Sunday, September 07, 2008

"Big Ruth" #4


Scan10689, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Used as an anchor to unload the mighty "Tusko" in 1927.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What I always wanted to know but was afraid to ask.
If the animal was so hard to handle, how did it ever agree to have its trunk tussed up in chains ? Dion

Anonymous said...

This is a great shot for size comparison...Big Ruth is indeed big, but Tusko is massive.

You just gotta love a girl named Big Ruth and we all loved a girl named Anna May.

Paul G.

Buckles said...

The trick is to know when it's time to truss him up.

GaryHill said...

Capt, did Tusko and Black Diamond perform at all after they got so large or were they just for show? I guess I mean when did they stop performing? Thanks!

Buckles said...

No, they were just for display.