him and then cracked his whip once more, taking the young performer in the arm.
I'm afraid that ringmaster will have it in for that boy," said Snap to his chums.
Growing alarmed, the ringmaster took to his heals and disappeared in the direction of the dressing-tent, whence his young victim had already gone.
It was my job to play with the horse while the ringmaster and the rider were having their conversation.
I was so slow that the ringmaster touched me up with his whip.
The clown wanted to make a trade, which was agreed upon, but no sooner did the ringmaster try to move the mule than the animal became balky, and would not budge.
Then the clown would ask if he had been to various other cities, to which the ringmaster would keep on making the reply "Yes.
Yes," the ringmasterwould reply with great dignity.
The ringmaster and the clown came into the ring and faced the crowd.
At that moment the ringmaster took off his hat and announced: "It is nothing, ladies and gentlemen; a very slight accident.
Then the ringmaster said: "You seem to be so smart, I suppose you think you can ride.
Whereupon the ringmaster would pretend to fall into the trap and say "Yes," at which the crowd roared with laughter.
The ringmaster tried to restrain him, saying: "That horse is dangerous.
The ringmaster takes his place in the center, and will be more effective if furnished with a whip.
One is chosen for ringmaster and stands in the center.
If he can flourish a whip like a true ringmaster in the circus, the interest of the game will be enhanced.
The ringmaster at his discretion may announce, "We will all join the circus parade!
The ringmaster turns and moves around in a circle, snapping his whip at each flourish, and calling the name of some animal.
For instance, the ringmaster may say: "Ladies and gentlemen: I will now exhibit to you a marvelous troup of snorting hippopotami.
He would then be dressed in an old pair of tights and made to enter the ring, where he would be ordered by the ringmaster to "act up.
He would be so embarrassed at this demand that he could not speak, whereupon the ringmaster would lay the whip upon his practically naked limbs, telling him that it was the only way by which to learn the acrobatic art.
The ringmaster held up his hand as a signal to the audience that the daring act was about to take place.
The ringmaster had blown his whistle for the next act and the performers were running to their stations when Teddy and his mount suddenly made their appearance again.
Here's a seat right beside us and there won't be any ringmaster to bother you.
The next act was a bareback riding exhibition, by a pretty, graceful young woman whom the ringmaster introduced as Mademoiselle Mora.
At the same time the ringmasterblew a shrill blast on his whistle.
He grabbed the irateringmaster by the collar, giving him a jerk that that functionary did not forget in a hurry.
All at once the ringmaster fixed a cold eye on Teddy.
There's others in the tent besides you, even if the ringmaster did crack his whip in your face and just miss your nose.
In the meantime the ringmasterwas making his loud-voiced announcement out under the big top.
The ringmaster had not missed him, though he saw at once that the boy was not on his station, when Teddy began to work again.
The ringmaster turned Teddy over and looked into the lad's face.
The ringmaster instantly scented an opportunity to have some fun, and at the same time make the audience laugh.
The band struck up a lively tune, the ringmaster cracked his whip, and Phil leaped to the back of the ring horse beside Dimples.
The ringmaster paid no attention to their chatter, which was in tones too low for the audience to catch.
I had one once, but the ringmaster borrowed it and forgot to return it.
The ringmaster cracked his whip lash as a signal for the animal to get up, but the faithful old horse, despite its efforts to rise, was unable to do so.
The ringmaster motioned to them to bring their act to a close, and the band leader, catching the significance of the movement, urged his musicians to play louder.
Quick to appreciate the value of the clown's interruption, the ringmastertook the great egg that Teddy had brought in, and held it aloft.
The ringmaster jerked him to his feet and shook him vigorously.
The ringmaster looked satisfied, and it was not until some time afterward that he learned what a narrow escape Joe had had.
There was a laugh at this sally, and a laugh was what the ringmaster wanted more than anything else just then.
As Joe and his new associates arose to bow to the renewed applause, the ringmaster made an announcement.
I want to find Ham," Joe wrote in the note he sent to the ringmaster by a messenger boy, "and I've asked the police to be on the quiet lookout for him.
But theringmaster noted a queer look on his friend's face.
After the preliminary whistle of the ringmaster which ended the other acts and prepared for Joe's new one, the young magician advanced to the platform and gave a little "patter.
And he and the ringmaster were soon in conversation with the two new arrivals.
The ringmaster added that there would be no danger to either the audience or the performer in this feature.
The weird, shrill yell cut the ringmaster short, and a pleased murmur ran through the crowd.
The ringmaster was announcing that they could ride anything that walked on four feet and wore a skin, when up jumped an oldish fellow in a box opposite mine and shouted that he had a horse which none of them could mount.
The ringmaster retorted in his great voice: "That sounds like good poker.
As for the wild riders from the cattle ranges, they drew into a close group with the ringmaster between them and the gaunt stallion, almost as if the fearless ones were seeking for protection.
Do not interfere with our pa-trons--" These and many other remarks of a distinctly professional nature came from Ringmaster Cane, who seemed to be everywhere at once.
After one or two false starts the ringmaster drew back the curtain.
And while the audience gazed with interest at the ringmaster, the ringmaster was gazing with equal interest at the audience.
Then the ringmaster poked his head between the curtains and said in a desperate whisper quite as audible on one side of the curtain as the other: "Hurry up, Giz!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ringmaster" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
