Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1916 — BIG CIRCUS IS COMING TO RENSSELAER [ARTICLE]

BIG CIRCUS IS COMING TO RENSSELAER

Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows to Appear Here Soon—Bigger and Better Than Ever. The Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows Combined will visit Rensselaer on Saturday, August sth. For more .than a quarter of a century the Great Wallace Circus was among the largest in the world. Twelve years ago the big circus was consolidated with Carl Hagenbock’s trained wild animal exhibition. Carl Hagcnbeck, before his death, was the “animal king,” and the cQmbination of the two shows for a single price of admission makes it something unheard of in the amusement world. With few exceptions great'arenic acts originate in Europe. They are invariably introduced in America by the Carl Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, which maintains agencies in Europe and Asia for the purpose of keeping in touch with the latest achievements.

This circus hqs either originated all great attractions in the past few years or have searched them out from distant lands. It has offices in London, Liverpool, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, Constantinople, Calcutta, Hong Kong and Buenos Ayres. Its agents are always looking for novelties. Today the circus has reached a size that is giving the railroads much concern. If the three trains were any longer they could not handle them. It enrolls almost 1,000 people, who travel along with the show. It has over 810 horses and animals, together with three herds of elephants. All of the equipment throughout this season is new. It cost the owners $3,000,000. The parade alone represents, a cash outlay of $1,000,000. The menagerie is worth half as much. The best circus artists in the world have been engageebfor this season; there arc 400 of them. Doors to the big show will be opened at 1 and 7p. m. Performance will begin an hour later. The parade leaves the grounds at 10 o’clock.