Friday, November 02, 2007

Goebel's Animal Farm (date unknown)


Scan000010407, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Top row: Melvin Koontz, Frank Phillips, John Guilfoyle, unknown party.
Front row: Clyde Beatty, Kathy Goebel, Goebel's daughter, Harriet Beatty.

Posted by Buckles at 11/02/2007 12:29:00 PM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

The unknown party is Billy Richards, who partnered with Trader Horne, and bought the place from Louis Goebel. They ran it as World Jungle Compound from 1946 to 1956. I beleive this photo was taken shortly after their purchase. Mr. Beatty visited often and bought many fine animals there.

03 November, 2007 01:02
Anonymous said...

I believe that Chubby had an influence in the early carrers of both Jacobs and Beatty. Also Bill Johnson told me that when Pat Anthoney was putting to gether his own act for Hamid right here on Whitfield Rd. across from the now Circus Feed that he brought in Chubby to help get the act together. Bill always remarked about that when we drove down that street as its right around the corner from my home for over thirty years.

03 November, 2007 07:28
Anonymous said...

When Clyde Beatty joined out on Howes Great London, in Washington Court House, Ohio, on August 16, 1921, he came under the tutelage of Louis Roth who was over there on loan from the Barnes show. When Roth had finished out some animal training work, he returned to Barnes, and left young Clyde continuing his early apprenticeship with Chubby and Harriett Guilfoyle. He learned well and had his first appearance in the arena with a small act in 1923, on John Robinson. In another two seasons, he was primed to take over for Pete Taylor on Hagenbeck-Wallace, in 1925, and headlined the circus world for 40 years.

Pat told me he had asked Beatty several times for a job, but Beatty finally said he would do Pat a better favor and turn him down. He advised Pat to get himself to the Compound and try to get around Chubby Guilfoyle.
When he became the first to gain a GI Bill to study wild animal training, his mentor in Thousand Oaks was indeed Chubby Guilfoyle. The old timers there told me Chubby was a severe taskmaster, and very hard on Pat, but neverthelesss was the perfect man to teach him.

Pat's princely allotment from the government was $80 a month.

03 November, 2007 20:58
Anonymous said...

I overlooked naming the little girl. She is Louis and Kathleen Goebel's daughter, Alma.

03 November, 2007 21:13
Anonymous said...

Roger, the few "old timers", from the compound day's, I had the pleasure of meeting, all spoke highly of Chubby. Boy, did the government screw Pat. He could have made a buck and a half a month at Hawthorn. Wade Burck

04 November, 2007 06:05
Anonymous said...

Yes, everyone spoke very highly of Chubby Guilfoyle. He was on a level with Louis Roth, and was immensely respected. That he was a rugged instructor was to be expected. Who would have wanted less? It's how you broke in, and for decades the old rule was, "If ya didn't break in at Thousand Oaks, ya didn't break in."

04 November, 2007 22:09

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