Buckles Blog: Sarasota Qtrs. #3

Friday, January 20, 2006

Fifty elephant herd in the winter of 1954-55. In the blue uniforms from left to right Arky Scott, Smokey Jones, Hugo Schmitt and Louie Reed.

Anonymous said...: If you told these trainers that in 50 years time the herd would be down to 9 on the blue unit and that they'd be three units all together; the trainers probably wouldn't believe you.; 20 January, 2006 07:11
Anonymous said...: How many(if any) of these elephants are still with Ringling?; 20 January, 2006 08:18
Buckles said...: When I was back on the show in 1994 after Ted got killed there were only six left from the 1955 herd "Siam", "India", "Calcutta", "Jewel", "Lucy" and "Suzanne". All had been among the 20 babies imported in 1954 at the going price of two grand a pop.
How many remain today I couldn't say since such matters are strictly confidential and I would be afraid to ask for fear of costing someone their job.; 20 January, 2006 09:01

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