Robbins Bros. Circus 1949 #4

Scan10649, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Bill Woodcock with "Christy", "Carrie", "Babe" and "Shirley". I don't recall a lot about these elephants since I was a candy butcher and spent most of the day in the employ of the A&E Concession Co. (Laura Anderson and Frank Ellis). However I do remember my dad saying how well trained they were. We traveled across Canada that year to good business but for some reason the word was out that the show would close at the end of the season. One day my mother confided in me that we were going with a show in Oklahoma the next year. Not long after that Spencer Huntley arrived and after showing him the routine, my father abruptly left. My mother and I remained on the show and the next thing I remember, while down town one day, Huntley dropped dead. The final part of the season is rather vague to me. After we were back in Hot Springs we went down to Hope, Ark. to get our first look at "America's Second Largest Circus". I remember my dad lobbying D.R. to buy the Bailey Bros. elephants but the Cristianis had already sealed the deal. I might add that on the back of this picture is written: Geneva, NY May 25, 1949. To Bill Woodcock, best always. J.Myers 129, N. Fulton St., Auburn, NY (a name I am unfamiliar with).