RBBB 1963/ Axel Gautier #3

This is a young elephant "Kernaudi" named after one of the original five elephants brought from Sweden by Hugo Schmitt in 1947. The other small elephant is "Roma", they were replacemants for the large African male "Diamond" that had been retired to the Knoxville Zoo after the previous season. The reason Axel is working the center ring act at this time is because John North was trying to frame a European Unit and Hugo would be sent abroad from time to time to help put a three ring display together.