Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1901 — It Was A Good Show. [ARTICLE]

It Was A Good Show.

Gollmar Bros. & Schuman’s show exhibited here Monday, to very large audiences, both afternoon and evening. It is not a very large show, but what there is cf it is very good. In fact there has probably never been a circus in Rensselaer which gave more value for the money charged, in the way of honest circus performances and wild animals exhibited than these people. Many of their circus performers are stars in their lines. Such as the heavy weight lifter, the man who turned a back summersault off the top of a high ladder, a thrilling and seemingly very dangerous feat, that has never been done here, before. Acrobats and balancers, knife throwers, and two little girl performers, and a whole lot others, did mighty good circus tricks. The clowns were good enough also. The auimal show though not extensive, was also very good, and what animals they had were evidently extra well fed and cared for and cleaned, and had not the mangy look so common in caged animals, They have two fine big performing elephants, 5 lions, including two about half grown, a Bengal tiger, a leopard, striped hyena, a kangaroo, black bears etc. The much advertised Vlackwark is a good specimen of the African wart-hog, a wild animal of the hog speoies seldom seen in captivity. An interesting aDimal, especially from its rarity, but by no means the tremendous and unheard of monster shown in the circus bills. The Gollmar Brothers are said to be cousins of the great Ringlings, and also that next year they will' come out with a railroad circus. They are evidently a nice lot of people and good showmen. The skin-game element seemed to be absent entirely. They went from here to Wolcott, and from there, their next point is Goodland.