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MRR 2 – This is an act which I booked as an experiment in order to get something in the way of a novelty. It introduces Walthour and Kramer, the expert bicycle riders. Kramer first introduces an exhibition mile ride on the home trainer with the dial behind him indicating the distance. He is followed by Walthour who also does a mile. This part of the act is not especially interesting as everybody has seen it. In the finish a horse is introduced on the endless platform, similar to that used in “The Country Fair,” and ridden by Walthour. There is a half mile race with Walthour on the home-trainer. It is really quite an exciting bit, and I think it again in a day or two, and I would like to have the others see it too to determine its value as an advertising feature. It is booked in Brooklyn for next week, so that it could not follow on the circuit until the 7thof September at any rate. It is certainly a decided novelty and the finish is very exciting. 15 minutes, full stage.
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University of Iowa, Keith-Albee Vaudeville Collection, Manager Reports, 2 September 1902-3 September 1903