Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-06

| OF popular applause.
The judges ordered the contestants 10
toss up" for the lead, and that honor
| fell TO the Reds. Away they Went
with running, jumping, leapinB lifting
/ and throwing heavy weights, one-leg-
/ ged races, exercises on the bar, through
| the whole list TO the grand pyramid
/ This was formed upon dais erected
| for the purpose Ia the center Of the au-
I ditorlun, beginning with II 0tnleies
in a circle. upon whose shoulders 10
4 OF their associates Immediately formed
themselves. and they were hardly In
| position before eight spry fellows sur
mounted them. and these IN turn were
S s py siA' VII IT, -
| n momentary nause. during which the
| rnnster az csrs,nnnies nnde n signil-
cent motion ,,Ith his baton. Rnd i'm
medlateiv tbore sprang upon the dals
n small a,biete who went nm the pyra-
mid Win ~, c.ierip, on a cat ueiched
himself unon Inc heads OF the last
two in ntocs waved n small Austrian
far. and IN n soft childish treble sang
two verses n "a noniiinr college song.
Ii vas a heauttfritv executed FONT. full
OF daring mi so ensiiy and Gracefully
done mar 40 ono roit tcrrif,ed me
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descended TO the dals' they insisted
upon an encore He returned TO ms
position with oven greater nlinplehess
than at hrst, ana completed tne song
very sweetly' ana with spirit Tncn ne
passed down inside the pyramid 9ud
upon MS reappearance the plaudlls
We're deafenlng a thousand demands
We're made for his name, but TO these
Ihen Followed the exercise known "a
iast ana thrliHng. me athletrs were
competed To Keep exact Time with me
music carefully marked by the baron
IN the hands OF the master or cete-
monies they swung from one trapeAe
TO another IN n fashion | had never
seen before, to-wit; two together, ana
Two Following 80 quickly that before
the leading couple had gained their
thlrd trapeze the second couple was
In the air on the way to seize that they
had Just relinqulshed, and In the same
order came those who followed them.
This perilous performance was cuntlnu-
cd for 20 minutes at an elevation Of
more than 40 feet above the heads of
the grent nssptublagp by is c0uulesl
II makes ono di2gv 10 think of n. and
the almost breaf6less Silence Of the
spectntnrs indicated TINT they wore
d.o,t,. ,b,,ii.I
mn when ,S,,r,r,s with TINT which
e,tt.v,al L.. &c.. 49,. 49,
lv,'SMru a. "'' as lo'.Ilis' ni'rt. tl'I
e 49, t'isvs pS youp.vs were coIlt' Il.i
tnul youthlul " Whast' VINO sang upon
me apeN OF me pyramid, was seen
and s,v,na, WIN ,.l,~nrr,,sIt snd'irniv
he leaped INTO the air struck his feet
squarely upon the bar of the next
trapege, catching the ropes firmly. Al
ter tremendous swing forward, pro-
duced by the momentum OF the leap,
away he went for the succeeding trap
exc. This feat was repented around the
entire circle OF the opera house, with
so much adroituess and grace that ere
long the audience
f"rgot 'he Ihriii OF rear
To which at first they had. In meas
urc. succumbed, and the building rang
with plaudits from the partsans of
both societies, In which the opposing
contestants heartily Joined. 1t was an
Involuntary oUtburst ana irrepressible.
Coming to the trapeZe, which con-
cluded the grand round the gymnast
made a supreme effort and leaped near
20 feet, catching his hands upon
swinging rope by which he went down
to the floor with the graceful ease of
one who haa been doing nothing else
from childhood. The applause was so
buisterous and long continued that the
Judges rappcd for order.
The blues then had their opportunlty.
In personal appearance they were the