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This act was a part of the Harry Lauder show and was seven minutes long on the full stage.
The act consists of a leaping greyhound, a tame fox in a whirling cage, and a clown dog. The finish is a football “game” between two opposing teams of bulldogs. The trainer throws a football attaches to a rope into a pack of bulldogs who nose it around. A bulldog is stationed at each wire goal and noses the ball back into the middle whenever it comes their way.
The audience liked the football bit the best.
There is little to the act until the football action starts. Velanche ended the performance at just the right moment, which prevented it from lagging and created a big hit. It is the great novelty of the Lauder show.
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Variety 29:4 (27/12/1912)