New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-23
THE NEW WINTER CIRCUS.
RIDERS. TRAINED HORSES AND CLOWNS
ENTERTAIN AT MIR. DORISS SHOW,
In ORTY-SECOND-S

Whether or not Doris's Winter Circus proves as
permanent as Its projectors hope that It WILL teS
can enjoy one satisfaction. What people nave
talked and dreamed and specuated about they nave
done They have actually established a winter cir
Gus In New-York, to the extent at least of giving
one real performance Many before have told their
mcredulous fellow-ctIzens that they goins 10
start winter circuses In New-York but in the end
the incredulity OF their hearers has always proved
well founded. Therefore. when Messrs Doris and
Robinson said they were going to start a winter
circus they ought not to have felt hurt IL their
fellow-cltizens. who quite used to such an
nouncements felt inclined to doubt It. They are
'ihdicaed by the tact that their circus Is started
Not much has been said about the circus
The announcements that have been made Of II
nave been singulary uncircus-like Perhaps the
habit OF the public, formed through long ex-
perience, OF believing not more than half what Is
promised about circus. the reason OF the
comparatively small attendance at the estab-
lishment In West Forty-second-st last night. III
those who like circus Of the od-fashioned sort
had believed just what Mr. Doris told them per-
haps they would have gone last night. And If they
had gone they would have found everything pretty
much as 1t was promised. Perhaps they will think
better of 1t now and go to the circus tonight or
this afternoon or some other night or afternoon
of this week. of coming week: For the
circus IS going right on as long as people co'he W
1t seemed little queer to those who attended the
opening performance last night to ind themselves
so near TO the ring and to everything that went
on In IT, but IL seemed comfortable. also ana
everybody to good advantage. The perform
ance was quite worth seeing, too. and was worthy
OF larger audience. such as II will have. no DOUBT
as the afternoons and evenings go on.
Several OF the good of their KINDS
as have commonly been seen here. II is not easy
70 hnd more graceful or pleasing riders than the
Meers sisters and their act was much appIauded
william Ware and ]. Cousins also did some re-
markabe riding And some OF the best riding OF
All. and surely some OF the funniest, was done by
Jessie the baboon The educated horses exhibited
and the horse Bonito. who is accomplished as
mathematician. did his sums In way that left the
spectators staring at one another after the morse
had disappeared. and asking whether II could pos
slbly be real or, II II trick. what possible
hypothesis Of trick could explain II. Bonito DID
not make mistakes and hesitate and have to be
corrected. most animal mathema ticlans DO lie
made his mental calculations quickly, ana ne an
nounced the results promptly and accurately. =,
II is long time since New-Yorkers have heard
so much talk from clowns In a circus. one or TWO
Of them OF the well-known sort who get
knocked down and pretend to help do things but
there was another OF a sort that can scarcely De
| remembered by good many srown-up circus
goers. This was Pete Conklin. who wore motley,
| talked poetry almost altogether and delivered
many moral and philosophical reflections quite IN
| the mood OF Touchstone. He also sang an amusing
| song All who were heard to express opinions
about the circus seemed TO like Il. and they said
| that IL reminded them of old times novel Incl
dent the invitation to the audience 10 inspect
| the stable and horses In the INTERIM ssion Many
accepted Il, and found In" horses and ponies quite
| worth looking at