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Show DatesBeany-Cole CircusAug. 4-5 Marion, Ind.

6-7 Danville, III.8-10 Oecatur

Bentley Bros. CircusAug. 9-10 Johnstown, Pa

Carson & Barnes CircusAug. 6 Ashland, Wise.

7 Ontante8 Ironwood, Mich9 Rhinelander

Circus VargasJuly 14-16 Boise. Idaho

EuroporamaJuly 28 Bremerton, Wash

Great All Amer. YouthAug 8-10 San Bernardino

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Happytime CircusAug 4-10 Paso Robles. Ca.

Hoxie Bros. CircusAug. 4 Silver Creek,NY

5 Ashtabula, Ohio6 Mantua7 Lorain8 Fremont9 Findlay

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Hubler Int'I CircusAug. 8 La Porte, Ind.

Kaye Cont'l CircusAug. 7-17 Honolulu, Haw

Make-A-CircusAug. 7 San Mateo, Calif.

8 San Francisco

Ringling-Barnum • Blueto Aug 11 Anaheim, Cal.

Rimjling-Barnum • RedAug. 5-6 Tulsa, Okla

8- 10 Wichita, Kans

Royal Crown CircusAug. 7-10 Pueblo, Colo.

Stebbmqs CircusAug. 7-16 Louisville, Ky

Swan Bros. CircusAug. 6-10 Nap*, Calif.

TNT & Royal OlympicAug 6-10 Eden Prairie, Min

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Tom Ogdento Aug 24 Sheffield, Mass

Felix SnipesAug 8-9 Parnpa, Texas

SEAM ConventionAug 7-8 Macon, Ga.

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Burr's Fun-0 RamaAug 5-11 Rocky Hill, Rl

James H. Drew ExpositionAug 4-9 Somerset, Ky

Firemen's MusterAug 9-10 Prineville, Ore.

Foley & Burk ShowsAug 7-10 Plymouth, Ca.

Frontier DaysAug. 9-10 Mendocino, Ca

Gund Western Collectionto Aug 20 San Fran, Ca.

Gutis Family - ComedyAug 4-9 Yarmouth, N.S.

Hall & Christ Attractionsto Aug. 10 Ionia, Mich

Ethel Jennier's GreyhoundsAug 6-1 6 Lexington, Ky

Mighty Thomas ShowsAug 8-16 Billings, Mont

Old Milwaukee ConclaveAug 8-9 Milwaukee, Wsc

Old Time Medicine ShowAug 4 Pt. Edwards, Ont.

6 Kincardine7 Strathroy

Royal American Showsto Aug 10 Milwaukee,Wsc

The Sikorskys- JugglersAug. 5-6 Pittston, Pa.

Frank Strout - western actAug 6-10 Gerry, NY

Tip Top Shows - BlueAug 6-10 Wilmot, Wise

Tip Top Shows - GreenAug 6-10 Mauston, Wise

Whizzer the Clown ShowAug 6-10 New Paltz, NY

W. G. Wade ShowsAug. 3-9 Jackson, Mich.

3-9 Corunna

EH-EH3MIKEand J O H N W I N Nwere beat up by a gang atthe Orange County Fairwhen they traied to dam-age their motorhome.

TIM BICKMORE is goingto school in Mesa, Ariz.,after several years of tour-ing with Circus Vargas.

VELMA LOWRY reportsthat a tourist group recent-ly toured their circus roomand exhibit area.

MANUEL NAVARRO sent me the programfor the Blackpool Tower Circus in England,which runs as follows: The Parade Passes By,Equestrian Pas de Deux with CAR LOS andSUSANE, and the SVENSSONS; Roberts Br.ponies presented by NORMAN BARRETT;ERICH BRENN, THE W Y C H W O O D , theRASTELLIS, JEIYS, and a Parade of Clowns;Interval; Second half begins with MARGAR-ET CHIPPERFIELD and an "Assortment ofanimals"; WILLIAM RUEDA, BARBARAMORRIS and her California Sea Lions; TheDOLLY SISTERS, The RASTELLIS, TheSINEKOS, SYLVIA TERON and the Foun-tain of Lights.

SNAPSHOTS: HARRY THOMAS makes areturn appearance in 1981 at the RochesterShrine Circus produced by M&M. Also onthe program are the QUASSARS.. .After aJuly 31st closing with Int'l All Star the com-edy team of BONNIE & CLYDE went to astring of fair dates for Better Booking in Can-ada, New England and Penna. They will returnto All Star when that show resumes its fallrun. Meanwhile Billy and Bonnie have beenmaking frequent forays into the Big Appleand note that parking at the New YorkerTrailer Park has now escalated to $12 a dayand $6 extra if you stay past checkout time(WOW!).. .A friend KEVIN BARBERO whoowns a mystery bookstore in Providence cal-led "Murder By The Book" lost his entire stockincluding rare mystery first editions, in a fire.He is now relocating. That store, as well asseveral others, will stock my novel beginningaround Christmastime.. .MARCELLA hasbeen busying herself creating sequin and rhine-stone sew-on designs which are selling like theproverbial hotcakes.. .Hey, the reason theprograms for the Pittsburgh and St. LouisShrine dates never appeared in this columnis because I LOST THEM!,. .CAROL ATTER-BU RY is at home in San Antonio,.. and Iwonder how she's surviving all the heat? Shereturned at the height of the rampaging sun!.. JIMMY DOUGLASS took another truckload of organs for his museum in Florida earlyin July .. .BILL BRICKLE takes out his schoolcircus in November, after his trek with HoxieBros, is completed. ..WES and FLORINE OL-ER arrived on their first fair date with wretch-ed colds.. .RON and JOY HOLIDAY open

this fall in Atlantic City with a sensationalnew illusion.. .CYNDY MIGLEY and hermother ARMIOA busy making wardrobe forCircus Odyssey.. JIM PARKER is workingin the office for Bentley Bros. Circus.

JENNY WAL L END A wrote a detailed reportabout her disastrous trip to South America andI haven't had time to comb through it... VAS-HEK and KATHY are enjoying their tour withBcatty-Cole, they write, and especially theirreunion for the season with SUSAN and CE-MON whose daughter JULI ANNA makes anideal playmate for their daughter YANA.. .Recent visitors to the B-C lot were BEV andBILL GALLOWAY of Rochester.. .DesignerGEORGE daDEPPO says he is feeling betterafter a long and serious illness.. .VIRGINIALEE FENTON is scheduled to be with Bent-ley Bros. Circus.

TANOEM PRESS, with whom my BILBARBOOK COMPANY will be associated in thenear future on important publishing deals, isowned by JUDITH KEITH, herself a perform-er, best-selling novelist, self-publisher. Judithdoes a one woman comedy show at conven-tions based on her national best seller "I Hav-en't A Thing To Wear." We are neighboringpublishers and since we are peformers as wellas friends we have a lot in common so don'ttell me show business and the publishing bus-iness do not go hand-in-glove!

This is as good a spot as any to thank someof those hard-working people knocking them-selves out on my behalf and promoting mybook: ELIZABETH BAUER. BARBARAWOODCOCK, BONNIE ARMOR, WALLYNAGHTIN, FREDDIE and LONI, LEE MA-LONEY, LOTTIE BRUNN. TED CHIRRICK,SANDY DOBRITCH and MICHELE, IAN M.GARDEN, Dr. WILLIAM S. STANDRING,ROSEMARY MARINO. BEVERLY HEIGH-MAN, BOBBY DAVIS, GRACIE MclNTOSH,JUDITH KEITH, ELISA FITZGERALD, theFelix Adler CFA Tent, FRANK ROBIE, JOE.MARY LOU and DIANE LANOES, Ed andCYNDY MIGLEY, MARK ANTHONY, TheOMAHA SHRINE, MACK ESHLEMAN, DONMARCKS. GEORGE Da DEPPQ, All the folksassociated directly with Bilbar Books, LANORM A and GILBERT, with more and more

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NEWS FROM LONDON

BY JACK NIBLETT

The Circus Hassani (The circus without ani-mals) after its short ill-starred winter seasonhas been revived for a summer tour, help com-ing from an unexpected source.The Hassani family reportedly sank all of theirsavings into the show and lost over $40,000 inthe process, but have now been bailed out bythe RSPCA the animal protection society, astem opponent of performing animals for manyyean, they have been quoted as coming for-ward with an offer of $10,000 for the Hassanispresumably in an effort to sustain their opin-ion that a circus without trained animals couldstilt draw the public and be a financial success.Circus Hassani's bill has been strengthened byartists from the defunct Gerry Cottle Circusin the shape of the large Santus Julian family(cyclists, jugglers, comedy tumblers) and theclown Matto; and opened its summer seasonat Nottingham on June 9th. The circus is atpresent playing the London suburbs and Isaw the show at Clapham Common, a venuefor many big circuses in the past.The four pole tent was neat and colorful, at-tendants uniformed, correctly garbed ringma-ster, music by organ and drums, and the wholeshow being presented on a raised circularstagewhich filled the customary ring space.The program, which lasted two hours, includ-ing and interval ran as follows:Hassani Clown Charivari; Los Kansas, jugglers;Miss Gina, corde lisse; Clowns Matto and Paul,strong man gag; Danyarhi and Co., illusions; aGorilla comedy on sway pole; Tan-Tan, Arabtumblers; Sisters Mack, western act; SantusJulian, cyclists; Clown photographer; DebbieSue, swinging ladder; Clown and Hair Grow-ing gag; Two Beraras, foot jugglers; Billy Tem-

pest, escapologist; The Loonies, comedy acro-bats; Sasha Coco, son of the late famous Cocothe clown, and brother-in-law to Mr. Hassani,and who was due to appear in his father's cir-cus costumes and make-up as Coco II was un-able to appear at the performance which I sawowing to illness.I have to confess that despite initial prejudiceI enjoyed the show. The pace, variety of acts,performance and excellent wardrobe were allso good I felt that I failed, at the time, to no-tice the complete absence of animal acts, tcame away feeling that I had seen a goodshow - but not quite a circus!David Smart's Super Circus also opened inJune, at Battersea Park, quite close to CentralLondon, for a long summer season. This is un-questionably, the most sumptious tented cir-cus which England has seen for a long time,and must easily have cost the money that Mr.Smart claims was spent on the show.

The elaborate box office, front doors, band-stand, lighting effects and the colossal fourpole tent with its rows of seats, of which morethan half are individual chairs, are all quitebreath-taking with their style. With a programto match the rich surroundings David Smart,with real courage in this uncertain year, hasdone everything to encourage the customers,and to revive a flagging interest in the circus.The program opens with "Supersomic" circusband playing a specially written overture, "TheFamily of Circus" and a welcome from the"World's Most Glamorous Ringmistress", Yas-mine Smart. Then follows: The ConstantiniGroup on the giant trampoline; The Paulsons,aerial cradle; Yasmine Smart with Arabian Li-berty horses; The Koziaks, Russian bar act;Mimo di Lello, comedy car; Dany Cesar, Manon the Moon equilibrist; Roberts Bros, ele-phants; Interval; The Koziaks, perch pole; LosCastrns, high wire; Yasmine Smart and Dany

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IN MEMORY OFOUR B E L O V E D

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in theBEROSINI PLEADS GUILTY

(The following information is from an articleby Don Quinn, which appeared in the Imper-ial Valley Press (Ca/ifJ on July 10, 1980).

Jungle cat owner-trainer Otto Berosini plead-ed guilty to a misdemeanor violation of stateregulations prohibiting the possession of wildanimals without a permit.The guilty plea in El Centro Municipal Courtcame during the second day of a jury trial andended a series of plea bargaining negotiationsbetween defense counsel Eduardo Rivera andthe district attorney's office.In return for the guilty plea, Deputy DistrictAttorney Cheryl Bueno dismissed four addi-tional charges related to possession and stateregulations governing the proper care of wildanimals.Municipal Court Judge William Lehnhardt sen-tenced Berosini to one year summary probation and a representative for the state Dept. ofFish and Game issued a temporary permit forBerosini to move his animals out of Californiawithin a 48 hour period, effective July 14th.Later, Berosini, said, "I am being deportedfrom the state of California." He seemed dis-satisfied with the decision to plead guilty andremarked that he had no other choice.Representatives of the Wildlife Waystation inSan Fernando were given a check for $4,251to cover care, feeding and veterinary expen-ses for Berosini's animals following their seiz-ure by Fish and Game Warden Robert Flynton May 10th.The check was signed by Mrs. Sylvia L. Cole,wife of a former county conciliator, who be-came a firm supporter of Berosini shortly af-ter his troubles were made public. Berosinisaid he will repay Mrs. Cole's donation.A spokesman for the animal refuge said thecost of keeping Berosini's animals was basedon a figure of $6.42 per day for each of theanimals (1 lion, 3 tigers) and S3.66 per dayfor each of the two leopards. Water, addition-al care and cleaning cages for all six animalscame to an additional S9 per day. There werealso more than $1,000 in veterinary expenses.The trail had been expected to continue andDeputy District Attorney Ken Chinn had ex-pected to call one more witness in the prosce-cution of Berosini.

Berosini was named in separate criminal char-ges alleging possession of a prohibited specieswithout a permit and housing animals in sub-standard cages.Berosini said he was committed to fightingthe case in court despite an earlier settlementoffer. Berosini said if he won, the state mustgive his animals back.

Berosini hit the headlines earlier this yearwhen one of his "love trained" lions was re-ported loose in the Calexico area and theState Fish and Game people investigated.According to testimony by Fish and GameWarden Robert Flynt, two tigers, a lion, andthree leopards were located at a ranch in Ca-lexico.Flynt said some of the animals were on leash-es attached to a van while others were in cagesthat did not conform to state standards.The Fish and Game official said a man identi-fied as Jerry Douglas Smith said he was car-ing for the animals for Berosini. Smith repor-tedly said he did not have permits for thecats, but that Berosini did. Smith, however,was not sure of Berosini's whereabouts.Flynt told the jury, "I verified some permitshad been issued by the state to a Berosini forapes but not to Otto Berosini."When questioned about the size of the cages,Flynt said the Bengal tiger, for example, wasin a cage about 4 ft. x 8 ft. x 4 ft. But incross examination Flynt admitted that hedid not take actual measurements of anycage found at the ranch location.Flynt seized the animals on the order of Ca-lexico Municipal Court Judge Robert Foxand although Berosini reportedly calledFlynt and said he was enroute to Calexicowith the permits, "Mr. Berosini never arrivedand the cats were sent to the Wildlife Way-station shelter in San Fernando Valley,"Flynt said.Deputy Chinn, who prosecuted with co-worker Bueno, then questioned Flynt about anagreement Berosini signed on May 6th, whichallowed Berosini to take his animals back toLas Vegas.Flynt said the agreement was a culminationof several meetings between stete represent-atives and Berosini and, in some cases, Baro-sini's then defense counsel, Walter Cress.

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BERT EASLEY'S Magic and Fun Shop inPhoenix suffered a $55,000 fire in early July.Fortunately, the recently built warehouse wasnot touched and so a detour was made for vis-itors. Insurance covered the loss according toBert and no one was hurt. But, he does havesome smoke damaged books. Interested?

ANDRE KOLE starts a hundred city tourfor Youth For Christ in September. He willplay Canada and the Eastern U. S. By allmeans if you hear of him being nearby makeit a point to catch the show. It's excellent!

Just before heading for the S.A.M. Conven-tion in Pasadena, a drunk came around thecorner of PHIL TEMPLE'S street, crashed in-to the trailer and drove it back into his car,which was totaled. Posters and frames in thecar were likewise ruined and he had a busttime at 3:30 in the morning to replace thembefore traveling South. Fortunately, his showwasn't packed yet.

The B L A C K S T O N E Show in New York isreported as surviving and is expected to run'til Labor Day. After that a nationwide touris scheduled.At the S.A.M. Business Meeting, retiring

President BRUCE FLETCHER livened theotherwise dull and routine affair with somequickies. When Tucson reported their meet-ing place was close to a prison and inmateshad inquired about membership, Bruce said,"There seems to be no objection to member-ship, but I'd like to remind you that the S.A.M. is now being made in chocolate and if theygot some they might break out!" OUCH!!

Later, during a discussion of continuing ef-forts to get a stamp honoring magicians, pre-ferably with Houdini, Fletcher said, "Houdi-ni in his will stated that no stamp should bemade to honor him. He didn't want anyoneto lick him." Ooooh.

One more chuckle arose during a discussionon the Houdini Hospital Fund maintained un-der the direction of the Parent Assembly. Ef-forts had been made to find out when it waschanged from a welfare fund to the Houdinifund and to discover th;s a call was made toa prominent S.A.M. member. To the caller's

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July 1 1 - Kennewick, Wash. - Elephant hand-ler John Loeffler suffered a broken arm whenan elephant with Circus Vargas picked himup and threw him to the ground. The incidentoccured just outside the big top as Loefflerand the elephant were standing alongside eachother while the performance was underway inthe circus tent.

July 17 - Kalispell, Montana - Willie the clownwho has toured with the American Continen-tal Circus for several years, was burned in theface when a charge of black powder, used inthe clown cannon number, exploded prema-turely during the circus performance. He isconfined to the Kalispell Regional Hospital inMontana.

FREO KAPS (50's), considered by many tobe the world's greatest magician, and a reallynice guy, died of cancer on July 22nd in Eur-ope. He had been appearing at Monte Carlo,then after 9 days of shows he was forced toreturn home because of his health, where hepassed away. He created many tricks and illu-sions, one of which was the Dancing Cork.

surprise, the response was immediate as todate, this was noted in M.U.M. What a mem-ory! However, after checking the particularissue it was noted that the member had beenthe front page feature of that issue. Oh, no!

LEON M. LEON, son of the late Great Leonwas submitted to prostate surgery on July 14.No malignancy and all clear, His wife, popularMagical Teddy (Theresa) says he will return toactive magic club participation ina few weeks.

PERCY EASLER well known Vancouvermagic club member died in early July. He wasin his 7Q's.

CARL HEMEON, who with his wife LOTTIEwere noted for their magic act featuring doves(Symphony In Blue) suffered a stroke in earlyJuly. Convention reports from visitors statedhe is recovering well and the prognosis is goodfor a complete recovery.

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8EATTY COLE PLANS EXPANSION

(The following snide appeared in the July 14,1980 issue of Variety).

The Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus is going into a major expansion program. The show hasretained Thomas K. Scallen as president of thearena division, who will produce and book theshow into major arenas next season.It's first date will be at the Pittsburgh CivicArena. Oct. 29. Outfit will play about 30 datesduring the year, and wind up the season inMay.Scallen is the former operator of "Ice Follies"and "Holiday On Ice" which he sold to ArthurM. Wirtz, latter in turn sold both icers to Mat-tel Toys which also owns the Ringling Bros,and Barnum & Bailey Circus, headed by Irvinand Kenneth Feld, with which the CB-BC Circus will compete.The Beatty-Cole Circus played in a scaled-downsize in shopping malls last season. It is ownedby Jerry Collins, who has other interests, in-cluding the Sarasota and Orlando kennel clubs.The show's marketing director is Tim Stinson,who held a similar position with Ringling., andoperations veepee is John Pugh.Under the new format, CB-BC Circus will be athree ring show in which thrill acts will pre-dominate.Scallen, who will book the show out of his of-fice at the International Broadcasting Co. ofMinneapolis, intends to set the dates so thatcompetition with other shows will be mini-mized.Scallen says there are many cities unable to geta major circus, which will provide a fertile areafor them. He said that in cities played by an-other circus, he will try to book dates suffi-c icnt ly far apart.

Wedding bells rang twice for J. P. Theron andDoris Gutierres, who were married on July 26in New York City, where the bride's familyattended. The couple was remarried on Aug.1st in Sarasota, Fla., for the groom's family.

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The Gremlins are still busy working within theequipment that is normally used to produceCircus Report each week. Just as soon as onething is repaired it seems something else breaksdown.The servicemen have almost found a secondiiomehere.

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THE TENT TROUPE

BY RALPH HENDERSON

The routes in Circus Report listed The TentTroupe as being in Greenfield, Ind., July 12thand since I was going to be enroute from theBaraboo parade to the Peru Circus Festival itwas right on my way. I followed the blue ar-rows to the fair grounds and found they hadalready arrived and set up on a grassy lot.This is a touring tent theatre, their top is ared and white tent, a 60 ft round with a 30ft middle, with 8 ft. side walls. On the mid-way was a smalt novelty stand and souvenirtent and a concession trailer.In the backyard was a 30x60 pad room anda 20x40 cook tent. I found the group to beextremely friendly and was invited to jointhem for lunch.The matinee was a production for childrenentitled "Treasured Island Tales." All nine-teen of the cast members take part, tellingin story and song of life on different islandsof the world. The evening show was "Inheritthe Wind", a play in 5 scenes and 3 acts. Thenineteen member cast is augmented by local

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The show moves on three rental trucks, a sta-tion wagon, and a ten passenger van that pullsthe concession trailer. They are on the roadfrom June to July.

The Tent Troupe is based in Silver Springs, Mdand this is their 11th season on the road. Theirdirector is Pastor David Shasheen; Drama Dir-ector is Roney Snawi; Boss Canvasman, PaulBruening; Electrician and Sound enginne, Da-vid Rutland; Cookhouse supt., Ellen Shaheen;Business and Concession managers, Joe andDottie Wiebush.

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PEOPLEDONNA "Twirlee" McBRIDE, National Sec-retary for the National Clowns of America, reports this is "National Clown Week" Aug. 1 to7th.

JOHN STUART, magician, served as co-chair-man for a new project "Clown Carnavale Can-ada" which was held at Moncton, N.B. onJuly 4-6.

BILL CUNNINGHAM, general manager of theOak hand (Calif.) Coliseum has announced hisretirement effective Oct. 1st. He has managedthe Coliseum since it opened in 1966.

ROGER DuBOIS appeared as "Chippie" theSuper Ape and GARY Gl ROUARD was "TheSilent Clown" in a program for a recent FightNight at the Naval Base, Newport, R. I.

MIKE MCCARTHY, advance clown for CircusVargas, and the Governor of Washington werepictured together in Seattle papers prior to theshow's arrival in that city.

BILL OMEIS produced a Circus Music Concertat Youngstown, Ohio, on July 30th. He is aformer circus and rodeo musician.

ZACCHINI the Human Cannonball was fea-tured at Rhode Island's Rocky Point Park inearly July.

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SUSAN (Bo 80 Brown) CORONA made cir-cus clowns out of her fellow employees at theUniversity of Texas Health Science Center atDallas for the annual Chili Cook-off. The Ne-phrology Division clowns won First Place forshowmanship.

BOB and LOU FLOWERS STODDARD, EL-LEN TIMBERLAKE. BECKY ESKEW andSUSAN CORONA, representing COA Alley85, spent most o f July 11th driving to Joshua,Texas, to buy a fire truck for parade activities.The man who had promised them the trucksold it prior to their arrival.

CHAPPIE FOX is in California this monthdoing advance work for the RingMng BlueUnit.

GENE NICHOLS, former Beany-Cole band-leader, visited Carson & Barnes Circus at DeKalb, III. (June 16) and sat in with the showband.

ALBE RT LUCAS, juggler, reportedly wasmarried just recently. He is touring with anice show.

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CARSON & BARNES CIRCUS

BY KAREN CART

Carson & Barnes has been the scene of a lotof activity recently. It started June 26th whenGen. Supt., Geary Byrd celebrated his birthdaywith a copkout for the entire show. The 175guests enjoyed charcoaled bratwursts, bakedbeans, potato salad, etc, as well as the tradi-tional cake and ice cream.On July 4th, Owner and President D. R. Mil-ler, Isla Miller, their grand-daughter, TraciByrd and Publicity and Public Relations Dir-ector Ted Bowman left for Baraboo, Wise.,to see the circus parade sponsored by theCircus World Museum and to participate inthe associated activities. D. R. was guest spea-ker at the National Circus Historical SocietyConvention banquet on Sunday evening. Theyreturned to the show on July 7th. BarbaraByrd and daughter, Kristin, went to Baraboofor the day on the 5th to see the parade. Allreported the trip was well worthwhile as theyreally enjoyed the parade, all the events andseeing old friends.

The highlight of the recent activities was theraising of the new big top. It is another firstfor 0. R, Miller, It is probably the largest pushpole top in use in this country. It was manu-factured in Italy according to D. R.'s design

and specifications. It is a UU with 4 forties,1 fifty and 2 twenties. It will accommodatethe 5 rings, with the track as in the old tent.On July 9th, they made a trial run by spread-ing the tent and putting up two center poles.Despite the 100 plus temperature and short-ness of time, Barbara Byrd's birthday couldn'tbe overlooked. She and approximately 25guests enjoyed dinner at the local steak house.Then in the evening when it was cooler, allhad birthday cake and ice cream.July 10th, at Storm Lake, Iowa, was the bigday. The new tent went up and was used forthe first time. The inside is two-toned bluestripes with red, white and blue stars. Theoutside is orange and blue stripe; the sidewallis blue with a yellow stripe with the Carson &Barnes logo in orange going completely aroundit. There are matching ring mats for each of the5 rings and orange and blue flags for the 8 polesIt is beautiful and being water resistant andwith a minimum amount of rope and cable ispractical.Visitors during this time, in addition to yourstruly, and Mrs. Kelly Miller, were: Albert andAnita Vonderhied, their daughters, Mari andSusan, Dan and Rosalie Draper, Don Frances,and Jim Me Roberts. The Vonderheids joinedthe show for Geary's birthday, then went toBaraboo for the activities there, afterwardsreturning to the show for Barbara's borthday,to see the net tent go up, and to celebrateMaria's birthday on July 12th.

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TEXANS MADE NOT BORN ...

BY BOB STODDARD

The International Wildlife Park in Grand Prai-rie, Texas, has 33 new babies to care for. Thebabies, ranging in age from one to four havepractically become television stars in Texassince their journey began several months ago.Even though the African elephant is on theendangered species list, it was determined byscientists that the elephant population in Kru-ger National Park, South Africa, had too manyelephants and that 33 young ones would haveto be moved or destroyed.The International Animal Exchange, Inc., de-termined that they should all become Texans,and began to prepare the elephants for thetrip. Their environment and diet were slowlyand gradually changed into what they wouldencounter in Texas. The similar climates ofthe two areas made the transition easier.They were moved by truck, in individual cratesto Durban, South Africa. Then the long trip byship to Houston, and finally a ten hour trip bytruck to the Dallas area location with feed and

ROYAL DANISH CIRCUS

The Royal Danish Circus featured the follow-ing performers and personnel for its June 28-29 engagement at Pine Mountain, Ga.Ringmaster, Albert Sahlstrom; Clowns, Coco,Jr., Coco III and Pizza the Clown.The program ran as follows: Coco & Co., aclown warm-up; Lilli-Ana and her leopards;Coco & Co., stilts; Rosita and Alberto, com-edy plate spinning; Benny Cristiani, comedypony act; Arguilas, perch pole; Coco & Co.;Diana, foot juggler; Angela Wilnow and herCoMies; The Bertinis, aerial act; Yvonne, highschool act; Rudi Del Monte, balancing; Coco& Co.; The Rolling Diamonds, roller skaters;Ema's Chimpanzees and the Vickinas, teeter-*board act, followed by a Finale with all ofthe performers.

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EH3MEHIBELT BREAK BLAMED IN FATAL FALL

BY HARRY GRAHAM

Jesus Segrera says it was a mechanic belf fail-ure that cost Ringling-Barnurn flyer Julio Fa-rias his life last month during a practice ses-sion in Tucson, Ariz.Julio's catcher-father Fidel was in the ringcoaching and his cousin Jorge Page was hand-ling the mechanic cables when the tragic acci-dent occured. Jorge formerly flew with theFarias, but was an apprentice catcher thisyear.

Segrera is catcher-boss of the Flying Segreras,who also work their act on the Ringling BlueUnit. His wife is Julio's mother's sister.On the fatal fall, Julio turned the three-and-a-half, then Page took up the slack in the me-chanic cables, as he was supposed to do. Butthere was a loop in one of the cables, whichkinked in one of the pulleys.Julio was thrown to one side, and Segrerasays the mechanic belt split. The flyer miss-

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ed the net and fell to the floor on his head.He never regained consciousness. Five dayslater, the life-support system was disconnec-ted when his parents had learned there wasno hope for his recovery. He fell on June 25,and died June 30th."It's the first time I ever heard of such an ac-cident happening," said Jesus in San Diegothe following week. "I just don't know of abelt ever breaking before."

Jesus said the death broke up the best two-team flying act the world has ever seen. Juliodid the three-and-a-half, and so did MiguelCaceras, Segrera's principal flyer.The Farias left the Ringting Blue Unit afterthe accident, Jesus said, He did not knowhow long it would be before they returned.The Flying Segreras are continuing their actwith the circus.Segrera said Julio apparently had a premoni-tion of death before the fall. The day beforethe accident, Julio was about to take leaveof his gir l fr iend, saying goodbye in Miami inpreparation to fly to Tucson to rejoin thecircus."Look at me for the last time/' Segrera saysJulio told the girl. "The next time you'll seeme in pieces."

NoticeRINGLING "Rusty" RICHARDS, who oper-ated Ring Bros. Circus in the 1950's with hisbrother Franco, is seriously ill and would en-joy letters and cards.For the past ten years Rusty has been opera-ting concession units at Northern CaliforniaFairs. Between fairs he often booked datesfor the Happytime Circus.Write him at: Rusty Richards, P. 0. Box 287,West Point, Calif. 95255.

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A BUSY AREA

The immediate Chicago area, as well as otherparts of Illinois will soon be busy playing hostto several circuses, all coming in within a mat-ter of a few weeks time.Bewteen Aug. 15th and Sept. 15th, the Chi-cago area will be welcoming Circus Vargas,Carson & Barnes, Franzen Bros., Garden-John-son, Hoxie Bros, and Beatty-Cole.Ringling-Bamum's Blue Unit will play in Chi-cago Nov. 18-30, while the Red Unit will beplaying Springfield Aug. 29-Sept. 1. and Champaign Sept. 26-28.

CRAIGE McCOMB SNADER, Jr., has justpublished issue No. 6 of his "Occasional"newsletter which is a 20 page interesting anddelightful report on his activities and magic.For information write him at: P. 0. Box 12-655, Mexico 12, O.F., Mexico.

MANZINI PLANS COFFIN ESCAPE

Mario Manzini, Guinness World ChampionDaredevil Escape King has accepted a chal-lenge to attempt the most dangerous escapestunt of his career. He will be locked into15 pairs of Police hand and leg cuffs by LakeGeorge, NY, Police and Warren County Sher-iffs Deputies. He will then be placed into alarge coffin. The lid will be screwed, nailedand locked with ropes and chains. 500 Ibso fweights will be attached to the coffin andit will be lowered into Lake George, fromthe Steel Pier. Manzini will have only 2 min-utes to free himself from the shackles andthe sealed coffin or risk drowning.This will be another first for Manzini who isattempting to set a new Guinness World Re-cord. He currently holds 6 world recordsand last year attempted an escape for theEscapology World Title at the Circus WorldChampionships in London.He is presently appearing, through Sept. 1st,at Gaslight Village in Lake George. Also ap-pearing at the park are the Bruski's with theirjuggling and unicycle act.

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CLOWN PLANS RETIREMENT

When the spotlight turns on the center ring ofthe Garden-Johnson Circus at Reno, Nevada,the weekend of Aug. 17th, it will mark thelast performance for Bob-0 the Clown, whoin real life is Robert E. Hitson.The grease paint, the shiny red nose, the bag-gy pants and the banjo shoes will come off, tobe hung up after 56 years of clowning for cir-cuses, fairs, carnivals and shopping centers.It's been a long journey for Bob-0 who wasborn in a small Tennessee town. He came toSacramento, Calif., at the age of 8 and wasinitiated into the theatrical world when he ap-peared in a Christmas scene in the window ofa Kimball-Upson Co. store. "I was the little

boy, dreaming in his bed when the fairy prin-cess arrived," he recalls.Hitson moved to Fresno during the Depres-sion, where he felt the urge to join the bigtop and so at 14 years of age he joined theBarnum & Bailey show, setting up seats andwatering animals. Later, after working as acandy butcher, he joined Clown Alley andcredits a lot of his knowledge to the late Fe-lix Adler."I can remember closing a show in Nashvilleon Sunday and driving more than a thousandmiles to open in Colorado Spring on Tues-day," he said.His work in the circus cooktent gave him asecond vocation, for Hitson and his wife, Is-abel, operated a restaurant for many years.

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BOB-0 RETIRES (Continued)

and at one time he operated the cafeteria inthe State consumer affairs building in Sacra-mento, but once again the lure of the circuswas too strong and he took to the road.Isabel has been designing his costumes andmaking them for the 23 years they've beenmarried."It's the children I'll miss most," he says astears well up in his eyes. "They bring joy tomy soul. It's great to see them laugh and havefun when there's so damned much sadness inthe world today. If I can make them laugh it'smore than money to me, mister."Two strokes and a severe heart attack last yearhave slowed Hitson down and forced Bob-0into retirement.The Reno performance for a Shrine children'sbenefit will be his last show."I've enjoyed this life. It's been most gratify*ing and I'd just like the kids to know I'm stillaround and kicking even though Bob-0 and Ican't clown anymore," Hitson said.

CIRCUS ARTS TROUPE

BY W. S. JACKSON

The "Circus Arts Troupe" consists of a trio ofvery nice and talented young performers, whoI visited at the Jefferson Mall in Louisville, KyThe troupe consists of Dixon White and hiswife, Annie, and a partner, Jim Strinknacoff.They are based out of Tucson, Ariz., and tra-vel in a large motor home and trailer. Dixonalso handles the bookings., and has a degreein Marketing.They juggle 7 and 8 rings, 7 balls, use unicyclesup to 10 ft. high, do tight wire, unicycle on thewire, juggle clubs, devil sticks and Dixon workswith the kids and adults from the audience,keeping up a steady gift of gab. All three per-formers also play the piano.They give a half hour to 45 minute perform-ance in shopping malls and the crowd certain-ly builds for their presentation. In fact duringthe shows this writer caught the audience wasup three times as large at the end of the showas when it started.

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"ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO"

Billy Barton made his final outdoor appearanceduring the Greencastle (Pa) Old Home WeekCelebration held every four years and it was thefirst time he has appeared professionally in hishome town. His performance was held at 9:45p.m., Monday, Aug. 4, on the lawn of the St.Marks Catholic Church and preceded the GrandOpeninj Ball.Special posters, radio spot announcements andheavy press coverage heralded his in-perspn ap-pearance. Among the large crowd attending theevent were the performer's family, staff of hisnewly formed publishing company, Jim Harsh-man, with a group from the Emmett Kelly CFAtent, located in nearby Hagerstown, local dignitaries and scores of friends from the area."I have packed away my outdoor rigging forgood," he smiled, as the frame was droppedand dismantled. "I have always hated workingoutside at the mercy of sun, wind, rain, heat,cold, mud and now, thank God, I don't haveto do that any more. Give me buildings or bigtops but this outdoor business you can give tocampers/'Wednesday, July 30, the performer-tumed-au-thor met with CFA'r Jim Harshman on HoxieTucker's Great American Circus (playing eightmiles away in Waynesboro) and donated tothe Emmett Kelly Library and Museum his re-maining memorbilia. "A lot of it," he said, "Ihad already given away and a lot of it got bur-ned. I don't keep scrapbooks or mementoes.It's the future that interests me. I know whereI've been, what I've done, it's where I'm goingand what I will be doing that counts."The author's first novel scheduled for releasein September will be released instead on Aug.

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ART "Doc" MILLER recalls one of the fun-niest statements he ever heard at a circus. Ittook place on the Ringling show where theyplayed to a straw house in New England. Theloud speaker assured the still gathering crowdthat there would be plenty of room inside,with "Plenty of seating room on freshly laun-dered canvas."

GENE HUGHES, former clown, won 1st Prizeat a Gong Show, with his magic, held at MeBee's Lounge in Columbia, SC. As a result ofthe contest he won a three weeks booking en-gagement at the Lounge.

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S. A. M.'S INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

The Society of American Magician's Interna-tional Convention, held in Southern CaliforniaJuly 9-12, featured four shows, each presentedat the Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif.The Convention's General Chairman was DaleR. Hindman, Production Stage Manager wasMichael D. Douglass, and the Jerry Rosen or-chestra played for the last three shows.Personnel featured on the shows were:July 9 - M.C.. Bruce Fletcher; John Fedko;

Ronny Cortes; Kerry Ross; Khan & Wendy;Mike Douglass and Lori Demarjian; Earl Zin-ger and Zicarte Y. Melba.

July 10 - M.C.. Billy McComb; Mark Kalinand Linda; Dan Stapleton; Liebenow; ChaNin; Fantasio; Dan Stapleton; Paul Driscoll

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Roland Hill; Ricardo; Frances Willard; JanaLou; Pat Page; Phil Temple & Co.July 12 • M. C.( Mike Caldwell; Ger Copper;

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Cesar, double haute ecole; Constantini Troupea springboard act; Doreen Pedersen's sea lionsand penguins; Bubi and Juli, clowns; The Fly-ing Lantonys, flying trapeze; Finale "Fantasyin White" with stars taking their bows in anelaborate spectacle.An added attraction may be seen outside thebig top as the customers are leaving, in theshape of an aerial trapeze/motorcycle combin-ation provided by the Three Paulsons. Produc-tion numbers during the show are supplied bygirls from the Jackie Palmer Dancing School,while continuation comedy is provided by Bu-bi and Juli, German clowns.The show has opened well to good notices,with steady business and with promise of in-creased patronage as school holidays progressand the circus has already received Royal Pa-tronage with Princess Margaret being presentat a Royal Gala Charity performance.

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BILLY BARTON (Continued)

names being added to that list daily, not tomention people in my home town area whosenames wouldn't be recognizable to you. I amgrateful for the support these friends, many ofwhom read the book in its manuscript form.

CLOSEUPS: Hamid-Morton clown MARKESHLEMAN is back home in Harrisburg fore-going a lengthy summer tour of dates with an-other show to take care of his meat business -that's right, that's what I said, his meat busi-ness. . .My Condolences to the FLYING FA-RIAS on Ringling Blue over their recent ter-rible personal loss and tragedy.. .Business forGreat Adventure, so advises JOE BAUER, con-tinues to be excel lent . . .LOTTIE BRUNN ar-rived on the Hoxie lot July 4th - a day latefor our meeting, set for July 3rd and THENhad the gall to lay me out for NOT being there-that's out Lottie!

BILL BRICKLE is experiencing nothingbut headaches with his new Holiday Ramblerand is all upset about it.. .The Vargas showplays the Chicago area soon, the first time theshow has come that far east in several yean..GEORGE and VICKI HANNEFORD joinedforces with TOMMY HANNEFORO on sever-al dates this year.. JUNE DEWSBURY hasactually taken a hand at the kitchen range andswears she can cook - well, grilled cheese sand-wiches at any rate and for June that is quitea culinary accomplishment.. .SHE scorchesWATER).. .CHRIS HUDSON told FRANKCURRY she almost fainted from shock whenshe received a book-flyer by mail. Why, Chris,I remember people's addresses I just don't getaround to writing letters.. .The GodmotherAURELIA HALL finally made it up to Ben-son's to be with daughter CARMEN.. .FRANKGALAMBO is the Bentley Bros, prop boss andsuper, sharing those honors with hard-working

CHESTER CABLE. Both are good men to havearound a show.TALENT ROSTER on M&M Circus forthe

Kiawanis in Wyandotte (Mich) July 21-27 in-cluded: Mike Clark, lions; Don Phillips & Co.;the Kursawes, the Wainwrights, Walt King'smixed group and elephants; the Patricks, MissPaula and aerial ballet; Victor Julian's LittleStars presented by Leo Coffey; the Davidsons;the Patricks; the Freddies; the Widgets; theBertloffs and Mister Sensation. Clowns, head-ed up by Vern Woerner, included Irv Romig,Rocky Ridedeau, Rick Legg. Musical director,William Browning; Equestrian director/annou-ncer Jim Douglass, spec by Circus Creations.M&M is, of course, produced by Grade Mcln-tosh and Chuck Marine.

IN ORDER to find out how badly RinglingRed was suffering in that killer heat wave Ifinally wired WALLY NAGHTIN to call me.He said the animals seemed to be getting theworst of it, especially his bears which he kepthosed down with water. Several times theysimply refused to work and had to be putback in the cages. Some animals suffered heatprostration going from the building to thetrains. Wally said they traveled at night be-cause it was so hot cars actually burned theirmotors in the daytime. Business remainedgood due to air conditioning in the buildings.

PEDRO CARRILLO is up and about and theact is practicing though not working. Had hisfall not been broken by a net they were forc-ed to use in Glens Falls (NY) the accidentwould have been far more serious. Other thanthe pall cast over the show by the tragic deathof 16 year old JULIO FARIAS on RinglingBlue, Wally says everything is fine.

NEXT WEEK'S column is scheduled to bewritten by LEE MALONEY (if he gets it inon time) -SO ...

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Shrine DatesSALEM OREGON - Salem Shrine Club

BY MIKE SPORRER

1956 - Sept. 19-20 - Polack Bros. WesternFairgrounds

1957 - July 19-20 - Polack Bros. Western -Waters Field

1958 • July 25-26 - Rudy Bros. - Fairgrounds1959- None1960 • Aug. 6 - Rudy Bros. - Waters Field1961 - July 28-29 - Rudy Bros. - Bait Park1962 - Aug. 13-14 • Rudy Bros. • Armory1963 - July 16-17 - Rudy Bros. - Armory1964 • June 4 • Rudy Bros - Cancelled1965 • June 5-6 - Rudy Bros. - Armory1966 -June 18-19- Rudy Bros. - Armory1967 - June 24-25 - Gatti-Charles - Armory1968-1969 -None1970 - Mar. 9-10 • Hubert Castle - Armory1 97 1 - Mar. 8-9 - Hubert Castle • Armory1972 - Mar. 13-14 - Hubert Castle - Armory1973 - Mar. 12-13 - Hubert Castle - Armory1974 • Mar. 11-12 - Hubert Castle - Armory1975 - Mar. 25-26 - Hubert Castle - Armory1976 - Mar. 23-24 - Hubert Castle - Armory1977 - Mar. 22-23 * Hubert Castle - Sparks Ar.1978 - Mar. 20-21 - Hubert Castle - Armory1979 - Aug. 21-22 - Hubert Castle - Sparks Ar.

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On The CoverThis week's cover picture is another paintingby Robert B. Johnson, made several years ago.It is titled "The Riding Troupe".Obviously this depicts a large troupe of circusriders, probably working on a big show. Thefeature of the act is caught in motion, as therider makes a somersault from the lead horse,passing over the center horse and landing onthe third horse.

The Middletown Youth Circus, of Belford. N.J., presented a program, including a clownmake-up session and balloon sculpture, at thePublic Library on July 25-26. The group willalso be presenting a show at the 4 - H Sectionof the Monmouth County (NJ) Fair.

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Grand Island, New York- 14072Phone: 716-773-7607

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The Big John Strong Circus won page afterpage of pictures and free publicity in news-papers in Wyoming during the show's recenttour of that state. In addition to praise reviewnotices, the papers carried photos of the set-up, the elephant, ponies, clowns and even thesponsors. In addition to its reviews, the showreceived newspaper space for its children'sclown contests and several benefit programs.Meanwhile, in most of the same papers CircusVargas was running heavy "Wait for the BigShow" advertisements. They also offered spe-cial children's ticket promotions and a color-ing contest.

REX ROSSI and DERRICK ROSAIREareamong the performers appearing with the Royal Lipizzan Stallion Show which is now play-ing west coast dates.

BOB KELLOGG has the elephant show at theLos Angeles Zoo, a new feature for the South-ern California facility.

STEVE MILLS. CAROL MILLS. ED JACKSON and wife, JOEY JORDAN and HOVEYBURGESS, all jugglers, got together for aworkout in New York City the week of July4th.

SYLVESTER and BARBARA BRAUN spenta few days at their Southern California homeduring a layover of the Happytime Circus inJuly. They'll soon be playing dates at Sacra-mento and Reno fairs.

MIKE and SALLY LaTORRES who are withthe Int'l All Star Circus, visited the Beatty-Cole Circus at Lakewood. NY last month.

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HELEN WILSON - Show Organist(own equipment) - 704 • 786 - 4563

CIRCUS QUIPSBY KARL J. BISCHOFF

IT'S NOT A QUESTION of how much ashowman knows... IT'S A QUESTION OFWHAT HE DOES WITH IT.

A REPORTER from a local paper went downto the circus lot to interview the owner, hewanted some advice on how he managed sucha large show. "YOU'VE COME TO THEWORNG PERSON, JUST ASK ANYONE OFMY EMPLOYEES," said the owner.

IF RETIRED CIRCUS PEOPLE could jumpinto a time machine and go back to the goodold days... WOULD YOU BE ONE OFTHEM?

CIRCUS PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE that thedead never come back to life should be aroundon PAY DAY.

MOST SHOW EMPLOYEES know when theyare playing a small town. It's the place wherethere is NOWHERE TO GO THAT YOUSHOULDN'T.

NOEL BROS. C I R C U S

Needs Ground Acts doing 2 ormore to work in High SchoolGymnasiums (No Magic orClowns).

2 to 3 Weeks in NovemberAlso can use Western Acts -(whips, ropes and knives).

- Police Dates -

Short Jumps (all in Kansas)

Put all details in first letter andstate lowest salary.

Write: Frank Noel

R. R. 2, Box 567

Mulvane, Kansas - 67110

WANTEDWe are looking for a 34 or 35 ft. cablepaneled arena • Also interested in stainless steel or aluminum cat props.

ROYAL HANNEFORD CIRCUS2621 Mall Drive, Sarasota, Fla. 33581

Phone:813-921-5585

FROM RALPH F. HARTMAN

I always enjoy reading CR. Once in a while Inote some article that I believe needs an ans-wer, and possibly a retraction.The story "Too Many Elephants" did not listthe writer. Some of it was interesting, butwhen it said that the White Elephants havewhite eyes, white palate, white tail hairs andwhite testicles, I realized that the person whowrote it didn't know what he was doing.Of course, white elephants are Albinos andnoted for their pink eyes. Their palates are notwhite. As for their "White Testicles", whendid you last see a pair of elephant testicles(testes), except possibly in a jar pickled? Youdidn't because they are situated high insidethe belly wall on each side. The situation issomewhat like a rooster. The act of caponizing requires a small incision in each side toremove these organs and often the mortalityis high.With elephants it's a much bigger deal, requir-ing two separate operations to castrate themand the mortality rate is very high. Many own-ers of male elephants would like to have themcastrated. Such an operation in California lastyear attracted elephant people from all over.The elephant unfortunately died.There may be some other castrated elephantsaround, but the only one I know of is the bigtusker who works center ring on Circus Vargas.He made it over the surgery

AT LIBERTYI am now available for Shrine Circus Parksor Fain, with my little 1910 Tin Lizzie M*del T Ford, radio controlled comedy car.

LLOYD THE CLOWN (Lloyd W. Loan)8 Valentia St., Huntington, W. Va. 25705

Phone:304-522-2549

The Circus ReportPage 27

ALLEN GOLD, wild animal trainer, worksboth lions and tigers at a park in New Hamp-shire.

THE TANGIER TROUPE. Arab tumblers,have joined the American Continental Circus.

JOHNNY THOMPSON, known as "The Po-lish Magician" will open an all new show inReno on Aug. 12th, featuring dancing girls,a variety of acts and some comedy magic.

GEORGE HUNTLEY, of Rockford, III.,visited Circus Report while enroute to a fam-ily reunion and the Ringling Circus in South-em California.

JOEY JORDAN, juggler, will be taping a seg-ment of Canada's TV Show "Circus" on Sep.18th. He is currently featured with the "Fan-tasy On Ice" show.

THE DAVID ZOPPE Family is now on tourwith the Western Canadian "B" Circuit, play-ing in Alberta, Saskasatoon and Manitoba.They opened June 25th

BY "CIRCUS JOE" VALENCIA

A unique model circus titled "Buddy L. Tonka Bros. Circus" is located in Florida. It ismodeled after the Hoxie Bros. Circus of theearly 70'$, when the show had the one cen-ter pole big top.The slogan of this mini show is: "The Minia-ture Circus-ln-The Round". It is a modemday truck show with four Buddy L. Circussemis, and various other mini trucks. Themidway has a side show/menagerie, pitshow, concessions and ticket truck.The big top has 3 rings inside in the same or-der as Hoxie used to have it, around the onecenter pole. The bandstand is at the rear andblues circle around the ring area.

The program as presented features: NationalAnthem; Introductions; 'Life' a musical group;Susan Sheryll's Royal Afghan Champions; BillKing and Jackie; 'Life'; Davide Laddie, unsup-ported ladder; Bill King with audience partici-pation; Johnny Zoppe's Rhesus Monkey Revue

THANK YOUFor your many replies to my recent

advertisement.

I have just finished working the Re-

publican Convention, in communica-

tions, and will answer all replies soon.

STAIW BOOBRingmaster, Equestrian Director

6882 Forrer Avc. Detroit, Mich. - 48228Phone: (313)518- 1534