From Liz Dane #1

Jim%20Rusing%20with%20water-skiing%20elephant, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Buckles - Do you have any idea as to the name of this elephant and who owned her? The picture was taken on the shore of Lake of the Ozarks, in Missouri. The time frame could possibly have been in the vicinity of 1965. The gentleman in the bathing trunks is Jim Rusing who, I've been told by his widow, Marj, trained eight different elephants to water-ski. My Queenie was one of them, but she is not the elephant in this picture. Thanks! Liz From Buckles: "No I sure don't. I would think that the trainer is the gentleman on the far side. Eight elephants are a lot. Good to hear from you again."