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No faster or more entertaining acrobatic
novelty comes to mind. There are ten
men in the troupe. The stage is set as
the kitchen of a bakery, while the acrobats
dress in white with baker’s caps.
They enter by diving through the oven
doors at the rear, and go into “Risley”
work, Joe Boganny being the foot worker
and using a “Risley” mat concealed as a
bag of flour.
The finish is a tremendous hit. It
introduces a "wrestling dog," a huge Dane,
which wrestles with one of the boys,
downs him and finally throws him into
the wings. The dog weighs as much as
the boy and, standing erect, towers above
his head. The wrestling match has the
appearance of a real contest, and a hot
one at that, and made a striking finish to
a really remarkable comedy acrobatic act.
Source:
Variety 12:6 (10/17/1908)