Rudy Bros or Bentley Bros ?
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Bentley Bros. Circus MAY 5,6,7. 1989 Richmond , CA
Performer left to right—little girl is ELAINE HALL, Girl in gold either
MAGGIE SUAREZ or DENISE LOYAL, GEORGE ALLEN in red,
JERRY EYESTONE in white, possibly TEPA HALL on the
Elephant pedestal center, and to the right is JO-ANNE
ANDERSON of the TEXAS WHITE HORSE TROUPE—-
This date was after a BRUTAL jump from MESA, ARIZONA
In which they had one day to drive 1600 miles, think
The flying act didn’t make it, Clancy’s trailer axel broke
On the 5 in Coalinga— and Eddie the tiger trainer got scratched
By one of his tired cats in the opening show and had
To get micro-surgery —–a rough one
SORRY, it’s more like 800 miles—- my google
Maps had hit Richmind BC— that would have
Been a GATTI show jump LOL
I was there when Eddie got scratched. That was in Oakland, I believe. I wasn’t officially in the show until we crossed over to the East coast. That was when Tommy yanked me out of concessions and promoted me to performer status via clown training.