AMUSEMENTS.
WIRTH BROTHERS.
Messrs Wirt-h Bros.' "Greatest Show on Earth" will open a season m Wellington, near Te Aro Railway Station, on Monday next, Jan. 7. The doors will be opened at seven o'clock, so that an hour may be spent m inspecting the horses and other animals and freaks before the commencement of the main programme, which will consist of twentyseven items, and of these twenty are being given for the first time m Wellington. Most interest will centre around the American sensation of the Flying Herberts, human skyrockets. This feat has attracted large houses throughout the Australain States, and during the past month, and despite its dangers, the Herberts have been able to . accomp- , lish it with success at practically every performance. The programme has been so arranged that the . Herbert's act is withheld until late, m the evening, <so that people for whom the danger of the act is too thrilling to be pleasant may view the milder part of the programme and then leave if they so wish. Among the other leading artists are Hugh Lloyd; the Leoni Family, of seven, claimed to be America's leading equestrians ; 'liUrina de I£ Stella and Mdllcr. Mayona; "Miss PhaHpina-, the only lady somersault rider m the world} Three Leon Sisters, the world's greatest iron-jaw ladies ; 'Moris, Marco, whose thrilling act- with three fierce jaguar's is the acme of wild animal training ; the Four Comets; Sampei Osada, Oriental equilibri'Stic gymnast ; and Captain Burrow's wonderfully-trained and largest herd of elephants ever seen m- Australia. The museum .contains a 30-foot python, three-legged horse, two-head-ed calf, horned-hoofed pony, and Condor, and I^inka-jou, and Blue Spec, the smallest pony ,m the world; The menagerie contains . seven elephants, water buffaloes, zebus, oudads, llamas, vicunas, tapirs, lions, jaguars, pumas, black panthers, tigers, leopards, gunaroeos, wolves, bears, mountain sheep, apes, sloths, camels, puran'g-ou tangs, baboons, dromedaries, gorillas, kangaroos, emus and snakes. Mr Wirth's fine exhibition of horsemanship is declared to be one of the' best things on the programme. A matinee will take place on Wednesday afternoon.
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NZ Truth, Issue 81, 5 January 1907, Page 3
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340AMUSEMENTS. NZ Truth, Issue 81, 5 January 1907, Page 3
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