| Milwaukee Circus Parade 1969. Circus World Museum elephants Topsy and Eva pull the #116 Air Calliope. That's Frankie Braun in charge, and yours truly, Jimmy Cole on the brakes. I recall some male ballet dancers escorting the wagon, who hit the sidewalks when the wagon stopped and the elephants let go with a river of p & s. Parade spectators who set up picnic blankets on the road had to make a rapid change of location as well. I also recall that we were issued black masks to wear in the parade. Somehow we "lost" them before the wagon ever got off the assembly grounds. Laura Herriott was out front riding American Anthem, she lost her mask too (with Mary Ruth's help). |
Friday, July 27, 2007
From Jim Cole
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I must add to this, that the elephants were trained to pull the wagon by John Herriott the previous winter. An old fashioned dirt / snow plow was purchased by the CWM, and the elephants began their training with this.
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