Buckles Blog: RBBB Blue Unit 1980 #27

Monday, December 24, 2007

RBBB1980-25, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Bob Cline said...: Buckles,
You have told before of switching the herds out of Circus World to the Blue Unit for your tours of 1978 / 1979 and the Blue Unit going into Circus World.
I am assuming that your herd came back to Circus World and Axel Gautier's herd went back to the Blue unit.
Could you give us a list of the 1980 Blue Unit elephants? It appears they carried a male with them as well.
Thanks,
Bob; 24 December, 2007 08:30
Buckles said...: Axel came into Circus World with 17 elephants. During his stay there "Icky" the last of the Hugo Schmitt German elephants died.
He returned to the Blue Show in 1980 with 18 (having added "Carmen" and "Sophie" from my former herd).
1. Siam
2. India
3. Calcutta
4. Jewel
5. Lucy
6. Betty
7. Rani
8. Suzanne
9. Jenny
10. Targa
11. Kernaudi
12. Roma
13. Putsie
14. John
15. Cora
16. Karen
17. Carmen
18. Sophie
(Richter elephants)
19. Jubilee
20. Diane
21. Sandra; 24 December, 2007 10:05
Anonymous said...: Icky went back on road in 1980 and stayed as ring 1 lead elephant thru the Garden stay. In June she left the show and was returned to Circus World. She died about two months latter.; 24 December, 2007 12:51

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