Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1915 — Thrilling Experience in the Jungles of Central Africa. [ARTICLE]

Thrilling Experience in the Jungles of Central Africa.

To hear the thunderous roars of the man-eating kings of the forest* to feel their hot breath wafted through the barred windows of a tiny cabin in the jungles is certainly thrilling. Fritz Brunner, the famous animal trainer with the Sparks World’s Wamous Shows, which are to exhibit here on Thursday, May 13, was raised in a cabin in the wilds of equatorial Africa. His fathe rwas an agent of the Royal Zoological Society of Germany and spent many years Securing specimens for that institution. Hence from childhood Mr. Brunner was accustomed to hear nightly the roars of monster lions, the hideous tiger’s growls and the snarling leopards and hyenas, which would engage in deadly combats around the cabin, often hurling their huge weight against its frail walls and scampering over its roof. As he grew up in these surroundings he became a fearless hunter, meeting the wild denizens of the forest face to face and engaging in fierce struggles with the infuriated beasts. He afterwards became a trainer, and his absolute mastery rver the brute creation is not equalled by any living man. A large steel enclosure will be erected in the center of the exhibition tent, into which the ferocious animals will be turned loose. Mr. Brunner will then enter the enclosure, unarmed, and put them through a remarkable series of performances that will vividly illustrate their tremendous strength and agility. It is a thrilling, hair raising sight and one that you will never forget The program of the Sparks Shows is entirely composed of marvelous, expensive and carefully selected features, which make it so vastly superior to all similar exhibitions. Miss Anna Laird, of Lafayette, visited Miss Ethel Dyer Thursday and Friday and Miss Dyer accompanied her to Lafayette last evening to remain until Monday. » 1