Friday, September 28, 2007

Al G. Barnes Menage Horses


Scan000010246, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

As we all know, very few did just one thing on a circus. For years, Mabel Stark rode menage for Barnes astride Black Knight. Even with the enlargements, I can't find Mabel in this shot for sure, but she worked more than the cat acts in these early days.

Anonymous said...

Mabel worked a six horse liberty act on a stage in the 23-24 GSOE in a three ring two stage presentation. Cristiansen had 24 in the middle, with 12 in each end and two sixes on stages. Yes everyone road "menage" in those days.