Mr. Wightman,
Here are some pictures from Ringling programs regarding the acts you
mention. I had the pleasure of seeing both but have no idea where they
went afterward.
In 1991 they decided to do an elephant ride out front of the Armory in D.C. so I got a call from Tim Holst and one day Mike Fauls shows up at my place with an elephant truck and I loaded up "Peggy" and "Dutch" (Ben had the othr two with Big Apple).
As I recall Ted added two more from Williston giving us four.
I took Shannon with me and somehow managed to join out Billy Commerford. He would probably recall the details better than I. Aside from the Palacio mixed act the show included the Circus Togni animals and Jimmy Silverlake with "King Tusk" but doing the elephant ride kept us pretty busy.
However the two things I remember best was having a spaghetti dinner in
Flavio Togni's private railroad car and Tim Holst presenting me
with a check for $8,000 the day we left. | 
6 comments:
This is an act of James Clubb Chipperfield. The palacios presented it from 1988 until 1992. Later David and Tina Lowrie took over then Patricia White for a year and then John Illig. The act was sold in 2000 to Circo Mundial in Spain where some different trainers (Marcel Peters, Bill Smart, Marnie Dock, Tina Michon) worked the act. All the original animals were retired by 2002.
Leopards: Sabu, Chota, Kim
Hyena's: Demtrius and Spartacus
Bears: Minnie and Jeremy
Lionesses: Mac and Mabel (born in'84 at the Hippodrome Circus) Mabel later replaced by Sheba
Tigers: Bombay, Madras, India, Delhi
Wolves: Lobo and Zoltan (Zoltan taken out)
Liger: Sheila (added in 1992 after Ringling season)
The act was in '88 at blackpool then short Ringling gold tour in Japan and then the Blue unit for the 120th edition.
Thomas
Thomas:
Liger was "Sheena".
Can I ask who you are anonymous?
Sure, you can ask.
I think that there are many people signing their name as anonymous.
Maybe they should be numbered so we can keep track of them.
Bob Kitto
This is a place to share circus history, personal experiences, common backgrounds... I think that the comments have greater integrity when the writer takes credit for his or her comments. ~frank
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