The age-herald., 1901-11-08
CIRCUS HUNGRY CROWDS OUT AGAIN  Tents of Wallace Shows Packed
 Last Night GAVE CLEAN PERFORMANCE Many Features That Made Big Hits. Exciting Races While Crowds
 cheered Ended the En-
 tertalnment.
GAVE iCLEAN PERFORMING

The circus has a charm for Birming- ham and the Wallace show delighted 1S,00O persons yesterday and last night At the afternoon performance the large tent was packed, but at the evening en- tertainm ent at least 2.0OO people were re- fused admission and by o'clock the main entrance was locked and barred
 The show is clean. clear cut and en- tertaining. It Is put on with refreshing snap and vigor and there are no tiresome waits Wallace has essayed to make spe- cial acts his main feature and has sue ceeded remarkably well. The wonderful Nelson family, who probably stand at the head of all acrobatic performers. made the hit of both performances, and when a 3-year-old youngster was taken from a carpet bag and whirled through the air like a wind mill, shouts and hand clapping came from every part of the immense audience.
 Another feature of the perform ance was the Stirk family of trick bicyclists. The family is composed of three men, four women and a mere tot of girl and their control of the old style wheels is really wonderful.
 The performance begins with trium- phal march around the hippodrome and ends with a card of races, which are the best ever seen in this city. In these con- tests the horses are put to their best and what for awhile seems rather dan gerous develops into the real excite ment of the racing sport and spectators rise from their seats to cheer on the favorites
 During the early part of the perform ance the seating capacity of the amphi- theatre was insufficient and the over flow crowd was seated in the race track. When the bell rang for the racing to begin these extra spectators were crowd ed into the rings and on the stage and the spirited animals dashed around the miniature track, banked on each side by walls of human beings. It was an in- teresting spectacle as the jockeys brought their mounts into the stretch to see the crowd rise en masse and give the familiar race track yells.
 The Wallace show has evidently se- lected the performers with an eye to face and figure as well as individual capacity. The costumes are neat and pretty and among the women there are many at- tractive faces.
 There Is one necessary feature to a circus which is usually lost sight of in the glare and excitement of the riding and acrobatic turns. That Is the band. An expert director is required to keep the tempo of the music apace with the different acts and Wallace has secured an excellent man in Prof. C. z. Bronson He expertly handles twenty-six pieces and for two hours keeps up a continuous run of fast and slow music changing from march to waltz time and vice versa without the slightest break.
 Other features of the show deserving mention are the statuary act, the Jap anese performance, trained pigs bicycle riding elephant and the two bareback riding acts on trotting horses. The rid ing of Orin Hollis and Mike Rooney was also loudly applauded.
 The parade early in the day was viewed by thousands of people from all parts of the county and was fair index of the two following entertainments.
 noticeable feature of the show grounds was an absence of games and l snares to catch the guileless. MT. Wallace has pleased Birmingham and Birmingham is pleased with Mr Wallace