Buckles Blog: More Cole Show #2

Thursday, September 06, 2012

This is Helen Scott, Arky's wife when we joined the Show in 1944.

Chic Silber said...: Was that about as long as hooks

ever were & who else used those

I forgot who used a stubby that

could easily be kept in a sleeve; 07 September, 2012 10:06
Roger Smith said...: Arky holds a pole of No. 1 Arkansas hickory, cut and shaped only by the late, lamented Split Hickory Company, of Hope, Arkansas. Split Hickory also made the highly-favored elephant canes, one of which was just posted in my photo of hooks from the Parley Baer collection. I have a "Hope cane" I'm still using after the buster I took 3 years ago. It never saw use as a bull-hook, and remains in prime condition.; 07 September, 2012 19:18
Roger Smith said...: I recall Rex Williams kept a hook secreted in the palm of his hand, usually unnoticed by the crowd, but showfolks realized the elephants knew it was there.; 07 September, 2012 19:27

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