At the appropriate moment, he stumbled into the ring to argue with the ringmaster that he could ride a horse better than any of the circus riders.
Perhaps there should have been a guiding creative spirit or ringmaster, but that in itself is a very high risk.
In other words, we are to have the same white elephants parading around, even though the ringmaster has changed.
They go round and round to the orders of the ringmaster, neither gaining nor losing, but keeping in the same order as they did in 1939.
A circus would be created, and the holder of my office, because he would still be the guardian of the prerogative of mercy, would be cast as the ringmaster.
Only if we conceive of an appointment committee acting in a quite improper manner does the view of the headmaster as a "ringmaster" have any context whatever.
In smaller circuses, the ringmaster is often the owner and artistic director of the circus.
Many modern-day ringmasters become an integral part of the performance, singing and dancing along with the other entertainers.
