Saturday, December 26, 2015

Elephant Empressi #8

Ted Svertesky on Sells & Gray  in 1963 with "Maude" and "Bessie".
Elephant Empress unknown.

9 comments:

Chic Silber said...


Ted would have been 9 or 10 in 63

So this scenario doesn't quite work

Chic Silber said...


I also think Maude was still

with the Beatty herd in 63

Could this have been 73

GaryHill said...

He would have been like 10 in 1963?

Ole Whitey said...

Dave Mullaney had the elephants on the 1963 Sells & Gray. I believe it was Bessie from the Norma act and the original Anna May.

Roger Smith said...

We had Maude with us on Beatty-Cole in '81, but she wasn't in the act. I used to sit with the elephants and watch pro football while Freddie and his guys went in to work the show. One night while they were gone, Maude casually pulled her stake and roamed over to look in on the game. I didn't want to tell Freddie's elephants what to do, but said, "Steady, Maude", and at least she didn't exit the tent. She put her trunk around my shoulders and kept me company until Freddie brought the herd back, and re-drove her stake.

Chic Silber said...


I think it was in 63 or 64 that

Sid went from the Beatty herd to

either King or Sells & Gray

Ole Whitey said...

Maude was Irish's favorite as I recall.

Chic Silber said...


What a great memory to have Roger

sandy said...

Aww yeah, Ted (my uncle) was born in 1954...
So something must be off, but it does look like him, well the hair anyway ;) I love coming across pictures of him though for real... I think Im nearly the last to have the name at this point