SOLE BROS. CIRCUS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 40, 3 March 1937, Page 12

SOLE BROS. CIRCUS

Visit to Hastings Soon A ci/rcus still kas tke power to produce excitement. Tkere is always tke possibility tkat tke timing of tke trapeze artists as tkey swing and tumble overkead may one day be a fraction imperfect. Tken there is tke possible spice of dangex in tke snarling lions as tkey jump tkrougk kurning hoops or glare, menacingly upon tkeir keepers. Sole Bros.' circus and zoo, which is arriving in Hastings for a two nights' season, comes with an international reputatlon. The circus comprises a company of 30 artists in tkeir own particular line, headed by C'aptain Andrew witk kis lions, lionesses and tigers, performlng togetker in a kuge steel arena. Otker stars are La Belle Marie, on tke swmging and balancing trapeze, Story and Lindsay, kand-to-kand and head-to-head balancers aud upside-down* equilibrists, tke Lenton Bisters, flying trapeze artists, tke nine Delcos tumbling maniacs, tke Bozelle troupe of girl acrobats, tke Ridgway family, whiriwind tumblers, Cico and Coco, comedy artists on rickety ladders, and tke famous Ashton, one of the greatest wkip-crackers. Tke skow also . includes performing elepkants, korses, ponies, kigk and long jump greyhounds, and monk'ey jockeys. The circus opens on Tuesday nest in Market street North, near St. Aubyn street.