Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-07

Del c. Hammel1 very gracefully intro
duces one of the clevereSt and smallest
performing horses in the world--dainty
little Peter Pan, the Shetland pony
who occupied the stage with rare
tricks. Peter Pan weighs but fifty-f1ve
pounds, according to the press agent,
and fifty pounds of that must represent
brain matter, for Peter Pan certainly
has panned out to be one of the richest
treats of the horse show. The Rhoda
Royal troupe contains several of the
finest black and white horses ever In
Los Angeles, but the midget is best
of all.
Rooster Springs Surprise
About this time, from some place in
the background, there comes stridins
into view a monster rooster, faultlessly
initiated, who struts about the stage,
Tapping his wings and growing at the
spectators. Under the disguise of
feathers, wings, tail and comb is the
famed Sassaria, and the way he reels
oft his rooster dance is spellbinding. He
gives some excellent limitations, and Is
rooster to all intents and purposes:
but he affords the climax of fun when
real bantam is released from a sack
and begins a fierce fight with the man :
rooster. Sassaria leads him on, spurs
him and picks at him until the rooster
becomes wildly incensed, and there Is
one of the best fights between the man
and the bantam ever witnessed.
Incidentally Spader Johnson again
tries to get funny with an automobile
stunt, but this time he doesn't score his
usual success, and should do something
not quite so old as the gag essayed yes
terday. 1t Injuries the fine impression
he leaves after his band act.
In ring No. 2, during the rooster stunt,
Jasper, the obstinate mule" is intro
duced, and Mobiles Billy Boyle, Mat
Everhardy and Herb Cornish afford
some genuine and hilarious amusement
trying to break him in. These worthy
mobiles may be all right riding a goat,
but when 1t comes to riding such mis-
chievous mules as Jasper, they are not
in it for a minute. Jasper carried off
the honors yesterday, and the trium-
virate of Shriners carried off good bit
of dust and perspiration. The act is
funny.
The incidental act in ring No. that
of the six trained ponies-is fair, but
not above the average. Something bet
ter could be substituted.
Senorita Arabella Copprino next ap-
pears in ring No. with a delightfully."-
daring and delectable" demonstration of
artistic equestrianism. She is said to
have hailed direct from the Royal circus
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is ably accompanied in her feats by
Noble Andrew J. Copp, jr., a Los An
geles man, who evinced promising
ability.
simultaneously in ring No. Mobiles
Sterling Booth and John Corriea, two
of California's most adroit equestrians,
give a splendid performance on the
backs of two swift horses. Cecil Low
lande, the so-called champion bareback
somersault equestrian. and John Cor
riea, with Noble William d. Stephens
as ringmaster, next hold forth enter
tainingly in the second ring, followed
by Noble Paul Peppers in a burlesque
mule act that makes a great hit. Noble
F. L. Botsford also does few things
in the mule line that yesterday left the
spectators of ring No. in an uproar.
Mobiles w. p. Jeffries, Billy Boyle,
Charles Stansbury and Herb Cornish
superintended the two ring perform
ances in very able manner.
Hippodrome Races Exciting
The main show concluded with SER
les of exciting hippodrome races. The
first event yesterday was a dashing
four-horse tandem race, in which the
riders, Mobiles Marco Hellman and
Harry Harris, rode on the back of one
thoroughbred and dextrously reined
three others in the lead.
The second event was a woman