Show THOUSANDS T DS OF OF NEW YORKERS YORK RS OUT O oLAT T AT OPENING PERFORMANCE PERFORM ANCE w York April 12 The Hippo home drome New Yorks newest and largest place ilace or ot r amusement n nt was opened op ned to the under the management ent of Thompson Dundy and every one of the scats seats was taken some of them having been bought at auction at high premiums and wherever there was standing space it was filled The Th performance began with the I spectacle A Yankee Circus on Mars I The first scene showed a stranded I American circus about to be sold at auction It is bought by b a it Martian who takes it to his planet and this gives opportunity in the following scene to show very er elaborate stage settings Following the th circus on Mars came a spectacular production of American civil elvil war incidents Andersonville n a aStory Story of or Wilsons Raiders In I this there t ere was a battle battlo scene bringing numbers of mounted men on the stage The great Hippodrome tank was util utilized utilIzed utilized In the battle scene the fore part of the stage sinking this process of submersion continuing for several min minutes minutes mm utes until the stage represented a 0 river With mounted troops represented in retreat horses and riders rush forward and into the water many man feet deep Many horses were in the water at the same time and the magnitude of the presentation of the battle made a avery aVery avery very effective scene The Hippodrome stage is remarkably large and at times was crowded Hun Hundreds Hundreds Hundreds of or persons and many animals in including including including elephants and horses were in view at one time making a very ver ani animated animated animated mated and picturesque stage scene The circus specialties introduced in the first part of the performance were unusual unusually ly good |