National Republican., 1885-05-26
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A good audience witnessed tho opening per
formance Of Coup's equescurriculum or horse
school at Fords Opera House last night.
While much had been expected, the perform
ance of thes different ananals so far exceeded
anything of the kind ever seen here that all
were delighted. The applause was very
evenly distributed, much 10 the delight OF the
animals which showed their pleasure In every
move ment, The school consists Of eight horses
ana two mules, one Of tho latter being highly
COmiCal clown. The performance is divided
into Two act. one being school room scene,
aud the other recess. Bell ringing finding
and bringing things at the word OF command,
selecting COlOrs designated by people In the
audience, solving pTO6lemsi in arithmetic, Civ
ing the date of the performance, jumping rope,
swinging and other wonderful uCtG are done
promptly and correctly withnut0 visible signal
passing between the trainer aud the horses,
The animals are ambitious to he noticed, and
il one undertakes 10 perform out of turn he Is
quickly reminded by the teeth OF the others
The entertainment is unique and we'll worth
seeing. Performances VIII be given every
afternoon and evening during the week, The
animals enter the thcAter by the Ninth street
entrance every day at o'clock, going up the
two flights Of steps and marching down the
center aisle.
MERRY WAR" At ALpAuGu's
Strauss merry War" was given In good
style Mt AlDaugh's Grand Opera House last
night The company possesses some excel
lent voices and good actors. Miss Mary Beebe
as the Countess was vivRcious Gnd IN good
voice. She sung the part well and was frc-
qucntly appNuded. Miss Stone ns Elsa was
capital, and with Mr.. Hagemans Groot made
a good par. Miss Cooke as Artemesia and
| Rhcta Mann as Theresa were good Dir. West
| did ample justice to the part of Gen. Spinalo
| while Mr., De Lunge made an excellent Sebn-
| tiRnOe, The Opern ran smoothly and WAS well
/ received. The audience was large and upprc
I Catlve. "1he Merry War will be repeated
! every night this week, with II matinee per
| iOruanCu ON Saturday afternoon.
THE HrsGTISGToS CONCERT.
The grand concert OF Miss Agnes Hunting
| evening The Choral Society Is taking aI
active interest to make the concert success
| MISS Huntington has many friends here wit
| will, no doubt, attend the concert en- masse
! Tickets may be secured now RcDroOps muSi
store.
HERZOG's MUSEUM.
"unclo Toms Cabin was given before iul
house At llGrAOg's Museum last night. Tn
company is u good ono aud the play raj
| smoothly 10 VAS set with new hcguCry am
fitted with all the accessories, bloodhound
/ aud jubilee singers included. The HudienC
was gppreclatlye, and frequently gavo vent Z
their feelings IN vigorous applause IN III
Toms Cabin" viii be repeated every nigh
this week, with matinee performances Ol
Tuesday Ihumday, aud saturday afternoon
THEAIhE COMiQUE,
Mark Grayson's drama entitled "Viola" wa
Rlyun At the COm.que last night, with Mis-
Alice Arlington In the title role, THIS wa
preceded hy an excellent variety performance
in which Il number of old fayoritcs appeared
Tho entire performance was u success, and cI
given the rest OF the week, with the usul
maLlnpgs.