I found 3 recordings of the song:
- 1909, by J. J. Kimmel and V. L. Ossman
- 1912, by William H. Reitz
- 1914, by The Peerless Orchestra
- 1925, a second(?) recording by The Peerless Orchestra

I found the song mentioned as being played at an event or for sale as sheet music in 64 articles from 1909 to 1935, with 22 of those mentions being in 1909. The references covered 18 states (including Washington, DC) plus 5 mentions abroad, 3 in Canada and 2 in Panama. The song was first copyrighted in 1908, so that time frame makes sense. This isn't an exhaustive search, just what came back when I searched the name "Hoop-e-Kack" in quotes on newspapers.com; there are of course other papers and books which mention it that either aren't digitized or aren't hosted there, but I think that gives you a good idea of the song's popularity. Most of those papers listed it as "novelty two-step."

Unfortunately, though, I didn't find anything for reviews or commentary of the song.