The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-18
GREAT FOREPAUGH-S SELLS SHOW VIEWED
 BY THOUSANDS OF HAPPY ALABAMIANS

sleek and well groomed, the costumes were bright with color and, consider ing the length of time the show has been on the road. the wagons were re- markably well preserved
 The management of the Forepaugh- sells circus has not deemed it advis- able to confine its efforts to amuse the pubic on the stereotyped circus line. that has made the saying see one cir- GUS. see them alf' true in a great ma tority of cases. This show combines all of the old circus features. that one cares to see and in addition the man. agement has branched out and secured artists, who have invented new acts in the circus line.
 For example. the two daredevil acts the loop theloop on bicycle by
 Navoio and the chasm- vaulting cycle feat of ''Prodigious Porthos ," When the bills announced over a year ago that man would loop the loop on a bicycle. people marvelled. There were many, who believed that the bills were merely posted to draw the crowds and that no such act would be pulled off. Forepaugh-Sells advertised only acts that were presented. They ore. scented much that they did not adver- tise but the show bills came near tell ing what was seen inside the tented arena. The skcpticai, however. saw "Diavolo' loop the loop. And they did not doubt that "Porthos" would vault fifty-foot chasm on a bicycle. But the fact was so novel that they want ed to see it.
 "Porthos" is decidedly the feature of the show. although the act is but one of many good things. ''Porthos" is a genial young chap, who has done ev- erything fin the daredevil line. He has coasted down 100 foot incline in- to tank of water thirty-feet distant from the jumping-ofr place. He has done other stunts that would raise the hair on an ordinary mortafs head. "Porthos" has avoided any possibility. Of having his hair stand up from fear. It conveniently lost itself several years ago. He wears a cap when he rides
 The act cannot be described Rid ing an ordinary bicycle down a 10O- foot incline, he dashes out into space. clearing twelve big elephants, cover ing space of fifty feet and lands safely on a sianting platform from which he calmly cycles to the ground. "Porthos" works less than a half min- ute day. He makes more in a week than the average man makes in a year. Decidedly this "Porthos' is an interesting fellow.
 The circus does not confne its nov cities to daredevil acts, however. There Is a clean, neat act presented by The Seven Lecussons entitled "A Trip to the Grand Prix." The Lecussons simply vary old acrobatic acts by do- ing them in a moving tallyho and varying old equestrian work by five of them performing on the same horse at the same time.
 decidedly interesting feature of the. show was the display of fine horses. Over two score of high-class horses are carried and 1t is doubtful If such display of horsefiesh and horse manship can be seen outside of a New York horse show. These thorough breds dance. drill, jump and do every thing not expected from an ordinary animal. They performed with riders on their backs or they performed by themselves A very novel equine act was that of Miss Maude Hayward, who drove a performing horse to a fash- ionable park cart.
 To go into the good things of the circus would require entirely too much space. Suffice it to say that among the acts deserving special mention were the performance of the herd of sixteen elephants, the grand Ieaping tournament, the acrobatic work of the