Wednesday, July 06, 2011

From Buckles #9

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2 comments:

johnny said...

It has been suggested that RB had a strict policy that whatever they advertised they had in the show. The Ubangis walked in spec and the sea elephant was pulled around the track as was Gargantua.johnny

Anonymous said...

Alf T. Ringling et al stretched Ringling credibility a bit when the brothers advertised the last living giraffe that human eyes would see. That it was a giraffe wasn't beyond question, but it certainly wasn't the last.

Similarly, "Little Baby Boo" was a bit of stretched truth; she wasn't born in America.

In general, though, as Johnny states, the Ringlings did present everything promised on the bills.

Then there was George Christy and his baby okapi.