The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-06
'"''.,.,!EL FEATURES
PLEASE D CROWD At
SPARKS CIRCUS
Spick and Span Appearance of
Equipment Made Impression
ANIMAL ACTS UNUSUAL
Trained Elephants, Dogs, Seals
and Pigs Showed Much
Intelligence
ANIMAL ACTS UNUSUAL

Sparks circus has come and gone.
Again 1t proved to be a very reput-
able show as far as the run OF cir.
cuses go. One thing that went far tow
ard making good impression on the
crowds was the general clean array
and bearing OF all participants, human
and animal Perhaps the show Is
rightly called the circus immacu-
late" because the greater proportion
Of the tents, cages, wagons, trap
pings, wardrobe and steel railroad
cars were new early this spring.
Throngs OF people crowded the
main streets to see the parade. The
horses, elephants, camels and other
animals made their usual appeal. or
course the latter are extremely inter-
esting because few see them every
day. but the horses from the stal.
wart grey, six in hand drewing the
motley colored car to the pure
whites, the chestnuts and blacks that
prancing gaily, through the streets,
tossing their heads in air, are ever
the display that win the hearts OF
men, women and children, in spite
Of the fact that horses are very COM
mon to all
Promptly afternoon and evening
the performance opened with the spec
tacle Visions OF Arabia In which
all OF the performers, bands, horses,
came S and elephants, the latter all
handsomely blanketed. and numerous
singing girls and premier dancers
participate.
Most everyone says, well | go to
--.o circus to see the animals" To
say the least, it was possible to get
good fill of really rare animal act
ing in both of yesterdays shows. The
numbering elephants proved that
they have more ability to obey the
impulse of rhyme and reason than
many supposedly thinly Aided crea-
lures. Two Of the big fellows actu-
ally seemed to enjoy shimmying and
one OF them even winked at his
lady trainer.
The red grunters, through they went
through a short performance, side
stepped the Old theory that pigs Is
pigs when they rolled and slid down
the slippery side like so many small
boys. The smallest one, more or less
b'acker than his fellows, usually lost
his equilibrium and went down back
ward grunting at his awkwardness.
CAPT Tieber's seals were another
big feature with their rope,walking,
juggling Of balls and generally skill.
ful and funny stunts. Irish, whether
he Is al~olutely the only seal in the
world to play his country's fayorite
anthem America" or not, showed
that he could do Erin Proud. When he
made mistake in any of his notes
he acted as disconsolately as a con-
scientious child. When he came
through for the cheers he showed
his own personal pleasure as plainly
as dog. Irish was not the least bit
conceited He never cla2ped for
himself although he did applaud. the
work OF his brothers and sisters.
Koban and Emo troupes OF Japan
ese acrobats, perch artists and bal
ancers did some remarkable feats:
Of balancing, rope walking and walk
ing upstairs on their heads. Some
parts of the other arenic acts we're
extraordinarily good. The Juggling
Tarkins carried chairs, and tables
balanced on their foreheads with re-
markable ease and agility.
At 10 o'clock the main performance
was over, An hour later few vestiges
Of the City of Sparks remained on
the old baseball field. Today the
show is creating the same interest at
burlington.