Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Clyde Beatty Circus 1945


This picture taken May 22 in Harrisburg, PA and shows boss elephant man Bert Pettus posing with a long mount. Man in the white shirt is Mickey Kelly (Little Irish).

Posted by Buckles at 4/19/2006 06:34:00 AM

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope Sandy and Tommy get to see this.

19 April, 2006 12:00
Buckles said...

Max,
Walt King's "Queenie" went to Circus Gatti and as far as I know still remains there.
My memory isn't what it was but I believe Cuneo's "Queen" came from Benson's Animal Farm.
I'm not aware that either had ever hurt anyone.
And at last count Walt remains among the upright.

19 April, 2006 18:33
Anonymous said...

Hi MAX. Did you know all the dangerous elephants that JC have have turned over a new leaf. They are now NATURAL and living in harmaney[?] in Tenn. I did have a list of which elephant killed or maimed a human, but can't find it. Its a shame it took a fund raising out fit to change the temperment of all of them. I try not to think of just who is going to suffer from this NATURAL envirament[?] SUE has already paid the price with their stupidity. Do you remember SUE?

19 April, 2006 18:36
Buckles said...

I have a book written by an English elephant trainer who stated "On occasion an elephant might fetch you a cheeky whallop".

20 April, 2006 00:33
Anonymous said...

buckles,I think the elephant that squared off with walt, was that world famous tulsa.Im sure you remember her!!!!!!! she was a bit evil.
terry fenne

20 April, 2006 00:40
Buckles said...

Yes I do.

20 April, 2006 00:50
Anonymous said...

Didn't those elephants go to Bobby Moore?

20 April, 2006 20:44
Anonymous said...

Walt King came to my town Northfield, IL many years ago to perform and do elephant rides for a hardware store celebration. The owner told Walt that he wanted to ride an elephant across the main road over to a shopping center where they were having an art festival. There were booths everywhere. I had my bull hook and we took off for the shopping center. The hardware store owner rode Tulsa, and we went 3 blocks down the highway stopping traffic. Walt was not comfortable with the deal. We arrived at the art show at 11:48. A fireman came up and asked Walt if the elephants would spook, as the town fire siren was to go off at noon. Walt yelled, "get them out of here, Tulsa will bolt and the others will follow." We took off on a dead run going behind a building. We tossed garbage cans aside and put the three bulls head first against the wall. The siren went off and there was lots of snorting but the bulls stayed in place. Thank goodness for the fireman asking an important question or Walt would have made the front page of the Chicago Tribune.

21 April, 2006 14:17

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