Monday, October 24, 2005

Diano Bros. Circus 1953 #1


I'm up early this morning, we are getting the outer bands of "Wilma" but it's not too bad.
This is the street parade with Barbara riding "Myrtle" in the lead. The unique thing being that rather than ride horses, Rex Williams and Jimmy Kaaro rode these two African elephants to patrol the herd.
The show had 15 elephants "Myrtle", "Jenny", "Cutie", "Luna", "Hank", "Tommy", "Tex" and "Virginia" all from the Dailey Show, the other seven were owned by Tony Diano "Mysore", "Calcutta", "Katy", "Tusko", "Betty", "Nackatala" and "Uganda".

Posted by Buckles at 10/24/2005 05:48:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Opp's Looks like we are heading for tomorrow's town already. Jim

24 October, 2005 05:56
Anonymous said...

It looks so nice with the girls riding on the head instead of behind the ears!

24 October, 2005 07:51
Anonymous said...

Riding on the head is great for a slow walk. Speed in the ring and around the track is another thing. Been there, done that. This is what I have been writing about. The way the females made everything look so easy and natural. Believe me it was tough and I never heard a complaint. Bless them all for helping make the circus beautiful..

24 October, 2005 08:36

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