El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-01
FL PAsOANs ENJOY
SELLs-FLOTOS SHOW
More Exhibition For the
Money Than Ever Seen
Here Before.

More for the money than any other
circus on earth" might well be the
motto of the SelIs-F1otO circus, for If
there is any other amusement agSre-
cation that gives as much for a quar-
ter it hasn't been this way There have
been circuseS here with more acts and
more animals on exhibition in, the main
entrance but they charged twice as
much admissiOn-and they did not give
twice as much for the money.
The Sells-FlotO people keep their au-
diences entertained for two solid hours
and there is not a punk" act, from the
beginning to the end Of the circus
Wonderfully trained animals, splendid
horsemanship, good clowns, good
Uumbling good music, superior tight
wire walkers and trapeZe performers
make up an evening Of genuine enjoy
ment Not the least enjoyable act in
the bill is that by the Deylin Zouaves.
who give a splendid exhibition OF
.oUave movements and wall scaling.
exception. All the Sells-FlotO acts are
OF the same high type and 1t is a pleas
ure to commend such a clean show
Under che direction OF RhOda Royal,
known wherever there are lovers OF
the horse as the premier trainer Of
high school horses, assisted by Bob"
Stickney world famous bareback rider
and vaulter, the ring work is in the
Royals finely trained troupe OF horses
is one OF the features of the show,
while the riding Of Mr.. Stickney's wife
and daughter on two big white horses,
is another strong feature Mrs. Homer
HObSOn is another clever bare back
rider who divides houors with the
Stickneys in the ring One Of the fea-
lures Of their act is jumping their
horses through blazing hoops. not one
time but many times. The Royal high
school horses are too well known to
need any comment. Their equals are
not seen in the circus sawdUst ring
Mr.. Stickney himself is no longer a
performer. but 10 or 20 years ago he
was one Of the worlds three greatest
bareback riders and tumblers. Bob
Stickney. Jim Robinson and Charlie
Fish were a trio who had no equals in
Europe OF America Stickney has Cf-en
leaped p horses from springbOar6
and done a double sOmersault as ne
went over He holds the record for
having done a double sOmersauIt from
q springbOard over the backs of 10
elephants. He was at his prime when
Mai c. A. Davis. of FL PasO, was the
premier circus press agent OF the cOun-
try They renewed old friendship here
Monday
Probably the greatest act OF the
Sells-FlOtO show is the animal act Of
Miss Margaret Ricardo, who, in a huge
steel cage, forces three lions and three
tigers to perform many difficult feats. |
including see-sawing and the formation {
of pyramids.
The trained elephant act is another
strong feature. The animals a re made 4
to do things never before seen by FL I
PasOans in a circus ring, and they ex- /
hibit wonderful intelligence and a re- I
markable degree of training. Fhe man !
aSement gives credit to Mile, Lucia /
Fora for the training the elephants /
have received.
The Scotch kilties band is another /
feature Of the show, but all the acts
were features, and it has been a long
time since such a happy aggregation 4
Of FL PasOans was seen in one place.