Buckles Blog: From Wayne Jackson #2

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

B.B.001, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

JC Hall said...: Saucey and Salt hmm ?
I am sure I have heard those names in the past or was that Salty and Saucey on the picket line? Or also referred to as the welcoming committee.; 14 August, 2012 11:31
John Herriott said...: Are these the elephants referred to by the English trainer James Clubb? johnny; 15 August, 2012 08:26
Dick Flint said...: Yes, and with his son Jamie they wrote a book about the life of these two elephants titled "The Legend of Salt and Sauce" There were originally four elephants but the other two, Mustard and Pepper, died early on. They were acquired from Hagenbeck in 1901. In a runaway down a narrow alley in 1904, Sauce crushed trainer George Lockhardt, killing him. Previously, Lockhart had 3 different elephants in an act that came to the US, played vaudeville and spent 1897 and 1900 on the Ringling show. It was a novelty in the US but typical of European comedic elephants acts with a tricycle, band, and restaurant routine.
Dick Flint
Baltimore; 15 August, 2012 09:26

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