The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-10-28

every way she initiated the stunts at
tempted by the man, some of which were
startling and new.
An even dozen different acts occupy tina
attention OF the public in the seventh
display, two of which are worthy of par
ticular notice One of these is the Car
men troupe of aerial artists. who have
some stunts that are dangerous and ere
ated great applause. and the other is the
Doller Brothers, a bicycle act that ends
with one of the riders performing
somersaut ON a bicycle IL mid-air. The
same rider later performs a number of
feats on a bicycle on a tight wire,
novel feature. and one that proved most
popular.
Josie Demott one of the oldest and
most famous women bareback riders.
who has recently returned to the ring
after absence of twelve years, turned
a somersault ON horseback yesterday, a
feat rarely tried by woman equestrian.
At the same time Ella Bradna and Fred
Derrick were performing some unusual
feats, some that were better by far than
the best acts of great many of the cir
cuses that come to Birmingham. In fact.
, this act is the best equestrian act of the
entire show
Dandy" and Graceful" two high
school horses proved one of the most
popular acts The horses are ridden by
Ray Thompson, ana he has educated
them to a surprising degree. Graceful
showed that she had been particularly
well trained. and she bears out her name,
for she performed the most difficult high
school tricks in the most graceful man
ner.
Md-Air Act.
novelty aerial act Is that of the
Stoves troupe, a French act performed
on new and unique platform suspended
I'm mid-air near the top of the big tent
Another French act tina. occupied the
center of attention for fifteen minutes
was that of the Rowlandes. A stage
coach is driven into the arena and this
troupe perform the most difficult stunts
in this coach and on the backs of the
horses, jumping at times from the horses
! to the coach and then back again. The
act includes seven people, three of whom
are women.
The Gunatho Sisters. seven of them,
presented an act in balancing somer-
saults from shoulder to shoulder and to
the ground These sisters perform stunts
that would make the men in many of the
| btSl dctS SIT up anu take nOllCe. Al the
same time the Florence troupe was per-
| forming a number of difficult feats ON
the other platform, doing double and
! single somersaults while standing two
high, and twisters from shoulder to
! shoulder.
Growing Act.
Probably the Growing acrobatic act of
| the entire circuc is that of the Imperial
| Viennese troupe, ten people, who take
part In some aerial acrobatic work that
was startling. Among other things three
OF the troupe put on a double somer-
! sault In the air and catch on the hands
of another swinging from another
| trapeze. This same stunt is tried with a
| backward somersaut.
| The Roman races, the chariot races and
| the hippodrome contests of various kinds
| are the concluding features of the show
Barnum IL Bailey's snow has many
claims to being the largest and the best
| For one thing, it does not offer single
weak act its menagerie is the largest
and most complete, containing three
| giraffes, and all of it's large feature acts
are especially strong.