The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-23
CIRCUS IS NOT
PRETENT|OUS
SeIIS-FIoto Show Has Some
Acts That Are
Good.
CARRIES HANDSOME STOCK
BOASTS USUAL RUN OF coNvEN-
TIONAL STUNTS.

There are no Sensational acts in the
Sells-Floto circus that appeared here
yesterday. I'VE have decided that this
class of business" said Frank Tam
men. the general manager. lis not
amusement. but a challenge to shock
and lifelong illness on the part of wo-
men and children. We do not want a
man or woman to place life in peril;
We want them to do their acts in pleas
ing fashion, accurate and clean-we do
not want them to break their arms or
their necks every time they step on a
gear"
Sells-Floto shows have four or five
acts that are good. One act-the ira
peze work of the Potter family-is ex-
cellent. This act closes the main per-
Torrance
A Horse Two-Step.
For him who likes the horse, the
dancing bay, Rinaldo, owned and rid
den by John Carroll, Is an attraction.
His two-step is without a flaw. With
him are two white Arabs, ridden by
Mrs. Carroll and Miss Clara Ruel.
Other menage acts are pleasing. The
show boasts of many of the conven-
tional circus acts. The act of the Ty-
Bell sisters attracts attention. Sup
ported by a slender cord, these two
take the leathern bits into their mouths
ana perform in a fashion that is APP
pealing. The Ty-BelI family also APP
pear in the knife throwing act.
Up in the Air.
The De Espas do a bit of business as
aerialists. Other trapeze people of mi
nor merit in their acts complete this
department of the performance
Johnnie 'Correan, Cecil Lowando and
Nellie Ryland are bareback riders
Cleming and McAllister MRS Cleming)
give clever turn. Mrs. Cleming is
heralded as the only woman clown in
the circus business.
Herbert and Hildo are seen in a con-
tortion act. The Sugimato troupe OF
japanese perform cleverly. Herr
Schmidt, who is announced as the
worlds greatest strong man. lifts a
Slated barrel of immense diameter in
which a bicyclist goes round and
round.
Stock That Appeals.
The horses with the SeIls-Flote show
are in splendid condition; there is only
one in the hospital A stroll through
the stock tent-and it's seldom that one
gets the opportunity to stroll there
shows a collection of the specie that
| HSAl " d OOSs mas won tne love OF
mankind since time began. There il
Tammany, a great white Arab, a stall.
| lion worth thousands; there are dapplt
grays and beautiful blacks. They are
all gentle. They all want to be petted
and they want to pet the one who pets
They are broken to every means OF
training. They pay no attention to tn,
cracks of whips, for they know tina
the whips. however sharply the last
sounds, will never touch their bodies
| unless they do wrong-the trainer!
know that once a horse is whipped h,
may as well be sold
The stock in the horse tent number,
245. with seventy-nine head of smaller
stock, such as ponies and the other de
| lights of children. In the menageri,
there is a collection of young stool
that gives one a good idea of the ami
mails that we know not of.
The Sells-Floto does not pretend to bt
as vast circus as Barnum & Baileys
| it does not aim to compete with tina
class of shows. The Sells-F1oto goe:
/ to the smaller towns.
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