WIRTHS" MAMMOTH SHOW.

Bush Advocate, Volume XVII, Issue 64, 17 March 1905, Page 5

WIRTHS" MAMMOTH SHOW.

■ |s«^i^n;the; history- ofoA^astri^lian anbT tKbs?! of til l^vho are now growing eIH can realise to/the; full what this really-means— has there been sucb. au^ attractive- -exhibition- as that withiJwlliQn the name of tVfcth firos. jlias-tqr so long been, associated,, and was furnished food for amazing irierrim^nt to thdusands in the populous centres, where these ..enterprising enjertairiers haye pitched their giganJiic : ; tents- "U The, accounts wijicj* have appeared in the Sydney prsss of all.that is to be seep d^ thia enticing show, and which will aponi he: amongst iie, and highly euJpgistiQ, ,but the .elements of senlatiqttWniohiayereceiitJy been intrdduced are of such a nerve-staggering character that only' superlatives could be found to <Jesoribe theni. And if Chefalo does what-he has acoomplished in the Qaeen City of the South the^ de--Bctiptive extravagance that has been employed has not been altogether misapplied. . For it is unquestionably a ?eat of unpArallad daring to see a man, moupted on^a bicycle, dash down an inclibe of ab^ut 40ft, and at the end to be thrown by the impetus high into the. air ilnd across a chasm of over 40ft on tq an inclire from which, the moment he lands, he is shot with ligbtoning-like -rapidity towards the dressing tent. But rif this feat is bewildering in its daring, Uhft which concludes the circus bill, with its refreshing 'novelties and ~orjjginality of idea, is managerially referred to as a Looping Kilpatricli's Death Trap." It is par excellence the. most surprising of all sensations. Chefiilo, fidressed in ■ Mephistopnelian attf re, mounts an incline 50ft in ! height, and having seated himself .upon his bicycle, at a given word shoots* away- froto |bis base, and loops, a, framework 26ft in height. As he enters the loop, and'; is well in the cury^e Qn.his thrilling jowney, the ■front,- Tvheel of the machine at a givon- spot; and on the' instant— for loss of time is a matter of death — releases the bottom part of the structure, which is fixed after the manner of a ride-de« cbch horse, and ere he is thrown round > the other end of it joins with the permanent structure, and so conducts him on his intend flight to terra firma. It is a revelation in death-daring deals, and eclipses anything that has been seen this side of the line. Then there is Colquette, a Lancashire man, who jumps with such ease and expertness, that his equal has never been seen. He is accurately described as "The Modern Spring heeled Jack," and the charm of I the performance indisputably is its apparent simplicity. Of the Wild West show, in which cowboys enter upon an exhibition; of riding, lasooing, and knife throwing, much has been said, but at description cannot completely convey any idea of the excellence of the show, a visit will make all things clear. The circus will open near Miller's oc Tuesday, March 21th, one night only.