Buckles Blog: Assorted Ringling pictures #11

Monday, February 11, 2008

Scan000010831, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

"Goliath"

Anonymous said...: I believe the elephant seal in this Atwell photo is the first "Goliath" - -the one they had on show in 1928-29. He died in Sarasota and they went to his substitute Colossus for 1930-31 [He went to Sells Floto for '32].

Colossus was also advertised as Goliath, since they already had all that paper on hand. He does not seem to have been quite as large as the original Goliath.

The Sarasota newpaper for 1930 had a very excellent, detailed write up about the trouble they had getting Colossus out of his pen on St Armand's key. He had to clamber into the truck and be hauled to quarters so as to board his special rail car. He had been enjoying the "beach" for some two years and did not want to give up that comfort.; 11 February, 2008 12:16

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