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First appearance in years. This man has greatly improved. Act consists of ponies drilling, monkey doing a society act on a pony, bear waltzing, dog doing a somersault on pony’s back while galloping. The trained bear is immense. He jumps from a bridge on both sides of the stage to the pony’s back, which is quite novel for an animal of this nature. He also salutes at the command of his trainer, which is quite a scream. His leaping dogs are good, but not as strong as some we have had. The wrestling part of the act was cut out of the account of illness of ‘Banner,’ which he claimed was injured yesterday. The act is good in spots. He introduces an Englishman in eccentric makeup, who does some pretty fair acrobatic stunts with a little comedy sandwiched in between, which seemed to amuse a little. I presume if this man had a large stage with better facilities of handling his ‘props,’ he could do a pretty fair act. Acts of this nature does not appeal to the male portion of the Union Square audience. 21 min.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 4 September 1905-23 April 1906