Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Mills Bros. Circus 1963/ Elephant picket line


The show carried 5 elephants "Burma", "Wallace Jenny", "Bunny", "Lelabardi" and "Una".

Posted by Buckles at 2/07/2006 06:24:00 AM

7 comments:

GaryHill said...

Buckles, who's on watch? Gary

07 February, 2006 08:52
Buckles said...

I couldn't say but the man in charge was Lee Keener.

07 February, 2006 09:46
Anonymous said...

I saw the Mills Bros Circus in Hammond, IN in May 1962. Jon "before Tarzan" Zerbini was the teenaged lion trainer with his Dad outside the cage. Col. Herriott had a 12 horse liberty act, the camels and llamas, and was also the announcer -- well worth the extra money.

K.Y. Seagraves presented the elephants. When I saw the act in 1963 in Detriot Lee Keener was in charge. I think "Prince K.Y." had the Diano herd. The other act was young couple named Woodcock with three.

07 February, 2006 11:13
Anonymous said...

Virgil "K.Y." Seagraves left part way through the 1962 season, leaving Lee Keener in charge of the herd.

14 February, 2006 03:15
Unknown said...

Does anyone know what happened to these elephants, specifically Burma & Bunny? My dad was a big CFA member, and did some clowning, I was allowed to ride the elephants in the tent shows during the summer when I was out of school...I loved Burma (Bunny liked to shake her head a lot), would be nice to know if she were still alive. Thank you so much!

18 March, 2015 21:59
Jerry Jay said...

In answer to where the Mills elephants went, Circo Union in Mexico purchased them when Mills closed in 1967. I'm assured that they all have passed away by now as they were not young at that time (53 years ago).

01 May, 2016 03:42
Unknown said...

Thank you, appreciate the info and your time

01 May, 2016 15:38

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