Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Sells-Floto Circus 1913/ Elephant runaway #1


The story goes that Fred Alispaw had taken the elephants into the ring to practice one morning and as Smokey Jones used to say "They took a mope".

Posted by Buckles at 9/07/2005 06:57:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Whenever I see old pictures of some of those stringers, jacks, and seatboards, then consider just how many people a show like Floto could shoehorn into the tent -- it's a wonder anybody survived the periodic grandstand collapse.

07 September, 2005 11:34
Anonymous said...

This was BL Mr Trumble. Before Lawyers.

07 September, 2005 17:55
Anonymous said...

I'd agree with that, except that I think the whole field of personal injury law may have risen from the ashes of the 44' RBBB fire in Hartford. These days you almost want to take everyone by the hand when they buy a ticket and lead them to their seat to avoid a trip injury lawsuit.

07 September, 2005 22:17

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