The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-26
GENTRY DOGS AND PONIES
A WEEKS ENGAGEMENT is OPENED
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Fun for the Children mt Capitol
Avenue and Sixteenth Street
Many New Acts.

The trainers employed by Gentry Broth
ers' famous dog and pony show offer some
thing new every season, and this year there
are many new acts with the big show that
opened a weeks engagement at Capitol
avenue and Sixteenth street yesterday
afternoon. Enough of the old familiar acts
have been retained to add variety Of per-
formances, but even the old acts have been
improved.
From the grand entree, which opens the
performance, to the end of the monkey
circus, which closes the concert, there is
always something taking place in the arena
to amuse both children and older persons.
and two large crowds were amused at the
performances yesterday. This years show
includes larger number of trained ponies,
dogs. elephants and monkeys and a trained
cat plays a very important part In the con-
cert.
One Of the most entertaining features of
the performance is the pyramid building
and military drill by fifty we'll trained
ponies. They open the performance with
wonderful pyramids and a drill of all ma
tons. Each little pony is decorated with
national flag and as the groups or little
performers prance to the arena larger flags
are unfurled from the dome of the canvas.
The drill following the grand ensemble of
pony actors is very intricate but the ponies
go through the evolutions with the pre-
cision of prize infantry company. The
drill opens with the sounding of taps and
the ponies all lie down. Then comes the
reveille and they are UP in second pranc-
ing around the ring to their positions where
the drill evolutionS are given.
NEW ACT WITH PONIES.
The ponies give appetizer new act this year.
Eight of them with bells on their heads play
all %l,o$ L.,
the crowd can easily tell the air.
The dog circus has been slightly changed
from last year. but the old acts are all
interesting. The children laughed yesterday
when Snyder, the big clown dog, was
sentenced TO be hanged for stealing meat.
The big fellow is cut down from the gallows
and drops TO the ground as If he were dead.
He Is then hauled from the arena by the
monkey ambulance.
The elephants, three in number. offer a
much better performance than last season,
and show the training they secured during
the winter rest. The three form a very good
band, and while one of them hammers a
bass drum and another plays a mouth organ
with his trunk the third turns a crank on
a big hand organ. The big performers do
many difficult tricks and conclude their part
of the programme with an elephant ban
quet.
The monkeys delight the children with
their aerial act on flying trapeze at the top
OF the canvas ana also WITH their WOnderful
bareback and trick riding. The monkeys
play firemen in the last scene of the big
performance, and they rescue baby dogs
from a burning building.
Gentry Brothers have acquired the system
used by other circuses of giving a concert.
Monkeys, dogs and cats are the principal
actors in the after show, and they furnish
such an amusing entertainment that the
spectators nearly forget the fact that there
is no loop the loop act by a monkey on
bicycle as has been advertised. In the con-
cert monkeys play musical instruments,
operate barber shop and do other amusing
tricks. The barber shop act is new one
and affords much entertainment. One lazy
monkey plays the role of the porter another
the big customer who gets into the chair 70
have his hair cut and a third plays the
barber. The barber is the last to arrive at
the shop, and when he notices that the
porter has failed to do his work he grabs
the porter by the neck and throws him out
of the shop. He then starts after the
customer to cut his hair with a Ratchet
The customer objects and the barber draws
a revolver, resulting in a general monkey
fight and the shop being demolished
The entire show is much improved and
very entertaining. There will be afternoon
and evening performances every day during
the week.