The winter of 1973-74 in Venice was quite an experience, not long after I took over the Circus World elephants from Hugo Schmitt the Blue Show arrived and went into rehearsal meaning we had to camp our herd under the trees behind the elephant barn.
Shortly after that the Red Show rolled in and Gunther set up his elephant tent making a total of 53 elephants for about a month.
Not long after we moved up to Circus World Gary Hill brought in two more elephants for me, "Hugo" and "Bonnie" bringing us up to 19.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
1973-74 Venice #1 (From Buckles)
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A whole lotta mouths to feed
& even more shoveling to do
Pinky was named for Jeanette
Williams daughter Caroline
But also names like Peggy Babe
Hope & Barbara sound familiar
I still remember making the rounds with Doc Henderson, who hired me out of Texas, then I was transferred to Buckles Circus World crew..Wonderful times!!
Also was so Lucky to watch Hugo work the herds then hand them to Buckles and seeing how Two Great Elephant Trainers could make them work so Well!! Star struck kid back then..
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