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4th Year September 8, 1975 Number 35-36

SOUTH IME1ICI TOOI SETAn International Unit of the famous Royal Lipizzan Stallion

Show is to be formed for a tour of South America, reports showproducer Gary Lashinsky. This unit will play for seven months inBrazil, followed by dates in Venezuela, Columbia, Peru, Ecuador,and possibly Argentina. Engagements are also being planned forthe Central American countries.

The South American tour which opens in March 1976, is theresult of a year of negotiations and work, and represents thecooperative efforts of Jack Sidney of The Jack Sidney Organ!sa-

and Carlos

solid lourThis year's annual Texas

Shrine Circus dates will cover anine week period - Sept. 15 toNov. 15. Acts booked for the series of shows will have eightfull weeks of work during thetime period.

Show dates are:

(Continued on Page 11)

tion and Carlos Vasques and JoeWallach of Vasglo InternationalSpectaculars of Rio de Janeiro.

The International Unit isscheduled to open in Rio de Jan-eiro on March 18th, playing inthat city for 32 days. In allthe South American tour will bea 40 week schedule, after whichit is hoped the show can moveinto other foreign markets.

Jack Sidney is coordinating(Continued on Page 14)

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Australia Bound ?The owner of the nation's largest carnival - Carl Sedlmayr

- recently toured Australia and New Zealand, .investigating thepossibility of taking his carnival to those areas. He told localreporters that such a tour would depend on "economic logistics."

Mr. Sedlmayr describes hiscarnival, the Royal AmericanShows, as a "mobile city of fun"The show features 35 differentrides and travels on a train of90 cars.

Traveling with Mr. Sedl-mayr was his friend of 40 years,John E. Libby, manager of theMinnesota State Fair.

Mr. Libby calls his fairthe largest in the U.S. and saysthat last year the fair drew1,569,000 people in eleven days.The fair has its own 350 manpolice force, and while it is inoperation also has its own jail,judge and prosecuting attorney.

In Memoriam -;\MARY SOLE LINDSAY (80) the

grand-daughter of the founder ofAustrali's Sole's Circus, diedon April 17th. Born in the cir-cus she became a popular trapezefeature. About 50 years ago shetook over operation of the cir-cus, then at the age of 70 sheretired, turning the circus overto her daughter, Jean. Two yearsago when the family opened ananimal farm near Kiama, she be-came active in its operation.

CFA Appointm'ntEd Reynolds, former Asso-

ciate Director of Press Informa-tion, CBS-TV, has been namedNational Public Relations Dir-ector for the Circus Fans Asso-ciation of America. The appoint-ment was made by Dr. Paul E.Fitzpatrick, CFA President, ofMorrow, Ga.

Working with Reynolds is acommittee chaired by Louis M.Connor, Jr., Raleigh, N.C.,public relations and fund-rais-ing consultant. Other committeemembers are: Theodore F. Hauss-man, Wellesley, Mass., a publicrelations director; Dorothy M.Joy, Spokane, Wash., world tra-veler and photographer; John C.Kunzog, Jamestown, N.Y., authorand printer, and Ronald Rich-ards, Worcester, Mass., a com-mercial artist.

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KIKE SHOW IS HIT IIHIWIIIA strong show that brought enthusiastic re-sponse from the public and reviewers was broughtto Hawaii by Paul Kaye for his 1975 tour here.The show, billed as the International 3-RingCircus, played at Honolulu on Aug. 7-17, and atHilo on Aug. 20-24.

The program featured a revival of the leaps ov-er elephants by the Canestrelli family,and hadSergio Ramos completing the triple somersaultat almost every performance. The real show stop-per, though, was veteran high wire artist Har-old Alzana. He had the audience in the palm ofhis hand for every performance.

Harold Alzana

Featured on the program were:

Opening SpecDonna Mitchell - trapezeHarriett Beatty - African lionsThe Sagitarians - aerial cradleThe Clowns - Birthday CakeFour Freddies - unsup. ladderThe Wayne Trio - acrobatsGeza Szabo - jugglingDavid Rosaire's Perky PekesSenorita Elizabeth - hair hangOrtans Troupe - the leapsGreat Arturo - aerialistBrian's chimpsDolly - single elephantFay's CrittersPablo Rodriguez Troupe - bars— Intermission —

The Flying Ramos with SergioClown PromenadeThe Three Hollywood ElephantsHarold Alzana - high wireVasquez Troupe - trampoline

Mystery LionPolice at Hinckley, Minn.,

rescued an apparently hungrylion last week, which was foundin an unheated summer cottage.The animal was taken to the Co-mo Zoo at St. Paul until it canbe decided what should be donewith it.

Criminal investigator DougSpindler said the first he knewabout the animal was when aneighbor called to complain a-bout a straving lion.

The Canestrelli Family - tramp.The Wainwrights - trampolineSensational Leighs - space wheelPatriotic Finale

Clowns on the show included:Walt Stimax, producing; MillieHall; Abe Goldstein; Johnny Cir-illino; Roger Arroyo and the La-zlo Duo.

, Kent Ghirard

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SHOW TALENTCircus acts seen working

at the "Old Chicago Mall" duringAugust include:

Mario Albert!; Antonucci'schimps; Bobby-Jane Duo; The Se-greara Trio; the Lang Family;Ross-Martin Flyers; Saul Shafton;Mr. Bell; Loreli; Linares poodlerevue; the Hugo Duo, perch; VenoVenito; The Walters; Jorge'sComedy Ford; Ms. April; JoyceRice, batons; the Trio Angelos,aerial motorcycle; Bob Markworth,archery; La Bella Raquel, cloudswing; The Navarro Troupe andArturo Segura.

Show ProgramActs currently performing

at the Circus Hall of Fame, inSarasota, Fla., include:-

Sarah Chapman •Danny Chapman -Alfredo LandonDebbie ValerieLes Fantasia -Curtiss CainanRoman Schmitt •

single trapezeclown- clown- trapezerevolving ladderTrio - acro/jugg

- elephant/tiger

CIRCUf VISITSeen visiting the Ringling-

Barnum Circus at Salt Lake City(Aug. 19-25) were: John Strong;Fred and Heidi Wendany; James J.McCracken; Frank Panisko; MikeSporrer; Elizabeth Gorman, withdaughter Joan and her husbandCrop,.

ProblemsU.S. rules and regulations

and especially those concerningthe animal control laws, have afar-reaching effect. The problembeing faced here in the statesis also one that foreign zoosand animal breeders must face.

Recently, Robert Baudy,president of the Animal Centerin Florida, had hopes of obtain-ing a pair of leopards, for lo-cal breeding purposes, from theFrankfurt, Germany zoo.

Answering Baudy's cablethe zoo's director Dr. R. Faustsaid he really didn't like deal-ing with u.s. buyers because ofthe immense amount of red tapethat is involved. He quoted onetransaction that took a year tocomplete the paper work and ob-tain a license for shipment ofthe animals.

Long delays cause problemsaccording to Dr. Faust, becauseof the time involved, limitedspace facilities for animals andin regards to future breedingprograms.

As a result, he added,"weare not in a position to do bus-iness transactions with the U.S.unless it is guaranteed that theimport license will be issuedwithin a reasonable period oftime."

September 8, 1975 Page 5

Visit to .... by DON F. SMITH

When the Big John Strong Circus came to Detroit (Mich) theshow set up on the fairgrounds. The show has a new big top and itlooks bigger and better than ever. They've been building new seatsand will soon have all new seating.

Also visited friends on Circus Vargas and was impressed bytheir new all-orange big top. It was the first time the top hadbeen put up (Eloise, Mich.), replacing the old top that was dam-aged in a blow down at Mt. Clemens (See Circus Report for July 28,1975).

The weekend of Aug. 9-10we attended the Midwest Gather-ing of the CMB at Peru (Ind.)They had some very fine displaysset up in the Circus City CivicCenter.

Some 97 members and guestsattended the banquet on Aug. 9,at the Tally-Ho Steakhouse whereTom Hodgini was the guest speak-er.

It brought back happy mem-4

ories, as this was the site ofthe First National ConventionBanquet of the CHS in 1946. Thebuilding was the original cattraining barn of Terrell Jacobs,but has been completely rebuiltand modernized for use as a res-taurant.

Prominent guests includedDorothea Carter, who lives inPeru, and Erna Rudinoff, who isa resident of Baltimore.

MiscellaneousA new circus with an old

title is expected to start touring in 1976.

PHILIPPE PETIT, highwireperformer, will be with the RBBBCircus at New Orleans on Sept.11 to 14.

JOE KELLY, grandson of Em-mett Kelly, Sr., has been dis-charged from the Air Force andis back at his home in Peru,Ind

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Import Center NamedStewart Airport near Newburgh, N.Y., has been selected as

the site for a new animal import center for the U.S., accordingto an announcement made by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of the Stateof New York.

The new animal import center, to be operated by the USDA'sAnimal and Plant Health Inspection (APHIS), will repleace the fa-cility at Clifton, N.J., which has been in operation since 1903.APHIS officials report the Clifton facility has become too smallto handle the increase volume of animal imports into the U.S.

APHIS plans to build a$5.4 million facility on the 74acre site at Stewart Airport tohandle yearly imports of some1,800 cattle, 800 horses, 300zoo animals and 4,000 poultry —more than triple the currentcapacity at Stewart. APHIs alsooperates small import centers atMiami and Honolulu.

"This new animal importcenter at Stewart Airport willhave a direct effect upon con-sumers from two standpoints, inaddition to the obvious benefitsto American agriculture," saysDr. Mulhern, APHIS adininistratoi

"First it will enable usto safely bring into the U. S.more new breeding animals - andthus increase the volume and ef-ficiency of meat production."

"Second, the new facilitywill enable our zoological parksto acquire more exotic animals,many of which can be bred incaptivity. This will make itpossible for more Americans to

Acts appearing at our re-cent Allentown (Pa.) fair were:

The Zaras - Spanish musicDerrick Rosaire - bear/horseThe Thiries - trampolineM. Begary - single trapezeM. Bosco = juggling

Bob Good

MarriedDon Bridwell ("Whizzer",the

Clown) and Francina Faye Thomasweie married on Aug. 2nd, at St.Philips Catholic Church in Co-lumbus, Ohio.

Don has been clowning withthe M&M Circus at the KentuckyState Fair. They plan to maketheir home in Columbus, Ohio.

observe and enjoy some of therare and beautiful species ofanimals from other nations, someof which are in danger of be-coming extinct."

September 8, 1975 Page 7

The big top is a two centerpole tent measuring 60x 90 ft.Inside a seat trailer is posi-tioned on each end and on oneside is a row of bluesf offeringa seating capacity of about1,500 people.

Musical background was pro-vided by drums and organ. Animalfeatures with the show included:a camel, a llama, 4 performingbears, a cougar, a lioness andnewborn cub, 2 performing hor-ses, 8 liberty ponies, a muleand 7 performing African goats.

Show times were at 4:30 pmand 7 pm with an impressive 90minute show being presented.

The owner, Jack Davis, re-ported that Americana carries aregistered school for childrentraveling with the show. Theircookhouse tent feeds from 60 to

...by LOUIS ASKER

On Aug. 21st, Americana Combined Shows played Caldwell, Id.,The window posters pretty well describes the show as follows: "W.J. Davis presents Americana Combined Shows - Complete Circus andCarnival - Amusement Rides & Games - Featuring Animal Actors Re-view - Special Guest Stars - Motion Picture Animal Stars - TV Com-mercial Animal Stars."

The Americana show travelson 18 show owned trucks. On themidway is a roller coaster, aScrambler, Rollo-Plane, Screw-ball (Octopus type ride), cars,boats, swings, 5 game stands, afood concession trailer, twoside shows and the big top tick-et wagon.

Animals TakenAuthorities at Riverside

(Calif.) have impounded 29 exo-tic animals including lions, ti-gers, leopards, jaguars, a bear,monkeys, eagle and two rabbitts.Their action followed complaintsthat the animals were starvingand that their owner, John Wein-hart, had not been seen sinceJuly 6th.

Doyle Brawley, RiversideCounty Animal Control Officer,reported the animals were foundin dirty cages, which were toosmall. The animals were thirstyand hungry, he added, althoughWeinhart apparently had madeplans for someone to care forthe animals.

In early August, in an un-related incident, a local resi-dent was mauled by a neighbor'sescaped pet cougar when he en-tered the yard to water thelawn.

80 workers twice each day.

The show is averaging aboutfive stands each week and wasscheduled to go into MountainHome on Aug. 22nd.

ROUTESAmerican Freedom Train

Sept. 9 Sioux Falls, S.D13 Des Moines, Iwa

Beatty-Cole CircusSep. 8 La Salle, 111.

9 Joliet10 Northbrook11 Kankakee12 Lafayette13 Bloomington14 Galesburg

Buffalo Bill's Wild WestSep. 12-14 Richfield,Ohio

Carson & Barnes CircusSep. 8 Versialles, Ky.

9 Morehead10 Richmond11 Campbellsville12 Monticello13 La Follette.Tenn14 Maryville

Chinese Acrobats of TaiwanSep. 15 Anaheim, Calif.

Circus VargasSep. 7-10 Nashua, N.H.

11-17 Burlington, Mass

Clyde Bros. CircusSep. 8-9 Lake Charles,La

10 Many

Clyde Bros. Circusto Sep. 16 Mexico City,MX

Diamond S RodeoSep. 11 Brecksville, Ohio

12 Lake Sheffield13 Monroe, Mich.14 Fosteria, Ohio15 Mansfield

Franzen Bros. CircusSep. 4 Edgewater, Iowa

Gatti-Charles CircusSep. 3-6 Edmonton, Albta

George Matthews CircusSep. 11-14 Akron, Ohio

Hanneford CircusSep. 9-25 Hillsdale, Mich

Hanneford Family CircusSep. 8 Jackson, Ky.

10-11 Lexington13-14 Central City

Happytime CircusSep. 9-14 San Bruno, Cal.

Kaye Cont'l CircusSep. 12-14 San Jose, Cal.

King Bros. CircusSep. 8 Leesburg, Va.

9 Harrisonburg10 Lexington

Lewis Bros. CircusC-D. 10 Indian Mills, NJ

15 Hoboken

Mid-America CircusSep. 1 Tulsa, Okla.

Ringling-Barnum - Blue UnitSep. 11-14 New Orleans,La

Ringling-Barnum - Red UnitSep. 10-14 Seattle, Wash.

Royal Bros. CircusSept. 7 Sundre, Alta

Royal Lipizzan ShowSep. 10-11 Minot, N.D.

12-13 Bismarck14 Jamestown

Sells & Gray CircusSep. 8 Allen Park, Mich.

9 Howell10 Wixom11 Blissfield12 Jackson13 Albion14 Battle Creek

Stebbing Royal European Cir.Sep. 5-14 New York, N.Y.

John Strong CircusSep. 9-11 Vancouver, BC

12 Enroute13 Stanton, Ore.14 Roseburg15 Redding, Calif.16 Red Bluff

September 8, 1975 Page 9

R s I well leceifti by GORDON D. BROWN

MiscellaneousHoxie, King Bros, and Car-

son & Barnes all expected to beplaying in Georgia soon.

Wallace & Rogers were the first show to play in the North-west Territories, where they showed at Pine Point, Fort Providence,Yellowknife and Hay River. It took some mighty long jumps to keepthe schedule, but they managed and drew good business too.

About 20 miles south of Rae, the bull truck, driven by RayHartzell, ran out of gas. Finally some Indian youths were flaggeddown and Ray's plea for gas was greeted with great enthusiasmwhen they learned the truck contained an elephant^

Some 40 minutes later anincreasing cloud of dust on thehorizon heralded about 20 carsand many passengers, all eagerto see the Portland, Oregon bornPachyderm.

Later, after arriving inRae and gassing up to capacity,Ray asked for his bill and wastold "forget about that, but howabout getting the elephant outso we can all see it?"

During the show's four dayfull capacity, stand at Yellow-knife, the city fathers of Raepleaded with the Hartzell familyto bring the circus into theircity. As a result the show movedinto Rae, set up on the citysquare and offered a "quickie"performance for some 500 people,some of whom had come in 100miles or so just to see the ele-phant perform.

Other stands that drew bigcrowds included the oil-boomingtown of Fort McMurray and Atha-basca.

Their program features!

Overture - Ray Hartzell$25,000 electronic organ

Wilson-Elliot Duo - double trapsMiss Diana - trained macawsJohn Hartzell - trained sealsClowns (2) - The Washer womenMiss Lorea - Spanish webJohn Hartzell - spinning platesThe Magic Sedan ChairJohn Hartzell - trunk illusion— Intermission —

Helene Hartzell and elephantSgt. Buford and trick shootingAstro, the human Yo Yo

Here in Alberta (Canada)we've had several shows this sea-son. The Hubert Castle Circusdid great business in June; bothWallace & Rogers and Royal Bros,have been playing throughout theProvince; Gatti-Charles were inEdmonton (Sept. 3-6) and now theGarden Bros, and Dailey Bros,shows are on their way here.

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"

Three of us fans - Harold Gorsuch, Robert Hoban and my-self visited the Beatty-Cole Circus at Middletown, Ohio (July 20)and had an enjoyable day.

There wasn't as much billing as in previous years, butit was there. The show has an attractive midway with a pony ride,operated by Fred Logan; the Stu Miller side show; plus an Ape

Big Otto" rho hippo.Show andThe 4:15 p.m. show had Jim-

my Ilie serving as band leaderand announcer, with the follow-ing acts:

Dave Hoover - wild animals(5 ti gers ind 4 1 i on s )

Clown WalkaroundThe Aerial Glorians, Elba & Ri-

ta and Braun & SharonClowns - The BullfightKay's Pets - dogs and poniesThe Marios - hat nigglingRon & Mit7.i with an aerial bal-

let with 12 girlsKay Hanneford Family of RidersClown WalkaroundThe Drougetts - jugglingElephants - three young bullsClown WalkaroundMitzi - Iron jaw slideMauricios - ladderFerreiras - perrh actLes Vprdus - rolling globesThp Flying Astros

, Don Sandman

ATTENTIONA slight relapse on the part ofmy health may delay the next is-sue or two of Circus Report. Thepaper will be out, but you mayreceive it a day or two late.

, Don Marcks

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September 8, 1975 Page 11

umm mil WELLEDThe cancellation of Canadian dates by RBBB have been blam-

ed on a new tax ruling by Canadian officials, whereby they with-hold 15% of the gross earnings for tax purposes. In the past thecircus has paid its Canadian taxes at the end of the year.

Allen Bloom, executive vice president, was quoted earlieras saying, "The tax situation in Canada is very bad anyway; boththe federal and provincial taxes. Plus the fact that in most ofthe buildings the muscians union is extremely rough."

Bloom says the buildingmanagers in Canada have alwaysbeen cooperative and are sympa-thetic. The cancellation of ourCanadian dates is because of thetax situation and nothing more,he added.

Continuing, Bloom said hefelt "the entire attitude of thegovernment officials is one ofdoing attractions a favor by al-lowing them to come into thecountry."

A return to Canada is definitely out for- this year, saysBloom, who added "what this(tax)amounts to is that they're goingto hold this money until the endof the year when you file yourtaxes, It's ridiculous. They'reholding our money and who knowswhat would happen to it. As dif-ficult as it is to do businesseverywhere and as many buildingsas there are in the U.S. that wecannot play now why should we gosomewhere where they basicallydon't want us?"

Show DateThe Mid-America Circus

played here (Beatrice, Neb.) onAug. 2nd, sponsored by the mer-chants at the Indian Creek Mall.The weather was ideal, with theshow drawing a full house forthe matinee and a 3/4 house thaievening.

Ron Sanford and I were gi-ven the "red carpet treatment"and spent the afternoon in thebackyard taking pictures andvisiting.

.. Bill Green

SOLID TOUR (Continued)

12Dallas - Sept. 15-21Houston - Sept. 30-Oct.San Antonio - Oct. 14-19Austin - Oct. 28-Nov. 2Fort Worth - Nov. 7-15

Of special interest is thefact the Dallas show will be atthe Livestock Coliseum at theTexas State Fair Park. The fairwill be operating Oct. 3-10 andwill feature a free under canvascircus each day.

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A MEDIUM SIZED CIRCUS THATJUST KEEPS ON GROWING IN ATRI-STATE AREA,,, STARTS ONANNUAL FALL TOUR SEPT, 10™

BY HARRISON HALL

Voorheis Bros, indoor Circus launches it's annual falltour in Michigan on Sept. 10th. The route carries theshow through Oct. and into mid November, after whichit will close until mid-January. The all new, and diff-erent production embraces the Bi Centennial theme, andCircus artist George Da Deppohas outdone himself in thebeautiful full color post-ers and advertising for theshow. New carpeting and matsusing the stars and stripestheme, together with a newband backdrop enhance theappearance of the physicalequipment, which has alwaysbeen excellent. Col. Bill'snew Airstream trailer hasthe new Bi Centennial awn-ings, and three new miniCircus wagons have beenadded, and are used in thefinale.The Circus has madeMichigan it's home for 5years, reaching into Ohioand Incl. occasionally. Thisrequires an excellent rep-utation to play the sameroute year after year.Phonesales people contributemuch to the success of theshows growth, and the factthat Bill Voorheis and hisson Bill the 3rd devotemuch time to sponsors andoverseeing the advertisingand promotion themselves.

COL. BILL VOORHEIS § SonProducer and Co- DirectorCecil Marrion, Show AgentDICK FRANCIS Assist. Mgr.PETE HUFFMASTER Band Dir.THE ROLANDOS JugglersHARRIS DUO TrampolineGREAT FRANCO JugglerERIC ADAMS Dogs 5 ChimpsTHE STROYANOFFS Three Bar

TROUPEComedy

PONIESOne Finger

Perch

ALBERTO ZOPPETHE BARRYSMISS JEANNE'SACADISLUBIAN PERCHTHE MARCELLI'S Slack WireJOCKO THE CLOWN ComedyPROF.ZOPPE'S ACADEMYMILLER BROS. TrapezeTOTO THE GORILLABI CENTENNIAL FINALERoland Hickok, NoveltiesRev. L. A. McDonald Chin.Alice Rider, Office Mgr.Susan Rettelle, Promotion

COL. BILL VOORHEISRingmaster

George Da Deppo, ConsltntAdvertising Coordinator.

September 8, 1975 Page 13

BOB YERKES recently comple-ted stunt work on a Disney filmand is now starting work on anew Universal studio film.

MOPEY McGILL, clown, recen-tly worked a Knights of Columbuspicnic at Indiana polls, Ind.

ARNOLD F. MALEY, of theBeatty-Cole Circus, was recentlymade an Honorary Citizen of theState of Delaware, and receiveda certificate signed by the Gov-enor.

JACK RHODIN is featured onthe Hungarian Nat'l Circus withhis trained chimps. He is a for-mer Ringling-Barnum performer.

MAUREEN HALL had her train-ed animals at a Daly City (Cal)Shopping Center over the LaborDay weekend.

UNO b'ALLENDA ZOPPE was re-

In Memoriam

GEORGE W. CHRISTY (82) for-mer circus owner, died on Aug. 7at Corpus Christi, Texas. At onetime he owned Christy Bros., LeeBros., Golden Bros., and HeberBros, and also operated the TexaRanch Wild West Show, as well asShrine circuses. He was mayor ofSouth Houston for 19 years. Sur-vivors include his wife, Beth; ason, George W. Jr.; two sistersand a brother.

FELIX M. MORALES (74) for-mer trampoline and wire perform-er who is best known for hishead slide act, died at Homossa,Fla. on July 29th. He appearedin most of the major U.S. circusperformances. Survivors includehis wife, Iva; son, Felix, Jr.;daughter, Mrs, Conchita Thompsonand sisters, Concha Erickson,Lola Lamb and Teresa Matchett.

cently featured in an APrelease story about theWallenda family.

BOB MOCK had some of hisanimals at the S.E. Wash-ington Fair, as a free at-traction with the Ray Bar-ber Carnival.

BARBARA TAGGART has an-nounced that she will soonhave a new calliope recordavailable. The recording,played by Mrs. Taggart, wasmade with a Tangley AirCalliope.

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SOUTH AMERICAN TOUR (Cont'd)

all bookings and contractual ar-rangements for the tour whichwill be the first appearance ofthe world famous Lipizzanerhorses in South America.

All dates will be played in

indoor facilities and the showwill be set up and produced inthe same style and manner as isthe show that is currently tour-ing in the U.S. It will be pro-duced by Gary Lashinsky andstaged and directed by John Fin-ley.

September 8, 1975 Page 15

Miscellaneous

Auditions for show girlsand clowns were held by RBBB'sRed Unit in Oakland and SanFrancisco last month.

The Peru (Ind.) Tribuneissued a souvenir edition forthat city's annual circus festi-val. It sold for just 30<:.

A Siberian tiger beingflown from the Moscow Zoo to theSan Diego Zoo died enroute, ofheat prostration.

The Hanneford Family Cir-cus packed them in for theirshows at Greenville (Aug. 15-22^and Van Wert (Aug. 29-Sept. 4).

A $2 million suit has beerfiled against the George Matt-hews Circus by a family in At-lanta, Ga. who charge theirchild was mauled by a lion.

SHOW TALENTActs appearing at the Rocky

Hill State Fair in East Green-wich, R. I. (Aug. 19-24) were:

The Bentons - unicycle/acrobatsThe Austins - trampolineHal Haviland - trained animalsTexas White Horse TroupeRagbag Annie - puppetsJack Marns - M.C.Helen Wilson - organist

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I have just finished reading your editorial in the Aug.25th issue of Circus Report.

I am not surprised thatthere are narrow-minded peoplein our business, who want to livtwith their heads buried in thesand. I am surprised they makeso much noise that they requirea lecture on freedom of thepress and the right of the pub-lic to be informed about what isgoing on, via your editorial.

I'm out on the road full-time, like most show folks, anddon't have time to do my ownwatch-dogging. I am just thank-ful there are others that havemade it their job to do the ne-cessary watchdog duty.

That is why I take CircusReport. It keeps me informed ofthose every day things that Ican't possibly ferret out myself

Keep up the good work.Don't hesitate to print whateveryou find out.

Robert O'Brien

around the showVisiting the RBBB Red Unit

at Oakland/San Francisco wereiPaul Wessler, Diane Kauffman,Mary Gill, Tom Upton, Robert B.Johnson, Mike Sporrer, Dave Two-mey and family and Pat Arieta.

Sept. 8,1975 Supplement Page 1

Circus performerHr l.n-ome again

W^ ' 1̂» ̂ t I several c

/ Mrs— / a now »

' of Florid

During circus festival days, manyformer residents come back to Peru to

celebrate. In-ducted in thisyear s returneesis June RussellW o o l r i c h . aformer profes-s i o n a 1 c i r -cus p e r f o r m e rwho resided here

wintersWoolrichresident

Florida but sheMRS" WOOLRICH returns to Peru

even,' year to visitfriends because my heart always is inPeru." she said

Born in Pennsylvania, she first wasintroduced to the CKCUS when she rodein a bareback act her uncle had whenshe was a 12-year-old

Her family at first didn't know shewas performing in the circus—theythought she was just visiting her uncleBut her fami ly encouraged her whenthey came to visit and saw her per-form "My mother told me if I couldride sidesaddle then I would really beriding." Mrs Woolrich said

She rode in the act with the RhodaRoyal Circus and at 18 years old wasndmg sidesaddle and doing a trick

called a layback In this the horsesfront feet were up in the air and myhead was down by the tail I would do itaround the arena and into the centerring." she said

In 1927 she came to Peru with theSells Floto Circus and also has per-formed with the Cole Bros Circus Sheworked with wild animals and workedelephants in a routine I opened ashow by leading an elephant with »tiger riding on top of him

During her 53 years of performing.Mrs Woolrich married Lome Russell,an executive of Sells-Floto circus andhad six children After he died, shemarried a circus band leader of SOyears. Carl Woolrich

Mrs Woolrich spent five winters inPeru in between travelling with thecircuses "It was such a circus town Iused to sit at the old post office andwatch them unload 35 elephants, andthat was better than any parade." shesaid

Mrs Woolrich said the amateurcircus is "one of the greatest thingsthat ever happened to Peru I comebark every year to watch it but the pastfew years I couldn't stay long becausemy health was bad "

"When you love the circus and you'vebeen to Peru you have to come back."she said

SACRAMENTO (AP) -Carnivals at fairs and exhibi-tions getting state aid couldnot charge more than 50 cents

• for any ride under legislationintroduced in the state Senate.

The by Sen. George

Moscone, D-San Francisco,would classify rides as "kid-die" with a top price of 25cents, "ordinary." 40 centsand "spectacular," 50 cents.

"The public Is entitled tothe assurance that it won't be

ripped off by unscrupulouscarnival ride operators." Mos-cone said.

John Jervis. a Mosconeaide, said the senator hadreports of carnivals chargingas much as $1.20 for a ride.

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TT NTENSE excitement prevailed at theI Mechunlc*' Pavilion yesterday after-I IIUIHI when a younirster hanging on A

11 rafter yelled "Whoa. BUI!" andr . i i n i . the elephant. doing a ciike-

walk on a Int i,f b o t t l e s , tossed his tall upand Hull] nothing. The zebra. Alexlh.illdn t change a stripe, and the trainedseitllona only let out t l n - i r cuKtornHryImrkR. Osrar. one of the monkeys of thet i*Kr*-gnt lon . grew Imll l .erent an IIP sliddown a tlghtrone. and Doctor White, aperforming puny, whose pleasure It In to

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tost (malt boya around the ring, went oncomplacently with his work.

The H t i i n i 1 boy W U M Trained from hi*perllnun i ioKl t l iu i and Norrls & Rowe'8 bigtrained anfmal show went un without fur-ther Interruption.

The educated •eallon*. under the direr.tlon of Professor Winston, certainly showmore IntvllKence than any of the i r apedeaever perfui-mlng here before. They donot talk, but they almost give aongi anddances. Mauler fJeorge Setter, who com-bines elephant t ra ining wi th driving afour-ponle<1 chariot, also ha* the onlypure, whi te pony performing and he put!him through extraordinary performance*.

The show la an Interesting one and dur-ing the rain many np<-ctutors wonderedhow It couli) exis t under cunvaa. but theexplanation WHS vouchsafed by the maji-agcmcnt tha t us no ducks are carried It Isu t te r ly safe.

Next Mondav the show begin* tentwork , winding up In New York.

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MIKE SPORRER

RBBB's Blue Unit, a 2 hourand 45 minute show, runs smooth-ly under the direction of ring-master Harold Ronk. Some goodcircus music is played through-out the show by William Pruynand the circus band.

When seen at the Salt Pal-ace (Salt Lake City) on Aug. 25the program was pretty much thesame as it had been the previousyear, but it now looks better.Among the show's highlights areElvin Bale, who works his rota-ting wheel blindfolded; JeanetteWilliams, and her liberty horseact; the Samel*s mixed group ofwild animals (incidentally, theyown two ligers, born last year).

Other features include theKehaiovi Troupe of teeterboardartists; the Vickies aerial mo-torcycle; the Flying Gaonas andthe wonderful circus elephants,directed by Axel Gautier. Char-ley Baumann was ill and didn'twork the date, but was expectedback in the ring at Kansas City.

The circus is traveling on34 cars - consisting of 7 flats(119-125); 1 tunnel car (126);1 by-level car (127); 5 stockcars (130-134) and 20 coaches(138-158).

Coach 151, damaged byfire last fall, has beenreplaced by a new car,not yet numbered. Stockcar 134, formerly a Post-al car and now used for

horses, was added this year.Flat car 119 was added last yearso the bus and meat truck coulddiscontinue overland movements.

Last year concession wagon50 and 51 were added to the sho*New this year is #52 a snackstand for show personnel.

At the present time theshow has about 26 wagons. The#46 unit, formerly a Red Unitwagon, which is used to carryBale's huge wheel, has an out-standing paint job. The #38 wa-gon (formerly #13) has a nicelettering layout.

Several new cages are be-ing built at Venice (Fla.) fornext year's polar bear act. An89 ft. flat car will be made in-to a tunnel car to carry thosenew cages.It is expected thatthe show will be traveling on atotal of 35 cars in 1976.

The car "Hickory Creek"notused since 1972, still remainsat the show quarters in Venice.

MiscellaneousBurton's Dog Revue played

the Orpheum Theatre in San Fran-cisco Labor Day weekend in 1905

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SHOW ACTSThe program planned for the

Hella Temple Shrine Circus atDallas, Texas (Sept. 15-21) willinclude:

Hella Temple Band - ConcertBlinko & Maran -̂ clown warm-upOverature - the circus bandCircus SpecTroyana - neck slideTarzan Zerbini - wild animalsThe Great Boros - sway polePerch Pole display witht Los Ar-gentines, The Aguilars, Tabak,Navarros and Hernandez

Circus ClownsThe Smahas - Lipizzan HorsesCircus ClownsJimmy Troy - single trapsLa Bella Rachelle - cloud swingMiss Olga - head balance trapThe Pharoahs - aerial cradleMiss Cheri - single trapezeMiss Tina - aerial ringsThe Elkins Sisters - acrobaticsCircus ClownsMile. Jacqueline - aerial traps— Intermission —

Clown WalkaroundThe Trapecio De Segrera - flyersClown productionThe Youngs - teeterboardHernandez Troupe - teeterboardVictor Julian - dogsClown Stop NumberLos Rodrequez - aerial barsDave's Chimp FamilySabo's Chimps - 3 chimps,leopailSzymanski's chimpsClown ProductionTabak - sword balance

ROUTESHoxie Bros. CircusSept. 8 Somerville, N.J,

9 Old Bridge10 Avenel11 Middlesex12 Livingston13 Green Brook14 Union City

Rock CircusSept. 4-5 Ottawa, Ont.

DE MILLE, wire walker, will befeatured on the Merv Griffin TVshow on Friday, Sept. 12th.

SPARKY (D. W. Washburn) wasfeatured on the front page of theChanute (Kans.) Tribune when theMid America Circus played there.

FRED YOCKERS, former RBBB cir-cus clown from New York, says hewants to always be a clown, butjust can't perform as a "non-name" clown of the circus world.

Navarros UnicyclesYoung Troupe - jugglingSegrera Trio - rola bolaAguilar Troupe - risleyClown Stop NumberWalt King - elephantsDiano's elephants - L. KeenerOscar Cristiani's elephantsTorpedo web girls - Wanda Ward

and ChamelieskiThe Quassars - Aerial spinGrand Finale