Buckles Blog: Ford Bros. Circus #3

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

"Kaydee" the clown with Ford Bros. elephants in Anchorage, Alaska. July 1982."

(I suspect the elephant at right is "Boo".)

Anonymous said...: YOUR RIGHT,IT IS "BOO". PLEASE FORGIVE ME, NOT BEING AN ELEPHANT MAN I USUALLY JUST LUMP ELEPHANTS ALL TOGETHER AS "RUBBER COWS", TOO MANY DAYS IN BARS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LOT, WITH THE REST OF THE BUTCHERS, HAS BURNT A FEW NEURONS.; 29 September, 2006 13:39
Buckles said...: No problem, as they say, "Big Ears, Big Feet and Tail on Both Ends!"; 29 September, 2006 13:48
Anonymous said...: Buckles are discribing elephants or butchers?; 29 September, 2006 15:21
DanKoehl said...: From Mud shows in the east, 1963-1973 Part VIII Royson Brothers Circus 1973 by Rev. Don Brewer:

Elephant – Presented by Colonel Red Lunsford

"We played many towns where people had never seen an elephant. The sidewall was just high enough for Boo to get in, but she brushed the edge of the top as she entered. Many times as she entered the top the long side across from the performers’ entrance would completely empty as people ran for the ends; they were afraid of the elephant, and watched the act standing in the ends, the seats totally empty."

Source: http://www.circusfan.org/res_det.php?res_id=344; 30 October, 2009 15:46

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