Buckles Blog: Hold Your Horses! #7

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Scan000011105, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Ringling-Barnum 1943- liberty horses in three rings:
Gordon Orton, Tex Elmlund and Arthur Konyot.

Anonymous said...: Mr. Konyot was the fathyer of Dorita and Alex and he also did sesational high school riding and training. Equally accomplished in both of these equestrian arts and he and his family in early years had been a feature bareback riding act in the show. His brother, lion chimptrainer, Oscar had also been in the riding act. Great CIRCUS people.; 17 April, 2008 07:22
Mike Naughton said...: David Konyot, a member of circuspace, is related to these Konyots. I've had several correspondence with David who is clowning on Ireland's Tom Duffy's Circus.

He and his family are based in England and have been touring Ireland for the past five years.

I was curious if David played near my family's ancestral home in Ireland, which he did several times. Coincidently, the village is also the home of John Ringling North II and his property, "Northgate". (the village of Aughrim, County Galway, Ireland in the west of Ireland)

To read more on David Konyot, view his profile on www.circuspace.com.; 17 April, 2008 09:58
Anonymous said...: Hallo! I'd like to see photos about
liberty horse acts of Charles Moroski,Edmund Meschke,Roman Lesniewicz,Adolph Delbosq ,Mihail Anisimov or Adolf Hess etc.
Many Thanks.sigela@citromail.hu; 05 May, 2008 07:19

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