Saturday, February 12, 2011

1994 Elephant Gilly Wagon #4

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Richard Reynolds said...

This was the 1993-94 Blue show featuring the two Ringling born calves Romeo and Juliet.

As I recall, to haul them from train to arena and back, the two mothers rode in the middle with a calf on the raised floor next to its mother and the other calf at the other end next to its dam.

Buckles did they haul them like this at every stand?

Also I recall that the mothers and two calves rode in a third elephant car with Anna May in it too.

Richard Reynolds said...

Oops - - Blue show 1994-95.

Buckles said...

"Anna May" was never in the 3rd car, it was occupied by the six elephants added from the Williston Farm "Alana", "Icky" and their calves "Romeo" and "Juliet". The other two were Patti Zerbini's elephant "Luke" and a former Bobby Moore elephant "Tova".
Yes, the mothers and babies were gillied in every town.