Lucia Zora's book (To John Herriott)

Scan000010167, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. I had forgotten how silly this book is. I'm sure Cooper ignored most of the info gathered from the Alispaugh's and took it upon himself to explain how despite all the obstacles thrown in her way, Mlle Zora did all the animal training with the Sells-Floto Circus. The caption beneath the photo tells all. There was a mention tho that she joined the show just after Fred Alispaw had been promoted to Menagerie Supt. which tells us that he had been on the show for a while, probably from the beginning. Maybe he even came from Denver. Letter from Bill Woodcock.............1-26-41...............To Col. Sturtevant "In the pictures you will see "Major". I guess you have seen him walk down the Hippodrome track carrying Irene Ledgdett on his tusks. Chris Zeitz broke this as well as the elder "Snyder" for the same trick. Shorty Alispaw took charge of the Floto menagerie after Chris Zeitz left for Norris & Rowe Circus."