Each evening, they played under a big top in a different town.
They have a season record of 60-25 under their big top, compared with a 31-56 mark on the road.
This was the second time in five years a big top has been raised.
Say - he can't wait for the show to start in the big top.
Under the big top, however, one could not see half its length.
But he wasn't the fellow that had been in the big top.
Very shortly after that the show in the big top came to a close.
So ended a day that seemed fit for a big top.
"They said I'd find him down here by the big top."
Scattered groups of people were turning toward the big top.