Wirth's Wild West Show.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 784, 30 March 1905, Page 2

Wirth's Wild West Show.

Thut Wfrlh lire*.' combined drtfca >h the best of its kind that baa SW visited New Plymouth was ampllC demonstrated on Wednesday ev«nln|L when the ono night per/ominii aroused consldcraWo enthusiasm The enterprising proprietorti have with* out doubt got a really first-class show together, and merit the solo*. did patronage everywhere accorded* There wus a, big crowd of spectator* from both the town ami dfatrfel*, and by the time the band had play? cd the overture the huge teat, tha location of which was the late c* hibition site, was filled in ever* pure;

Concerning the long and varied programme there can be nothing but warm commendation. Tho usual dr* cus basinets was supplemented tij; much that was new to tho spectators, who wore unstinting in then applause.

Thrilling, aerial acts, clever displays in contortion and on the Holitun rings, and numberless higfclyintereaUng act* which, for variety, vim and dcverne*», would be hard to excel, were all heartily appreciated. Th c popular; Wild West touch wus lent by the turns of the American cowboy*. A display by the champion Jumper ol the world was also well received as was a feat of stock-whip creclcm* by Jack Kelly.: w A special feature 0 f the show wa» the menagerie, and the highly sea. MUoul treks performed byU* wi£ animals under their reflective trainera. Chcfulo's daring cycling feat of leaping the chaem wcnl off *uo cessf.iliy, and the separate showto another tent of the sa«e rt*Jl act, "Looping the Heath' witnessed by a large number