Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — Wallace Circus Stars. [ARTICLE]

Wallace Circus Stars.

It is difficult to say in just what department the Great Wallace Shews excel, but when it visits Rensselaer on Tuesday, August 27, oar citizens can judge for themselves. Those who are versed in the business and ought to know whereof they speak say that the riding as seen with the Wallace Show this year has never been equalled, much less excelled. The riding of Mike Roouey and Orrin Hollis is a revelation to the public. Their consummate skill and beautiful grace are always greatly admired. They do everything on a horse’s back that an ordinary acrobat can do on the stage. They never falter or lose their balance, but perform feat after feat in such an easy manner that their act is one of the most ad mired of the entire program. What Orrin Hollis and Mike Rooney cannot do on the back of a galloping horse never could be done. They do all of the old time tricks and then do feats of their own invention which have never been attempted by others. For Hollis and Rooney to turn a backward or forward somersault upon a horse is as easy as for an ordinary man to take a step. There is also a friendly rivalry existing between Hollis and Rooney; each one of them would rather lose a woek’s salary than to make a mistake or a failure in any feat, since he knows the other one wonld chuckle over his misfortune. Tnis friendly rivalry between the two celebrated riders not only amuses the other preformers connected with the Great Wallace Shown, but it also results in better riding than can be seen with any other show. Mike Rooney and Orrin Hollis are second to none. These champion bareback riders will be seen with the Great Wallace Shows when they exhibit for one day only in Rensselaer on Tuesday, August 27.