Sunday, July 29, 2007

No. 142- Wolf Montang with Circus Aeros 1961


Scan10130, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've seen a photo of Jules Jacot and two lions performing this trick at the St. Louis Zoo, my guess is late 40s. Jules used a string of prop hot dogs for the swing and his feet were off the ground.

Anonymous said...

Seems like this trick would be a bit precarious on a hot summer day with the lions prone to yawning.

Bob Cline said...

I remember watching Gunther trying to break this trick with two tigers and Sigrid on the seat. Eventually it became the flaming bar held by two tigers for the jump over instead.
Bob