The Washington times., 1910-06-21
HIPPODROHE OPENS,
THOUSANDS ON HAND
Capitals Newest AmuSe-
ment Venture Is AuSpic-
iously Launched.
EIGHTEEN-ACT BILL
WARMLY APPLAUDED
Slivers and Babcock Divide Hon
ors With Half Score of
Other Stars.

Other Stars.
Sosae folks think the baseball team
that represents Washington has been
drawing big crowds this year. but If
they had journcyed TO The American
League grounds last night they would
have realized that the B. B team has
worthy rival Tor drawing powers i'm
the Washington Hipp0drome Company,
which presented as interesting and
thrilling number OF acts at the open
ing last night as has been seen here az
one time in decade. The brlCfest way
&c explain last nights varied entertaiu-
ment is TO say that the program is the
cream Of circus headliners and the pick
Of vaudeville stunts.
Fully 5000 persons gave vocIferous and
we'll vserved applause 10 all OF the
nun ers-
Runs without Hitch.
With the exception Of a very slight
delay at the start, which was eNcus-
able IN a first production of such mag
nituje, everything ran as smoothly ms
even the most sauguine of press agents
could have wished for. There wasn't "a
delay as act succeeded act. and when
the program concluded with The really
hair-raising loop-the-death-trap act or
''Death-Defying, Daredevil" Babcock.
every one whose watch wasn't being
regulated" took look at his cLro-
nomeneter and said: "Weu. look at the
time! I had no idea It was il O'Clock
That sure good program. Let's come
early next time and avoid the rush.
Many Of those who went last night eN-
r.r
were mos<E interested in being on hand
a. the opening Of The first Open-air nip
podrome performance that washington
has ever had And the spectacle. even
before the performance, was worth tx, lr
that 4 score or more OF SC-ullatiIE
SearChHFht which blaZcd on the roofs
of the graudsfand and the shaded
ness and so brilliantly lighted the stage
tho rh.ee rings. and a space OF forty feet
ui the performers, that even the
..lO sat on the nearby roof cops.
lDh poles, end trees could see
.rg action
Ei-st on the program should he men
toned Announcer "AI' Eo-sleln- E.-7
powerful voice carries all over the
grounds, and, as one OF the performers
expressed H. there is some class TO
his announcements.
Opening Number.
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OF Opening the inter5 sting bin With an
gracefuIness the petite DeImore, all
spaugles and gold scurried 20 the top
ofsthe balancing pole held ON the should
ers Of her stage partner, as easily as II
size Were going MP a moving stair case.
Easily the feature Of the regular prog
ram was "Slivers," the oue-man base
bali game. Slfvers has been seen here
befora in his pant0mine, which last night
sxcec ded his former appearance here
I'm it's eloquent sign talk AS Slrrr-
talked to a friend on the stand argued
wit pi cher and umpire I'm turn, and
Wa finally led from the grounds hv q
pohrsm IN for not Obcyiu- The mandate
of Z arbiter, the least Imaginative
spectator could almost see the whole
game.
before was the performance OF Mime.
Nanon's troupe Of trained CoCkEtDOs.
Scores OF the birds bowed and eaWed
from the swinging pelches as the NUM-
The birds were made to dance, ride tn
carriages, turn flip OOPS with dizzyinE
rIplo.rv, and play Eee-e1W until one
could not but marvel 40 Cle time and
WCIk it must have ranen 60 train them
Lunette Sisters.
Only the adicctivcs used ny the press
agent can describe the performance No-
Che Lunettc sisters as the wL'rling gel
Eha girls. Following a short duo dane
IuE stunt they Eot on either side of
q large cyIindricaI-shaped piece of mech
Hnism, grasped two suspeudug wires I'm
6heir teeth and were slowly SWUNG
twenty feet from the stage. The CYL
Under began to turn faster and faster
until both stood ont almost at right
angles 20 the central pole. A.r.r being
lowered for Hriut breathing space
they again were drawn .ut1 l.r air.
supported hy tEeIr teeth and dressed
fo. tie Irc-oaDce costumes Suspended
in tnc air for several minutes the Luz
lFttC sisters sWuynd and tW -tt1 90 De-
F1ythm Of this graceful dance. tleu
fteiI arms were Still. ans a-.Il WIZ
1Hs-r IUuE robes flowing out lrr.r. lis.
wings they were sent sV lEl-t- aIuHno
I'm space even more raHlaLE fllH faI
f--s pcrilOUs trip they had m...n.
The MarLeH Family ot 1--WE presented
some OF the best Bicycle tricks ever
seen here. The lIlrtcIIs rode everything
from BICYCLES to- just plain ordinary
wagon wheels. and more than that
thev performed on eiu-ie wheels some
afr5batic movements that would have
received applause had they been Of
EGid ground
&nd Of course there was clown
More pleasing than The appearance az
clown in the big cast was INC tacl ID Pa
he had Irregular line of dope INA
V8s cleanly anal purely funny
sand there were other numbers equal
as good as those mentioned, among tle-
being the Japanese l1l1UNl iFHUE,
R,eed and DE 1Io-r. eluestriaus, and ia
Great Ster1, ~Iaek-lgire bicycle ride
The Carl DaWmon troUp was an0Ihl
of the star acts.
The Real Thrill
But the real thrill OF the evening cam
with Dare-Dcu Babcock. His act wa
all It had been promised, and then som
There have been acts and acts s3m'
thing like IT, The automobile lo0p-tL,
loon has It's thrills. and others have to
but for hair raising-tle only crig-u'
kind. similar TO The bugao3o scares ti
Riddles get in The 0arH-tnlt bicTc
stunt was IL with capital ietter
BabcoCk. genial Irishmoa, sits j.
wheel like any ordinary rider Who
has .7r.-r I..l Tho rHlr. and s. frr-r "a