New Ulm review., 1910-08-10
BIG CIRCUS AT MANKATO
Ringing Bros. Worlds Greatest
Show to be there on Wednes-
day, Aug. 24th.

Ringling Brother World S Greatest
Show will, on Wednesday, August
24th, give two performances in Man
kato.
This will be the only opportunity
this year of seeing the best of all
circus entertainments. This is the
show that amazed New York City with
its European company of actors, and
its extensive new menagerie. Its
parade is the longest and most superb
spectacle that ever passed through the
streets OF any city on earth. On April
3, 1883, the five brothers gave their
hrst performance in their home town,
Baraooo, Wis, on the public square.
They made their own tent and their
own ring properties. The audience
sat on planks borrowed from lumber
yard. They had but one horse.
From that little one-ring affair to
their present stupendous organization
the history of the Ringling Brothers
reads like fairly tale. They began
with nothing. They now own the
greatest amusement enterprise in all
history.
The reason of their success is no
secret. 1t is a peculiar combination
of the right kind of talent and policy
OF uprightness in dealing with the
public. Even during its early days it
was good show. It was small, but
it was an earnest endeavor. Without
capital the fine young men struggled
against the bitterest opposition. They
won the confidence of the public and
have always kept it because they have
always deserved it. A very few years
after that first performance their
rivals began to sit up and take serious
notice when mention of the Ringling
Brothers was made. They realized
they had an opposing force to compete
with that had come to stay. In few
years more the Ringling show took
first place among the tent shows of
America. There is where it will
always stay. It has become the
leader in the art of entertainment.
Among the many European features
offered this year are the Schuman
horses from the Circus Schuman at
Berlin, Scheveningen and Frankfort.
Albert Schuman, as a trainer of
horses, is the most wonderful man in
history. He has made ten millions Of
dollars exhibi ing the animals he has
trained. Tourists travel many miles
out OF their way to visit his institu-
tions in Germany. There are fifteen
animals in his act. They enter the
arena concealed in large beer barrels
piled on an immense brewery wagon.
They are not discovered by the
audience until they kick the heads out
OF the barrels and jump into the ring.
They begin their act by pulling the
bungs from kegs, drawing beer-like
fluid from the tap and drinking it
from big glasses. They roll each
other around in barrels. They waltz
in time to music. They skip the rope
and smoke pipes. From the beginning
to the end of their act they remain
standing on their hind feet.
Another great act is presented by
the Saxon trio of the world IS strongest
men. Two of them form the pillars of
bridge over which passes an auto
mobile with six passengers. Still
other novel ard great acts are pre-
sented by the Lorch family of aero
bats, from Germany, the great
Alexis family of aerialists, Robledillo,
the Spanish wizard of the wire, the
Dutton family of riders, and the
greatest company of clowns in the
world. The new parade is a. marvel
of beauty. The new menagerie is a
complete collection of animals.