Sunday, November 04, 2018

REX #9


6 comments:

Wade G. Burck said...

Rex and Axel were such great guy's. In addition to being a couple of the best elephant trainers, they were just fun to hang out with. The hour's of great jackpots and amazing stories of show business before my time. It is a lonely world without them.

Wade Burck

Chic Silber said...


The 3rd fellow was John Rousche

best known as "Camel John"

I second Wade's comment

Chic Silber said...


This might have been in DeLand

Looks like the "Ponderosa"

Chic Silber said...


Axel Gautier was Trolle Rhodin's

brother in law as he married his

sister Ingeborg while assisting

Hugo Schmidt in Europe before

they both came to the US

Chic Silber said...


Those of us that knew & worked

with these 3 men should be very

grateful as I certainly am

Chic Silber said...


They were from a very different time

If you weren't around then you will

never know how terrific it was