Monday, January 11, 2016

Sarasota Yesterday

A gift from Kathy Nelson......Jean Allen's bull hook.

Posted by Buckles at 1/11/2016 06:10:00 AM

7 comments:

Wade G. Burck said...

Wow, great gift!!!! For the record Kathy, I'd give my left arm for a Paul Nelson liberty whip one day....... :)

Wade Burck

11 January, 2016 19:14
BARBARA WOODCOCK said...

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY GIFT THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO ME. THANK YOU MRS. PAUL NELSON. I LOVED GENE ALLEN. SHE WAS SO GOOD TO ME. IT WAS NOT HER JOB TO TEACH ME. ALSO LOUIE REID TAUGHT ME. THEY BOTH WENT OUT OF THIER WAY TO TEACH ME. NOTICE THE POINTED TOES ON GENE ALLEN. I WAS A VERY VERY LUCKY GIRL. GENE ALLEN ALSO WORKED THE ELEPHANTS. EVEN WHEN "LUCY" WOULD GET MAD AND BACK UP TO THE RING AND REFUSE TO MOVE. THEY WOULD SEND FOR GENE. WHEN SHE STEPPED INTO THE RING "LUCY" WOULD GO ON WITH THE ACT. "LUCY" HAD KILLED GABE TUCKER ON THE "RUSSEL BROS." DON'T KNOW THE YEAR. I ENDED UP WORKING "LUCY" IN HARNESS ON THE LOT AT NIGHT, ON THE "DAILEY BROS. CIRCUS." THEY WERE SHORT OF HELP. ( I didn't even get the two dollars a night the working men got. ) But I did learn. I was lucky........Barbara.......

11 January, 2016 21:20
Chic Silber said...


The lady in the center is Cindy Herriott Wells

The lady on the right is Liz Green Dane who

had her own elephant "Queenie" growing up on

her family's Wild Bird & Animal Farm in Vermont

where Barbara's mother trained animal acts

12 January, 2016 09:13
Chic Silber said...


What would Kathy do with your left arm Wade

Maybe you could offer her something else

Perhaps 1 of your horses

12 January, 2016 09:16
Wade G. Burck said...

Yeah right, Chic. Swap a horse for a horse whip? Peta would be all over that. If I can't secure a whip, at least I still have the memory training a horse act at the Bale's place with John Milton, Hub Hubbell, and Paul Nelson sitting outside the ring counseling me. Memories with no price tag.........

Wade Burck

12 January, 2016 18:12
Ole Whitey said...

Barbara- it was 1944, the year Artie called the show Beatty-Russell.

12 January, 2016 19:11
Chic Silber said...


Horse trading has been going on

for much longer Wade than that

cluster of village idiots

Many of us are grateful for

memories like you mention

13 January, 2016 10:46

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