WIRTH'S CIRCUS.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 191, 14 February 1907, Page 2

WIRTH'S CIRCUS.

Messrs Wirth Bros., whose name is a household word in these climes, arrived by special train this morning with their iiuge caravanseria, and judging by the quantities of baggage, cages, elephants, etc, which ' paraced through the streets, it would seem an impossible task to have everything ready to open this afternoon; yet the management are con-, ndent that everything will be in readiness to receive patrons at the advertised time. The menagerie, which is claimed to be the largest and most varied collection of wild animals, performing and untameable will be open fipm 4 to 5 p.m., and we advise everybody not to miss the opportunity of paying them a visit, as there are over 200 species, amongst which special mention may be made of the Polar Bear, the Hybrid Zebiutz (a cioss between a pony mare and zebra) which is a savage, man-eating, untameable beast; besides these, there are seven lions, six tigers, fire bears, wolves, jackals, camels, leopards, jaguars* guanacos, the largest herd of elephants ever exhibited, three-legged gcats and horses, five-legged cows, two-headed calf, in addition to dozens of monkeys, baboons, wild cats, etc. > The huge circus programme includes a mammoth combination of talent chosen from the cream of the world's artists, and it will be quite a matter of course for visitors to express the opinion that the old idea of seeing one circus is to see the lot, is simply a fallacy, because the ' enterprising Wirth Bros, fully recognise that to gain success is to move with the times, and this they do by searching the world for novelties of every description, and to-night turns will be seen that even the oldest inhabitants have never dreamt of. Amongst some of these special mention must be made of Mr Hugh Patrick Lloyd, the marvellous performer on the corde eltastique, who performs miracles in the way _ of somersaulting, leaping, bounding, etc., without the aid of balancing pole or umbrella. The Flying Herbeits, veritable hair-iaißersj with their daring and dazzling flights from trapeze to trapeze, in mid-air, some of the flights including somersaults in between, covering nearly 30 feet. Sanpu Oruda is also one of the world's marvels, being Japan's greatest contortionist; then MdUe. Phillipina contributes a bounding jockey act, which has never yet been equalled even by the most renowned . gentlemen riders. Miss Cooke and Miss Madeline Wirth give exhibitions of light school riding, most entertaing and fascinating. The programme is, in fact, very rich in animal turns, Mr Phil. Wirth's trained school of military horses being a revelation as to what perfection it is possible to. train, the noble animals. Besides these, lions, tigers, dogs, goats, and ponies perform together at different times in a specially erected iron .arena, under the tutilage of Mons. Harco and Herr Lindo. This is; without doubt the greatest and best show that has ever been seen in Australasia, and so far their progress through New Zealand has simply been a procession of triumphs.