New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-24
AT LAST-THE CIRCUS.
GORGEOUS as EYER.
4nciIotti Has Slight Mishap at End
of Loop the Gap" act.

With ALI its oldtiuae glitter and glare, but many
rnew" features, the circus came to town iast his'.
There's only one crcus-Barnum & Bailey s-that
shows I'm this town and the boys in the galiery
said last highland there were some two Thousand
OF them-'It all TO the good-See! 1t was d
fine house and a fine show, for every section and
box in Madison Square Gardens aInphltheatfe heio
:ts quota of enthusiastic patrons
Long before the doors opened they were be-
sIeged by a throng camoring for admission ana
half an hour before the show began standing room
in the realm of the freaks and in the basement
where the menagerie held forth, was at a premium
and vendors of peanuts popcorn and pink lemonade
did a land Office" business.
The management of the greatest show on earth
are sticklers for a time" programme. so exactly
on the stroke of o'clock the buglers and the band
heraided the entrance of the gorgeous Durbar at
Delhi" Gorgeous 1t was. with its royal parties
riding in richly comparisoned howdahs on the
backs of elephants its ambassadors IN the uni
forms Of their respective nations. its dancing girls
sn dainty raiment. and hundred mounted soiuleiS
from several nations.
Then came the ring displays, eighteen in all,
among them several acts which elected ire
uuent applause. Among the best new features AIe
the dogcart jugglers and seven jolly arnsts' the
eacusson troupe, in what in show parlance is an
...+-,a,, French satlrnalia," in which tally-ho
,oocbing marty urn sornersaults from the coAch
10 the horses backs. Then there are the Imperial
yieunese troupe, who do amazing acts On tiie
,oeze For the grown-ups. as Wen as loi Inc -
there the lhIlS SlO"A4N
itbirty-who furnish no end OF FUN all tnrousH ING
show. Auto
But while ali the acts were excellent. inc 80
,,,,ae the Thrilling Dip of Death described oy
s.roa,s, Hamilton the prince of press agents as
"a dreadful headong leap loop and topss -lui'y'
.,,,,,o5ng soznersault with automoeue the eeii
ea.,on of all sensations which may be apuy 'e
- sfoarful froIio with fate" is the magnet that VIII
.s-s,v the dollars into the circus treasury lot
,yasn,t a person who witnessed the Caring Iea'
.,ooeSsfrllv performed last night. by Nile. Nlau-
--;,,o ~ Tiers who wasn't ready 10 declare tiat
..aroav'' Hamfton's description was not nan 'i''N
enough. .o.,,,o of 1870
Making her entry in real automople a' W.
., >, the daring performer, in a DANNY sO"N u
-. 10. .slxer once around the arena, boVlng 10
bU as she passed. Three minutes ia' r
- ros+ed IN a red arm chair TO the lofty perch
80 .,.Io+ the ..auto'' starts. In another minute
&c zas securely strapped in her seat ano At 4o-O0
g, - ,ala.sad nv a lever shot down the query
,-.5 ,nclined Shooting around its base me car
,.o,,nded across the open space, striking the OPP
.,.o nlstforrn with blow that echoed all over
- Garden for il was still death there lot those
solr seconds Then. with her black mar pio"L
straight out, the young woman IN "ili'e came W
OF the runway like catapult
roonoent later she was bowling her acKno"I-
,edeernents 70 the cheers OF the thousands WIN
-ri+h hated breath had witnessed the narFeilouS
feat 49,, .,o,,
iotu Brothers. only one was able 10 loop the e0P
-.,tb his bicvcle This thrilling act was success
fully accomplished. but the rider zen On Lis sue
al the moment the wheel struck the ground he
=. .h,s ~ walk of without assistance. Two per-
-Eo~r,snces = dav are TO be given for season OF
four weeks