Sunday, January 11, 2015

From Buckles #2


Posted by Buckles at 1/11/2015 05:08:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Chic can probably help with this, but this looks like a "hard" wall steel cage and the "flexible" top is fastened to the side walls. Was this a common set up (don't remember seeing pictures of this type of set up, usually open top) or was this a special set up because of the act?

11 January, 2015 08:57
Chic Silber said...


Yes Larry this was very likely a

welded steel rod arena in 1939

probably 6' by 12' sections held

together with vertical bars with

bent fingers to capture the flat

edges of each section & the full

round woven top net was easier

to attach & support by the same

cable that hung the light tub

The more recent perimeter top

nets were lighter & cheaper but

were also more easily tangled

The entry enclosure could be set

or removed without the need to

open the arena

11 January, 2015 19:07
Chic Silber said...


This entry cage reminds me of the

last year or so of Beatty's act

when he had to buy time until old

Pharoah managed to chase him out

& pounce upon the exit door with

great enthusiasm (almost)

11 January, 2015 19:25

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