The age-herald., 1901-11-06
WALLACE CIRCUS
 MUST BE GREAT
RICHMOND (vA.) DISPATCH PRO- NoUNcED IT THE BEST CIRCUS EVER SEEN IN RIcHMoND-Ex- HlRlTs HERE TOMORROW.

SoncernlnB the DIE circus which ex- hibits in Birmingham tomorrow. Thurs day November 2, the Richmond (va.) Dispatch commented as follows:
 That the great Wallace show is un- usually popular in Richmond, was att tested by the attention it received. All day Sunday thousands of people visited the show grounds and intruded upon the peace of the circus people. A show of the magnitude and proportions of that of the Wallace circus is always, fasci- mating. Although this was the fourth visit of this show to Richmond within as many years, its popularity is as great as ever.
 MT. Wallace not only sustained the reputation for giving fine show, but so enthusiastic were the circus-goers yes- terday, that they declared the perform, anee even better than heretofore.
 "The parade started promptly, and the compact masses upon the sidewalks and streets were not worn out waiting. The parade itself was splendid, in fact it was one of the most pleasing and att tractive displays of its kind ever seen in this city.
 ''The pageant was thoroughly in keep ing with the management's anonunce- ment and in no particular was anything lacking
 The Wallace show is conducted to please the public and not allowed to re- main in the same old rut, and this was made evident in the parade in several ways. The music was not only better but there were more bands, and an un- usually large number of big animal dens were open in parade, giving the public a free exhibition of a fine and an ex- tensive geological collection. The horses were we'll groomed. and in the best con dition, and they were admired by the throngs yesterday.
 The cages and dens were not only rich and costly in appearance, but they were massive structures-much larger than is usually seen, and were decorated and trimmed in a style entirely original with the Wallace show.
 Especially attractive was the .,b,I- drens Menagerie, which comprises A score of handsome miniature cages pulled by one hundred ponies, each one of which was probably called beauty thou sand times yesterday. From start to en. ish the pageant of the Wallace show was entertaining, instructive and wonderfully interesting
 AS to the performance itself, from the tune one enters the menagerie until he has seen the last chariot race the enter tainment Is all that 1t is advertised.
 Professor Brownson's Concert Band pleased the thousands who assembled early to listen to a programme of the lat est and most popular music. Like everv- thing else with the Wallace show. the band Is really feature. It is hut fair and just to say that to particularize and name the conspicuous and novel features of the Wallace performance would re- quire reprinting of the entire pro- sramme. Of course, there were the won derful Nelsons, who stand unexcelled tbe renowned Stirks, who are uneoualed the Vortex sisters, the Livingstons and other heavily attractions. al, or wnicn pleased the immense crowds; but there were a score of other acts. many of which were not advertised at all, which belong by merit to the same class as those mentioned.
 "Of the trained animal acts the pigs and the bicycle riding elephant deserve special mention.
 "The fast and sensational hippodrome racing were good natured. but that the tests of speed and nerve were genuine was very apparent. Such horses and such racing could not help but please the most fastidious admirers of horse flesh.
 The Wallace show was previously fa- vorably and we'll known in Richmond hut 1t departed last night more poN1lar than ever. The day was ideal for an ideal circus. The big tents were packed at both performances. and the people were more than pleased. Not a word of adverse criticism of the show was heard. but to the contrary every one commended it in the highest terms. The performance was generally pronounced to be the finest, the best, the cleanest and the most satis- factory seen in this city for some time"