Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08
THE WALLACE CIRCUS.
Two Excellent Performances in Brat
tlebOrO Monday.
Large Crowds Were In Attendance
Some of the Leading Features OF the
weIl-EquIpped Organization.

Large Crowds Were In Attendance
Some of the Leading Features OF the
well-Equipped Organization.
The great Wallace shows, which rank
well toward the top of the list of Americas
big tented enterprises, gave two excellent
performances on the island grounds Mon
day afternoon and evening" both of which
drew large crowds. The Wallace shows
constitute one of the cleanest crcuses now
before the pubic-up-to.dat in every par
ticular, having discarded the old and worn
out features to make room for modern,
high class specalties. One realizes that
lavish expenditure of money has been
made in order to bring out the conception
of the heads of the various departments.
There are no dull waits; on the other hand
one finds himself busy if he attempts to
take in all of the marvellous feats which
follow each other in bewildering succession.
A good idea of the strength of the
aggregation was gained from the street
parade, which took place at 10 o'clock,
and was seen by thousands of people.
The parade was much ahead Of eXpecta-
tons and was better than any circus
parade that has been seen in Brattleboro,
with one or two exceptions. A feature
of the parade was the chldTen's menagerie
of II handsome cages drawn by Shetland
ponies.
Tae ring performances included many
events never before seen in Brattleboro.
Early in the exhibition the spectators
were intensly interested in the wonderful
| intelligence shown by the trained animals.
The Stirk family Of expert bicyclists
were vigorously applauled for their daring
| feats, and they were followed by Eddie
Pinaud, the tramp bcycist, who perform
ed some exceedingly difficult and clever
| tricks. The Nelson family of acrobats
contributed some novel feats. Mr.. Wallace
offers $4,000 TO anyone who will find
| equals 10 this family.
The revolving Ferris wheel trapeze in
| PRODUCING daring midair exhibition by
| the five Vortex sisters was brilliant
| spectacular feature. Other marvellous
aerial performances were Hotu Kawara' s
| display of high wire equilibrism, flying
trapeze work by the Earl sisters and the
skilled aerial bar work by the Livtngstons.
| There were many other equally meritorious
events. The show closed with thrilling
hippodrOme contests, including four-horse
chariot, roman standing and other races.
Connected with the show is a museum
under the management of b. l.. Bowman.
one of the special features is Wade
Cochran, boy Of eight years who is a
mental wonder. He can answer from
memory at least 10000 questions upon all
sorts of subjects He gives the names and
population Of cities and can spell almost
any name backwards in the time an
ordinary person can spell it in the usua
way. Among the other attractions of The
museum are contorlionst, a number OF
singers, snake charmer and a troupe that
give the dance for which the midway i,
still remembered The menagerie contain,
ed some excellent specimens of wild
animals, notable among them being tn,
huge hippopotamus. The horses, both fol
work and exhibition, were notably hand
| some.