Wednesday, December 16, 2009

"Billy Sunday"


#1-Billy Sunday, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Seen with Verna Lindemann and Leroy Schrader with Seils-Sterling Circus.

BILLY SUNDAY
1909-13 Wm. P. Hall Animal Farm (Originally named for Hall's son)
1914-15 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1916-27 Sells-Floto Circus
1928-38 Seils Sterling Circus
1939 Louis "King' Meitus Show
1939-40 Lincoln Park Zoo (Los Angeles)
(Shot in 1940)

Posted by Buckles at 12/16/2009 06:19:00 AM

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

When did he morph from Billy to Billy Sunday, presumably the name of the famed evangelist [and former baseball player]?

16 December, 2009 11:08
Ole Whitey said...

Although not apparent in this photo, some pix show Billy Sunday's head rather large for his body or maybe his body too short for his head, and I believe Seils-Sterling called him a "Dwarf Elephant" in some of their advertising.

Your take on this?

16 December, 2009 12:20
Ole Whitey said...

I think Albert Cauble named him Bill after William P Hall; the Sunday part of the name was added later.

16 December, 2009 14:37
Buckles said...

The only thing he ha going for him was his beautiful set of ivory.
Otherwise he was badly deformed, probably from Ricket.

16 December, 2009 14:50
Anonymous said...

Cauble had a wagon show and Hall sold him the calf when it was tiny. Cauble returned him to Hall after about a year?? Almost lost him to the weather if I remember.
Was a story in the Bandwagon in the earlier 60's about Cauble. Pretty good read.

16 December, 2009 16:04

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