Thursday, November 08, 2012

Cheerful Gardner #1 (From Buckles)


FRANK "Cheerful" GARDNER

1903 Ringling Bros. (menagerie hand)
1904 Hagenbeck Animal Show (St. Louis Worlds Fair)
_____Carl Hagenbeck Circus
1909 Hagenbeck-Wallace (Asst. Supt. menagerie)
_____Patterson Carnival
_____J.E. Henry Circus
1911-13 Sun Bros. Circus
1915-17 Cole Bros. (J. Augustus Jones)
1918 Walter L. Main Circus (Andrew Downie)
1919 Al G. Barnes Circus (MenagerieSupt.)
1920-22 Al G. Barnes Circus (Elephant Supt.)
1923-24 John Robinson Circus
1925-35 Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
1936 Peru, Indiana Quarters
1937-38 Hagenbeck-Wallace (Howard Y. Bary)
1939-40 Surplus H-W elephants in Calif.

1943 Russell Bros. Circus
1944-45 Arthur Bros. Circus
1946-47 Polack Bros. Circus (Western Unit)
1948-50 Polack Bros. Circus (Eastern Unit)
1951 Howard Y. Bary Zoo Train

Died March 17, 1952

Posted by Buckles at 11/08/2012 07:08:00 AM

4 comments:

Buckles said...

Louie Stern told me that sometimes Cheerful would be infirm to a point he worked the act with a couple of prop hands pushing him around the ring on a baggage cart.
You know, with that thought in mind it's conceivable I just might come out of retirement.

08 November, 2012 10:57
Ole Whitey said...

Buckles: I've got a closet full of walkers and wheelchairs and extra canes and am willing to negotiate.

08 November, 2012 11:04
Anonymous said...

And today Buckles you would have your own motorized scooter.

Yours in anticipation,

Paul

08 November, 2012 11:16
Dennis said...

With a list of employment that long, he died of exhaustion no doubt.

09 November, 2012 08:12

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