Tuesday, April 03, 2012

From Buckles

04-02-2012 11;09;29PM by bucklesw1
04-02-2012 11;09;29PM, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.

This is my dad training "Anna May" to roll a globe in 1950 at the Hugo Quarters with Smokey looking on.
He had her carry a flag and wave it at one point.
He continued this trick several years after we had our own act and even had "Lydia" roll it for a while. I was glad to see it go since I had to load and unload all that stuff.
"Emma" in Oscar Cristiani's act rolled a globe well into adulthood.
I once saw a video of and act with African elephants in a Russian circus rolling globes freely around in a dirt ring.

Posted by Buckles at 4/03/2012 05:36:00 AM

9 comments:

Wade G. Burck said...

Buckles,
If you recall Hawthorn had two globe rolling elephants in on act, Ronnie and Tina that Mack trained, in addition to a barrel that Siam rolled, as well as a turning pedestal that Tina did a front foot stand on while it revolved. Talk about equipment!!! The hardest to handle and haul was the ramps for the globes/balls, as they were about 9 foot long each.

Wade Burck

03 April, 2012 07:10
JIM ELLIOTT said...

I believe Brian Franzen's "Oka" still rolls a globe.

03 April, 2012 08:14
JIM ELLIOTT said...

I believe Brian Franzen's "Oka" still rolls a globe.

03 April, 2012 08:15
Chic Silber said...

Why couldn't you get the elephants

to load & unload all that stuff

I remember a Russian bear act in

Monte Carlo where the animals did

all the prop work & I wondered if

they could also do the load out

04 April, 2012 21:42
Chic Silber said...

I think Valentin Filatov on the

Moscow Circus also had the bears

handle all the props

04 April, 2012 21:44
Wade G. Burck said...

Chic,
As a rule it is easier for bears. They have hands. Elephant's are limited to what their trunk can handle.

Wade Burck

05 April, 2012 08:36
Larry Louree said...

Maybe it was easier to train Buckles than the elephants? (just kidding!)

05 April, 2012 08:48
Chic Silber said...

I get it Wade I was only funnin

Not sure Jimmy calls them hands

05 April, 2012 16:58
Chic Silber said...

Maybe the elephants had a better

agent Larry or a better contract

05 April, 2012 17:00

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