WIRTH'S CIRCUS AND ZOO.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8345, 30 January 1907, Page 5

WIRTH'S CIRCUS AND ZOO.

The annual visit of Wirth* Bros.' circus and menagerie of performing , wild animals has again come round, and the name of "Wirth" is quite sufficient guarantee for an excellent performance. They have this season procured new talent from England and America, and the show is a new circus altogether. The Wirth Bros.', circus has grown, to 'such a size that the proprietors'have adopted a policy unheard of in anyVother colonial enterprise, and that.is. the union of a number of different' kind's of entertainments under one management, for the one ticket. They advertise that they will not only give a genuine circus, but more than a circus, a combination of seven shows, viz., a circus, a hippodrome, museum, vaudeville, menagerie, huge ele- ■ phant herd, and grand oriental parade. Newly imported star artists have arrived from America and Europe, says a contemporary, including the world's greatest exponent on the tight rope, Hugh Lloyd. He uses no balancing apparatus, and con- t eludes a marvellous performance by turning somersaults while playing the violin, which does not cease playc , ing. Mdlle. Phillipina, the only somersault rider and boundary jockey in the world; Miss May Ringling, an equestrienne of unusual daring; the Flying Herberts, and the Leon Sisters , aerial performers, are among the "performers. The Vaudeville will produce jiu-jitsu wrestlers, Spanish dancers, musical comedy acts, wire walkers and equili* brists. The menagerie is now one of the largest travelling the Australasian colonies. The circus will appear in Masterton on Monday, February 4th.