From Henry Penndorf

Good Morning, There was a comment posted under "Richard Chipperfield" on your Blog asking "what happened?" Attached is a link to the1998 BBC's account of the incident. Unfortunately the accompanying pictures to the article, one of the two brothers, Graham and Richard, and the second of Graham presenting his act, did not download with the article. I was very happy hear that Richard is doing well, and see a posting from him on your Chipperfield. BBC News | World | ther 'critical' after mauling by tiger I believe that there is also a mention of the incident in the article that I had previously sent you about Sara Hocke, "Circus Tiger Trainer Burning Bright". For Ringling Brothers 1998 season, after the incident, did Daniel Raffo present the tigers? The tiger trainer went uncredited in the program. The act was only referred to as the Ringling Tigers. Were these the same tigers from Richard Chipperfields act? I know that Daniel Raffo was with Ringling Brothers at that time and did a turn with the elephants. My memory of the act is a little fuzzy, but I seem to recall the tiger trainer wearing the same costume with the dragon design on it. Is that right? Does anyone have a picture of the tiger trainer from that season? Ther were none in the program. Did Daniel Raffo(?) present the act for the full two year tour? I read on the Circus Historical Society's web page (#1577, 10/11/2006) that Roger Smith has been commissioned by the niece and grand-niece of Mabel Stark to write a new! biography of her. Is this the same Roger S. who posts on your Blog? From the bits and pieces that I have seen about her life, she was one fascinating lady. I can't wait to read Mr. Smith's book. That was quite a bit of news that you broke about John Ringling North the Third purchasing the Kelly-Miller Circus. It should make for a lot of interesting discussion as the new circus evolves. I, too, wonder what reaction and affect the news will have when it reaches the Feld dis-organization. A while back I mentioned that I was having trouble keeping current with your Blog. I found out that it seems to have something to do with the Mozilla Firefox that my son installed on the computer. To keep up to date, from time to time, I have to reboot my computer. I have found that if I use Internet Explorer instead of Firefox, it stays current. Maybe Shannon would have a theory on why this is?