Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-08-27
SAUTELLE'S CIRCUS.
Tuesdays Exhibition Gave Good
Satisfaction.
Not "The biggest Show on Earth" but
just Large Enough TO he Seen
Well, and All Of 1t Was Well
Worth Seeing.

The experience of those hundreds Of
people who were caught in the drenching
rain at the Barnum & Bailey circus in
this city n month ago was not of char
acter to make them wish to see another
croes this year and when to this fact
was added a continuous rain Tuesday
morning it was not strange that the at
tendance at Sig Sautees circus which
exhibited in this city Tuesday, was com
paratively small.
But Sig. Sautele gave the people their
moneys worth. The menagcrie was IL large
and well kept one. and in its
inspection. young and old had not
only interest. but profit. The cir
Gus itself was one of the best tent
shows ever brought to the city. 1t was
not too large to be seen and enjoyed. and
it was worth seeing, every bit. There
were two rings and a center space, and
something was going on In one place or
another, or in all three sections, all the
time. Take 1t altogether and Burlington
people couldn't have asked for better
all-round circus, strong in its talent, com
plcte in its tent equipment and general
facilities, remarkably clean and attractive
in costume and surprisingly rich in its
number of handsome thoroughbred horses.
The main show Tuesday last two full
hours, afternoon and evening, and he II
said to the credit of the show managers
and the relief of the patrons that there
was no cutting short of the night enter
tainment through haste to leave the city.
! The entertainment was excellent, ana
some of the acts were revelation to
! local spectators. The acrobatic act of the
! LaTel brothers was one of the best things
ever seen here, and their muscular man
| ipulation of each other won deserved APP
/ plause. France Reed did spectacular work
| in trick bareback riding. His SonlcrSaultS
| on n running horse We're startling. Miss
| Blanche Hilard created a sensation with
| her riding of four bareback horses. Other
| conspicuously notable features were the
marvellous 63-horse act worked by Charles
! Watson; the Elliotts in their hair-raising
| feats upon triple horizontal bars; Eddie
| Rivers, the bounding rope artist. and La
Baron, Miss Florence La Baron and
Charles Jackson. contortionists. One of
the most intensely interesting features
was the exhibition of the pony riding
! puma. This fierce mountain lion was
| brought out of his cage and put through
his tricks by Professor Barnes. Some eX-
cellent classic poses We're given on re-
volving stage by the Barnells. Then
there were educated goats and dogs and
monkeys and ponies in clever acts. a
dozen clowns provided lot Of wholesome
fur with their continuous frolic and drol-
| lcries
Following the ring entertainment there
were Roman hippodrome events and a
| lid West exhibition. An instance OF
with the capture of the thief following,
attended by the proverbia rough treat
ment that bad men in the West were
wont to receive. The two-horse hurdle
races, pony races and chariot races were
| charac tically exciting.
Sig. Sautolle is not a stranger to Bur
linCton but comparatively few people
know that 30 years ago he was a resident
of this city being employed as "A candy
maker for Eallou & Arbuckle Many of
the older RESIDENTS will remember him
| as George Satterly, who, after he left
burlington went to Saratoga and Warren
counties III New York, where he took up
! ventriloquism and magic. Later he started
small animal show, from which he has
built up the present business. He is es-
| Scntally Il sclf-made man and his career
shows what can he accomplished by strict
attention to business in hand Sig. Sau-
telle has some able assistants. one Of them
being +. y. Robbins, the general man
ager, who left for Erie, Pa, yester-
to buy cars, ANIMALS and other show
property, and another is j. c. Banks, the
gentlemanly press agent. who made the
visit of Burlington newspaper men to
the show a genuine pleasure.