thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
Say what you want, but Bobby Berosini had one of the best great ape acts in existence. and so did PaPa Berosini. There was one man prior to the Berosini’s that set the example of training the great apes….. he was Reuben Castang. My father told me one day…”if you want to be a chimp man, there’s the example” [...]
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
What is that saying? ” A picture is like a thousand words”. In Vegas even a Rang is popular. Looks like they had the same Barber.
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
Notice the price of this program ……no doubt it became an autograph book.
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
When I found this photo I remembered that Clyde Beatty did almost anything to create excitement. He was a one man show and his audience ate it up. That is what it’s all about.
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
Here is a perfect photo of the ”head carry” performed by Cheerful Gardener in the backyard of the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus in the early 1930’s. There was the leg carry as well but it was preformed mostly by the women of the circus. In the 1950’s a motion picture called “Elephant Walk” was about a plantation [...]
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
At the top of this contract are the names of Trader Horn and Billy Richards. No matter how many times Mr. Goebel would sell the Jungle Compound it would come back to him.
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
I want to thank Bill Strong for sending me this picture. This man is someone that every young man should know. Back in the late 1950’s, Shelby and Babe, his wife were on Siebrand Bros Circus with us. He and Babe did a horizontal bar act. Shelby did “fly overs” like you have never seen….as [...]
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
Dorothy Herbert was one of the most flamboyant performers I have ever known. In her later years she lived at Jungleland. She loved teaching the show kids horsemanship, riding and different tricks. In the 1930’s Dorothy was a featured act on the Clyde Beatty Circus. This photo was given to Ray Chandler by her and Rays daughter gave [...]
admin | March 31, 2009
Mack presented a fine dog act, one that accurately showed the talent of the German Shepard, as well as the old time military circus attitude. Mack separated himself from the rest 0f dog acts because of his superior training ability. Often trainers exploit their animals to present themselves. Mack never did that, the animal was aways the [...]
thecircusblog | March 25, 2009
Mabel Stark performed at World Jungle Compound in her later years. Her act was just like clock work. Every trick was precision. Notice in this photo……no chair, no whip or prod pole. She cued the tiger with her hand. Incidentially, the chair, whip and prod pole were more often used for drama …..although sometimes they were [...]
