Gary, good to hear from you.
The reason for the excessively large herds in those days was due to the addition of elephants from Sells-Floto and John Robinson after those shows had been taken off the road due to the Great Depression.
Hagenbeck-Wallace had 20 in 1931..... 29 in 1933..... and 31 in 1934 as seen above.
Here we see four males "Tommy", "Prince", "Charlie Ed" and "Joe" (tuskless) added that year from RBBB.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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For those who follow up by paying respects, Cheerful Gardner is buried by that name with Louis Roth, Arky Scott, and a number of circus legends at Pacific Coast Showman's Rest, a section of Evergreen Cemetery, in Los Angeles. I was present for Arky's burial, on April 15, 1968, and found comfort knowing he rests among others never to be forgotten.
With these larger herds, did all the bulls work in the ring or were some of the used for motive power around around the lot? I know they used to carry herds of draft horses that pulled the baggage wagons and such but didn't necessarily work the ring. Do I have this right?
Hope to see you both at the Circus World Reunion in afew weeks..
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