midnight
He could touch up the leaders as easily as he could the wheel-horses , and when he aimed at the swings he never missed fire . Travelling with a round top Calico found to be no sinecure . The Grand Occidental , being a wagon show , moved wholly by road . The shortest jump was fifteen miles , but often they did thirty between midnight and morning ; and thirty miles over country highways make no short jaunt when you have a five-ton chariot behind you . The jump , however , was only the beginning of the day 's work . No sooner had you finished breakfast than you were hooked in for the street parade , meaning from two to four miles more . You had a few hours for rest after that before the grand entry .