With a brand new programme scheduled to be presented very shortly, the management of the Olympic Circus and Menagerie expects that the Circus will enjoy a longer run in Shanghai than any other circus hi-thereto. With a capacity of 4,000 spectators, the tent of the Olympic Circus has been filled in practically every performance since it opened and already well over 50,000 people in Shanghai have seen the show.
One of the reasons for its amazing popularity, is the fact that it is one of the biggest circuses ever to be brought to Shanghai; a larger circus came to Shanghai about 10 years ago—so long ago that most of the younger generation in Shanghai have probably forgotten about it. With conditions as they are in the world today, it seems unlikely that a circus of the same magnitude will be brought to Shanghai within the next decade or so, and this is another reason why Shanghailanders have flocked so enthusiastically to the present circus.
A high standard of entertainment is presented each day at the Olympic Circus. The Arabian horses go through their amazingly intricate routines showing abnormally high intelligence and are probably among the best trained horses in the world. The elephant act is equal to any that has been shown in this city, while the human cannon ball act is another which is strictly a specialty of the Olympic Circus—no other show in the world has it.
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