RBBB Blue Unit 1994 #1

Running late this morning, Melissa and Shannon off to St. Joseph's Hospial last night for the forthcoming blessed event, no word as yet this morning. These pictures just received from Eric Beheim who took them at San Diego in 1994. As I have mentioned before, this situation came about by chance. Ben had our elephants with Big Apple while Barbara and I were at home when the Ringling train wreck and Ted's unfortunate death precluded my return to the show. There were 23 elephants, the most ever carried while indoors but it was a clumsy arrangement. Jimmy Silverlake was in charge of "King Tusk", Graham Chipperfield was there with his three elephants, Patty Zerbini had her elephant "Luke" as well as presenting the two mother cows and their calves "Romeo" and "Juliet" that she and Ted had brought on the show. I handled the remaining fourteen. A large stock pen was erected in the elephant tent so the punks could roam and nurse at their leisure and all four were transported back and forth from the train in a large wagon.