Chiarini's Circus and Menagerie continue to attract large audiences at every performance, the Chinese visitors filling up all the cheap seats, while there is usually a good attendance in the boxes and dress circle. The show is well worth a visit if only to see what can be accomplished by the aid of muscle and perseverance, Little Frankie does some smart feats on horseback, standing upon his head among other' things while the horse is yoing pretty nearly at the top of its speed, The Japanese Kawamura and Chojiro are good at rotating and balancing barrels on their feot an throwing them backwards and forwards between each other. George Harmston diversities his performances by cleverly turning somersaults on a barebacked horse. The Devere Trou
fimbling.vaclting and somomaulting. The " performances' of the Woodward mee nee two gil a Brothers on horizontal bars are wonderful. One of them having hold of the bar, gradually and almost imperceptibly raises himself til his head is higher than the bar he is holding, a feat that requires immense strength of muscle, Kawamura and. the boy Tamekichi go' through a sensational performance, the boy being perched on aimee way. "The buy then mpreada himself top of a ladder, one side of which sudden
Out head downwards and like the letter X, with one foot at the top of the remaining Portion of "the ladder," whicl is only anced on the sole of the foot of Kawamura, Mdlle Lo Blonde, the Bounding Jockey, does some clever feats of horsemanship, and jumps on and off her horse with the greatest ease. Signor Chiarini continues to show what patience and perseverance can doin the way of training orsofiesh, and the clowns Godfrey Cartini cause much amusement by. their antics, George and Gilbert Harmston do some daring and dificult deeds of horsemanship and the Tamer goes through the eonsational performance of bearding the ions in their den and also of making the tigers go through a performance, while some thirteen members of the Company simultaneously give lessons in tumbling and gymnastics to a delighted audience,
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