Sunday, June 25, 2006

Cole Bros. Circus 1930's #1


These are the Hoffman pictures I mentioned yesterday. This zebra hitch was more death defying than Clyde Beatty's cat act. Here we see Jean Allen at the reins after making Spec successfully.
This hitch had long since been discontinued when we came to the Cole Show but I recall someone telling my father of it's final appearance, when exiting Spec it took part of the band stand and several musicians out the back door with it.

Posted by Buckles at 6/25/2006 06:36:00 AM

2 comments:

Down the Road by Jim said...

and I'll bet the poor musicians who got hurt were all saxophone players too!

25 June, 2006 07:44
Anonymous said...

hi buckles,

i agree with your "death defying" comment. especially if these were younsters. i'll bet watching this was worth the price of admission.

i think i'd rather try to work an arena full of big cats than drive this hitch! (and i've never worked cats - herbivores are my "thing".)

any idea how long they attempted this hitch?

25 June, 2006 11:59

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