2 shows, 12 min. full stage. European equestrian exhibiting one beautiful white and another chestnut horse. The stage is covered with a dark mat and backed with a dark drop. The curtain rises with Miss Rens sitting on the white horse on a pedestal – a handsome picture in itself. Then she puts the horse through high school riding followed by posing with handsome color and light effects. Was strongly applauded at the rise of the curtain and throughout the act. I am advertising it as the sensational hit of the ‘Yankee Circus of Mars’ because of the fact that that shown comes to the Boston Theatre, next door, in April and they have already sent out considerable advance matter.
This is the most wonderful animal I ever saw and is probably most striking act we have in the bill. He works on the trapeze and rings just as a man would. He catches and pitches balls with his trainer. Turns somersaults from one trapeze to another and really it is a vey good act. 12 min, full stage, 2 shows.
First time here. This dog is immense. Greatest I ever saw. Can do everything, but talk. Will stand all kinds of billing on the circuit, and fully capable from holding a better place on the bill. Applause hit of the show up to this time. 11 min. in 2, 3 shows.
Animal act introducing two ponies, two bears, two monkeys, and four dogs. They do the usual animal tricks, but on account of the various animals, the act is somewhat of a novelty. It is well staged and contains the element of comedy, which should prove especially strong in attracting children. All in all quite a good act. 15 min. full stage, 3 shows.
2 shows, 20 min. full stage. Changed their work somewhat from last week, introducing two pretty ponies, a white and a seal brown, one of whom skips rope, and the other dance a cakewalk. As big a hit as last week.
Equestrienne. Recently with the Barnum & Bailey show. This act is a novelty and good one of its kind. The only fault to find with it is that it is a little too short, running only about eight minutes. She carries a large padded mat that covers the stage in a circular manner. The pad is an invention of Miss Bradna’s and is really one of the best things of the kind I have ever seen. It is so constructed that the horses can work on it without making any noise and without slipping. She uses two horses in the act and goes through a routine of bareback riding which is nicely done. There is nothing startling about the act, but it has a nice appearance and is a distinct novelty and, I believe, is a good acquisition to the vaudeville field. She has nice costumes and wears them well. In addition to her horses she does a little stunt with some pigeons which I eliminated entirely. It hardly looked in keeping with the rest of her act. It might have been all right in a circus but not in a theatre. 8 minutes full stage.
This equestrienne act naturally went very big, and held the audience to the finish. To me this is one of the most wonderful acts I have ever seen. How this woman ever got the horse to get used to the different blazing Colors, and the dancing of her dress before his eyes is a mystery. Corking good act. Of course, this stage is very small for her act. 14 minutes, full stage.
2 shows, 18 min. full stage. Twelve Trakehne stallions, six black and six chestnuts, two of the latter being used by the trainers for a high school exhibition, at the opening of the act. It is unquestionably the strongest act of the kind that has ever been put on the stage here, but it would be impossible to work it elsewhere, and the Herzogs say that they would never undertake it.
This is an act by a man who is an equilibrist and uses the dogs perched upon his head and working in other various ways with him. Very neat and clean and from the three per day standpoint is all right. 10 min. full stage, 3 shows.
HR 3. Foster’s dog, “Mike,” a very well trained dog. Didn’t work well today for some reason. A very good three show act when the dog does work well. 15 mins. in one.
