To Harry Kingston

In answer to your question, a few days after my Dad's funeral in Dec. of 1963, D.R. called me into his office and explained the facts of life. He said that he had framed our elephant act out of friendship with my father well aware that like many of his ventures he would share little profit if any but he never regretted it because he knew it was something my Dad had wanted all his life. He then came to the point, "If you think you are walking out here with a free elephant act you are sadly mistaken, in fact I don't even like you so a new arrangement will be made today!" I already had a good route lined up for 1964 including the NY World's Fair so I rented the act at a flat rate and when we came into Hugo in the Fall he took "Lydia", "Sadie" and the truck and let us have "Anna May" which was all I wanted anyway. I talked D.R. into loaning me a bull truck to move her down to the five acres of palmettos we had purchased in Florida. So in closing I will add that 14 years later he flew down to Venice to attend our Blue Show opening and then 19 years after that, the Ring Of Fame award as seen above and remains as one of the greatest showmen I have ever known.