The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-27

SiSiiSS anu touch OF the whip now and
Ihen ana threatening gesture, the
trainer oYercame his stubborn spirit.
l ne morse, too, trembled with fright at
the tigers snarls.
UneXcelled is the collection of polar
pears IN this show. They go at their
WORK as though they were great, over
grown kittens, and seem to enjoy il
Magnificent lions there are. with i'm
mense heads and enormous names and
talis that never ceased flashing. Into
lhe mouth Of one Of these gigantic
orutes the trainer twice or thrice lowers
his head, and a shudder runs through
the tiers Of seats, and a great sigh Of
rehef goes up when it is all over for
tnere IS present the realization that
should the animal close his mouth, no
power under heaven could save the
trainer from an instant and horrible
death.
In spite Of the fact that the animals
fretted under the intense heat. the per
tormance at both the afternoon AMI
evening shows went through smoothly
John Helliot, a famous animal trainer,
ana Charles Judge and Phil Castang are
the men who take their lives in their
hands in view of the public twice each
Gay, and no enc knows how often when
they are not in public
Elephants Are Accomplished.
In addition to the ferocious beasts OF
the uneXplOred wilderness. there are two
big herds of excellently trained ele-
phants. These animals are in charge Of
Percy Phillips and T. Gardner They
perform musical stunts as well as the
other tricks elephants are usually
taught.
The lions. tigers, elephants. leopards
ana bears are by no means the whole
show, however. There is a long bill of
fine acts. The equestrian performances
are superb, and the stock is in the best
Of condition. Some of the horses are
amazing performers. This is especially
true Of the menage horses used by the
Bedint family. Miss Louise Stickney.
Dollie Julian, Miss Connors, G. Thaie-
ros, Maud Hayward. Ida Miaco, Robert
Suckney and the other riders. These
horses show all gaits in harness on the
hippodrOme track, and their step to mu-
sic is accurate and precise. The bare
back riding is exceptionally good.
Surprisingly Clever Dogs.
The show carries the best lot of dogs
that has ever been seen in this city,
barring not even shows that are ex-
clusively dog and pony. Mile. Mary Pc
trof has Il dozen musical dogs, trained
TO perfection. A feature of the show
that is not advertised. but ought to be,
is the act of the DekOchs, head and
hand balancers. In this act, which
would be good without the dog, a dog
seats himself on the head of one of the
brothers, while the other brother bal
ances himself on the dogs head, scalp
TO scalp. It is neatly done. In one of
the riding acts-the ThaIeros troupe
two dogs ride two ponies, exchanging
do v,-~srr
mounts while in motion. One of the
dogs. in leaping from the forward to
the rear pony. turns a complete back
ward sOmeTsdult while the horse Is
going at a furious pace, and he never
misses. The act closes with four dogs
leaping from the ground to the horse
back and making the circuit of the ring
three times. These do not miss. either
Madam Bedini has a really wonderful
dog, the collie Ulo.
With the Acrobats.
In the aerial department the flying men
and women are led by the LlOyds. Their
twisting and catching is perfect The
Delno troupe. divided into two groups, are
good. The four DeltOns are fine aero
bats. There are the usual number of con-
tOrtionists and Jugglers-
An act worthy of passing notice IS the
bicycle riding of the NIerodia family. This
cIeverness caught the crowd. Narno and
Valdare also present a comedy bicycle
turn
The globe rolling Of the BOrsini troupe
is a high-class act. The four Yelleromes
sisters also perform remarkable tricks on
rolling globes, adding d club swinging and
juggling act
The performance closes with hippodrOme
races. which are worth while. The show
throughout is clean. The women present
an extraordinarily fresh appearance Their
toilets are attractive, their costumes ap-
parently new and well cared for. There
is a refreshing absence of the haggard
face and the fagged-OUt rider or acrobat,
so often seen in the working end of a
circus tent.
Rare Animals in Menagerie.
The menagt is large enough, although
not the largest in the world. The animals
have been selected manifestly with
view to quality rather than number.
Among the freaks is an animals which IS
q cross between d zebra and a horse. This
animal looks pretty much like a mule 1t
is said that Hagenbeck has bred them in
great numbers for use of the Germans
i'm South Africa. They are the only beast
of burden, Il is said. invulnerable to the
bite of the tsetse fly. the fatal plague
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