Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Gee Gee and her Alaskan Huskies


I would imagine this is the Gil Gray Circus. Look at size of those props, the barrell at left, high wire in the background and the archway for the dog seats.

Posted by Buckles at 8/30/2006 06:44:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Every animal act Gee Gee has ever trained or been involved with has been first rate. One of the people, I used to aspire to be "as good as". Thank you Gee Gee. Wade Burck

31 August, 2006 01:24
Anonymous said...

GEE GEE HAS CERTAINLY HAD A FANTASTIC REMARKABLE CAREER. SHE DID TRICK BAREBACK RIDING AND ROAD HER PONY IN HER FATHERS CIRCUS STREET PARADE WHEN O0NLY FIVE YEARS OLD. AT THE AGE OF EIGHT SHE PUT ONE OF THE CIRCUS ELEPHANTS [RUTH] THRU ITS ROUTINE BY HERSELF. [HER SON HAS OBTAINED FILM DOCUMENTARY OF THAT EVENT]. AS A YOUNG TEENAGER SHR BECAME A FEARLESS TRICK RIDER ON A FAMILY OWNED CIRCUS AND RODEO. NATURALLY DURING THESE YEARS SHE LEARNED BASIC AERIAL ACTS,ETC. MY FATHER BROUGHT HER TO COLE BROS. IN THE FORTIES AND SHE RODE THE FAMED SIXTEEN HORSE HITCH TO GREAT ACCLAIM AND WAS A FAVORITE OF OWNER ZACK TERREL. SHE ALSO WAS IN GUISTINO LOYAL RIDING ACT ALONG WITH RIDING MENAGE,JUMPS, TRICK RIDING,ETC. ON CLYDE BEATTY SHE WOULD RIDE WALTZ AND REAR ALONG WITH DOROTHY HERBERT. LATER SHE WOULD TRAIN A GROUP OF ALASKAN HUSKIES IN A REMARKABLE ACT FEATURED ON SPORT SHOWS NATIONWIDE AND ALSO CIRCUSES,NAMELY POLACK IN ITS HEYDAYS. DURING THOSE EARLY YEARS SHE WOULD INFREQENTLY PRESENT ELEPHANTS WITH ME AND IT WAS A FAMILY JOKE ON WHICH ONR OF US WERE OUTSTYLING THE OTHER. BACK TO ELEPHANTS AND HER EVENTUAL COSSACK ELEPHANTS THAT SHE PRESENTED BY HERSELF UNTIL SHE HIRED OTHER TRAINERS TO HANDLE AND PRESENT THEM ALONG WITH HER WHITE PONY LIBERTY ACT. FROM THERE TO PRODUCING SHOWS AT CANADIAN PARKS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. ALWAYS A PERSONABLE AND FAVORITE OF ALL US SHOWPEOPLE. SHE WILL BE THE RINGLING MUSEUM CIRCUS CELEBRITY FOR 2007. I CANNOT IMAGINE A BETTER CHOICE. INCIDENTALLY, IN THE LATE FORTIES SHE WAS THE FULL COLOR PHOTO ON 'THIS WEEK' SUNDAY PAPER SUPPLEMENT STANDING ON HER ROMAN TEAM [COMPARABLE TO 'PARADE' OF TODAY.

31 August, 2006 10:15
Anonymous said...

This is the act Gee Gee had when I first met her and Billy Powell, in 1965. We had just lost Mr. Beatty, and she knew I had been with him. She and Billy told me many stories about their years around him. They honeymooned on the Beatty show. It didn't matter to her that she had only known me for ten minutes. We were soon up in their trailer, having a beer, swapping Clyde Beatty tales. Of all the great showfolks I've met--my words are so inadequate--Gee Gee is tops.

31 August, 2006 17:05

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