William Woodcock's letters #2

MAIL0397, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. From Bill Woodcock to Col. Sturtevant , Mar. 15, 1941 "Am enclosing two views of the writer and old Diamond. Disregard lettering on the front of them. These were made with Monroe Bros. in the winter of 1925-26. When I joined the Atterbury Show, Diamond was just plain, dumb, incoherent "Diamond", I added the "Black" prefix, as I used to make a lecture on him before working his act. It stuck with him until his death. You will note that with an overland show I found it unnecessary to keep him covered with jewelry, I red lighted a wagonload of chain. With a railroad show conditions are different. A daily stroll of 25 miles with a mud show goes far toward taking the devilment out of these critters."