America 's Favorit* Circus Maakly

Vol April 6, 1974 Nuabar 14

Performing Dofi Die in Plash PireA flash firs, baliavad to hava baan cauaad by a faulty

transmission, daatroyad Bill Brickla'a caapar and truck, and kil-lad four of hla parforalng poodloa. All tha propa, eagaa, paraonalitaaa and aoaa of tha coatuaaa aara alao loot*

Tha flra araptad aa Bill andhia partnar, John Aayara, drovainta a raat araa naar Cvargraan,Ala., anils anrauta *ith thaHoliday Hlppodroaa show. Savaralpaoplo in tha araa raahad to tharaacua and auccaadad in sawingtha houaa trailar, than halpadraacua 16 of tho parforaing dogaplus aany of tha eeatuava*

Tha act was off for about avaafc, raturnlng to thalr quartar•t Cops, S. C., ahara props hadto ba rebuilt and a naa truckaaa lacatad* Thay hawa alnca r•-joinad tha ahoa and things aragoing wall.

"Ma faal vary fartunata thataa bath aacapad aithout burns orinjury." says Bill, "far it all

(Continuad on Back Paga)

Sptcid Ga-ttt StarsTo launch its thraa

angagaaant at Maahlngtan,DC,thaRingllng-Barnua Ciraua praaant-ad a "Cangraaaianal light* ors-viaa at tha Araory an Apr. 2nd.Tha avanlng pragraa, with aavar*al Sanatora and Cangraaaswn ta-king part in tha ahaa, aaa abanafit parforaanca for tha Io-cs 1 Children's

Sanatar Mubart H. Huaphray,of Minnaaota* aarvad aa tha bigahaa announoar» ahlla aany afhia falloa politicises Mra cir-cus olaana and alaphant ridara.

Tha circus olaana aaratRap. David Taaallf of MawadaRap. Lloyd Haada, of Maahingtan

(Continuad an Back Paga)

Pags 2 .The Circus "sport

SAWDUST TRAILAn elephant wondered into

the yard of the Pratt family(atft. Lauderdele, Fla. lest month.The elephant walked away from anearby circus.

Do-Do, the Clown (M. L. IOupont) has booked the New WestMonroe, La. McMillian Mall foran Eastern Fun Feir.

Circus Vargas has been us*ing their 1973 program with asticker covering the old Miller-Johnson name and a pasts-overprogram eheet inside* The newprogram is to be out for theirCalifornia date*

Two temporary employees ofFarrowe Amusement mere arrestedat Monroe, La. on March 18th.One was charged with a break-inand the other wee an escapedprisoner from Indiana.

i*. L. Dupont

NOTE . . .

The drawing on the address sideof today's issue has been clip-ped from an advertisement usedby the Ken Penn Amusement Co* ofNew Kensington, Penne*

THE CIRCUS REPORT is publishedeach week by Don Mereks, 5X5 OakSt., El Cerrito, Cal. - 94530.Subscription ratesi 15.00 for 6months) $10.00 per yeer. For AirMail ssrvice add an extre $2.00*Oversees retee upon request.

it's lost-movingThis year's Antioch Shrine

Circus, at Dayton, Ohio (Mar.14-23) MS producsd by HubertCastle* Hs provided a very good,fast moving Show*

The program this yesr in-cludedtGuy Cossing - «ild animalsThe Jordans - aerial presentat'nThe Tebeks - aerial featureJose Cole* Erie Acadis, Lillian

— Equilibrium featsRsggie Van Young - comedy cerThe Andereons - Albino horsesCharmains's playmatesGreat Huston - illusionsCycling Wizards, The Csqusdas,

The Goetchis - cyclistsVictor Julian - dogsGreat Arturo - upside down trap*Yolanda - aerial artistThe Oieno elephants - Lee KleenrMalikova - high wireThe flying ValentinesSarazochil, Las Verdus, The 6is-

bini Trio - balancingTrio Angelos - aerial motorcycleThe Alejandros, Arturo Sagura,

Miss Lola - tight mireCeronimo - divs of deathKassls's beersAdams chimpsHiss Chrys Holt - hair hangThe Sashes - horse numberLa Norms - single trapeze

Gary Strong was EquestrianOiractor and Announcer. AngeloBisbini nas prop boss and PaulBlagg was the band director

..... Don Sandman

April Sv 1974

The CIRCUS in EgyptPage 3

,by OAVC OAVIS

often it is ••!! n*igh lapeesiblo to get training in the•ays of the Circus -- but not so in EgyptI The NationalCircus in Cairo, locatad a dedicated ooupla fro« Berlin,

Ceraany, to organize, diract and taach young childran tha arta andcrafta of tha Circua. Richard and Grit Hardy, nom ratirad fro* thacenter ring, dovote about aix daya a aeek to eaall claaaaa af in-taraatad 9 te 14 yaar eld kids. These claaaaa are held under thebig top or in the "back yard* froa 9 te 12 in the aorninga andfro* I to 5 in tha afternoen. Tha pupil• (about 55 et preeant) aretaught tha fundaawntela of balancing, gaynasties, traapolina, jug-gling, bicycle, unicycle aire, trapeze, aork aith daawetie aniaalsand for thoaa aho are qualified there ie edvancad aork in eachgroup.

I aaa fortunate to beable to look in oneeev-eral of these sessionsand aas astounded tosee ahat had been ac-complished aith the bo-ginners after onlyeight weeks of treiningTheee young people ereaoved froa) claee tocleae for new and acretreining end for ad-vanced aork. Before

ley have e chance to aako theirdebut they have had at leaateight month* of concentratedspecielized treining* Abilitycoupled aith deaira leede to eprofeeeional debut in one of thethree unite of the Netionel Cir-cua. During the treining periodthe various acts have been de-signed with the hels of theHardy's.

This is certainly e eensi-ble and profitable approach fora circus, or group of circuses.

Suit Dtnitfi

A federal tudga denied arequest (Hat. 30) by the HuaanaSociety of tne United Statea teblock experimental «ae of theoontrovarsial ft-44 "ceyote get-ter" trep in 44 Tans countiesunder a par ait freei the Environ*•ental Protestlow Agency.

thus aeeuring upcoaing stare. Ithelpe to produce aell roundedend thoroughly treined young or-tists for future perforaaneee.

Tha Hardy's tsll «e theyaould be heppy to offer sssis-tence to eny intereeted partiesalong the lines they hove estab-lished. They can be contacted by•riting toI •*• and Mra. Rich-ard Hardy, c/o Nationel Circuaof Egypt, Beloon Theatre* AlNile St., Cairo. Egypt.

(The ahoe'a prograa is listed oranother pege of today's iesue)*

Page 4 Tha Circua Raport

New Hearing PlanChanges in the proced-

ures usad to aattla civil viola-tions of tha Animal Welfare Actwarn recently announced by thaU. S. Oapt. pf Agriculture*

Henceforth, an adminis-trative law judge will presideover hearings of alleged viola-tions. The judge's decision canbe appealed to e USDA JudicialOfficer and fro* there to a U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals.

In the past hearings wereheld before a haering examinerwho made recommendations to theUSDA Judicial Officer, pie firstlevel of appeal wee to thacourts.

CAPSULES...The book "California, an

Illustrated History* by T. M.Matkina, has a picture on Paga396 ahOMing a Universal City atudio lot in 1930, with a smallcircus set up on the edge of thatown*

Severe] hundred people wereout to great tha Ringling-BarnumCircus train whan it stopped atAeheville, N.C. lost Month onite way fro* Charleaton, W. Va«to Knoxville, Tenn.

\

Tha Larem Shrine Circue atWaco, Texas was held on Apr.1-7while the Kiivs Shrine Circus,at AmarillOf Texas, wafl held enApril 5-7.

OLACKBROS.

by TOM MORRISON

hfhen Polack Bros. Circusplayed Canton. Ohio (Mar. 21-23}they brought us the followingcircus programi-

Lilli Kriatansen - wild animalsLazio Oonert 4 Co. - clownsThs Bartin! Duo - henglng perchThe GrimeIdis - musical clownaA Clown numberBaby Mike, elephent, presented

by Pom Pom OonohoDon Nothdorft - IllusionMiss Ross Marie - tight wireMickey Antalek - chimpsCarillo Bros. - high wireJacki Althoff - baara— Intermission —

Ifliss Antonetta - foot jugglingLena Antalek - dog review (14)Miaa Franceece and Sanorita Se-

gura - single trapezeJacki Althoff - pony riding chi«The Donohoa - Polack elephantaLazio Donart 4 Co. - clown bandThe Gibsons - flying act

Business st Circus worldPark (in Florida) is reportedlyquite good, with turneways dur-ing tha weekends.

•The Magic Show" s musicalmegic/revua atage presentationwill bv in Hew York City on May9-18. It feetures Canadian il-lusionist Doug Manning.

April 8, 1974 Pago 5

Reports on King Bros. Cireuo hovo boon cowingfrom oovorol pooplo oho have since the sho>in its oponing aeeks and they oil roport thattha circus is offering a good perforaance.

Tho 1974 prograai faaturasi Tho Kirks* aithgoats, baboon, dogs} Tho Conleyo, jugglingand liberty horseoi Hiss Rs*la, singls trap*••b, ooswl, llsaa and pony octi Billy Cunga,balancing* rola bols snd sido she* Magici HieeHills, trapazo and tightairol o Caeoldy girland her husband, rolling globee, cradle andhanging parchi Danny Csrsy, rola bola and bal-ancingi The Bontao, w«b oad elephants.

The show's camras is ingood •hep*, and aee used lostyear. They'd added • 1,500 gal-lon fuel tank to the ahoaj'srolling equipment to help eoeoany gee problems along tho way.AdeieeloA prices are the aaa»as Isst year, although concea-•ion* ere now soiling for 35*.

The aids shosj featuraa «e-gic, coord box and ahlpa. Alecproaentod hare ara the shea'sonlaalo — too elophante, oeeal*llesM, lion, tloar, and too cog-as of sjonfceys.

surf for the 1974 eeaaon 1stHarry Reale - ManagerHer!Jo Cauls - offloeHre. H. Resile - concessionsTax Claytan - noveltieaDavid Reals - side shoa/announ-

cer/oquastrleM directorCharles Stevenson - band leaderCharlie Rex - tranaportotlonHerd Tlaoe Leonard - elactrielanJohn Cline - pony ride/elepnantsGeorge Buttory - big top end

peopleSALLY HAND appeared at a

benefit shoo In San Francisco,Calif, on Hatch 30th, and than•alobratad HOT 70th birthday atthe conclusion of the shov*

SPAMKT, tha Cloan (D. H.Vaahburn) hae baan doing advana•ork for John Strong* than Jointhis Indoor(April 10th).

HERB CLCHCNT, of Steton Is.Isnd, N.T., has authored e soonto bo releeeed book titled "ThaCircus, Bigger and Better ThenEver." It's publisher is A. S.Borneo of Cranberry, M. J.

DON HARCKS booked his Cali-fornia Varieties shasj for aafit proQToa for the blind etVollo>, Calif, an April 6th.

reserved eeataOoloree Rax - cookhouoeRowdy KiDk - front door

ROUTESAllen's Petting Zoo

April 10-14 Yuma. Ariz.

Carson 4 Bernea CircusApril 8 Klngsville, Tax.

9 Alice10 Raymondsvllle11 Cdinourg1* Cotulla (Nits)13 Carrigo Springs

Hubert Castie CircusApril 8 Watertr, *n,

10 Huron15 Mitchell

S.D.

Circua Americato Apr. 21 Washington, DC

Circua Vergesto Apr. 14 Northridga.Cal

Holiday Hippodro**April B Niagara Falls, NY

9 El*ire Hieghta10 ROMIt Hater town12 Cnroute13 Auburn

Henneford CircusApril 8 Qswego, N.Y.

9 Rochester10-11 Open

12 Falr«ont,tt. Va.13 Johnstown, Pe.14 Moundaville,W.Ve15 Clerkaburg

Hoxie Broe. CircuaApril 8 Sminaboro, Ca.

9-10 Hilledgaville11 Crecewood

12-13 Augusta

Le«ia Bros. CircuaApril 8 Bexley, Ce.

9 Hazelhurst10 Cochran11 Irvinton12 Jackson13 Monroe

Ringling-Bernuei's Blue Unitto May 27 Ne» York, N.Y.

Ringllng-Bernua'a Red Unitto April 22 Waahington,DC

Royal Lipizzan Stallion ShowApril 8-14 Eaatar Vacation

Saraaota Sailor CircusApril 11-14 Saraaota, Fla.

Tommy Scott-Tin McCoy ShowApril 8 Ruaaellville,Al

9 Fayette1Q Demopolls11 Prattville12 Graanville13 Andulaia14 Off15 mobile

John Strong's Indoor CircusApril 10 Tucson, Ariz.

OTHER ROUTES

Carnival da MexicoApril 6 Paaadena, C«l.

folay & Burka ShowsApril 3-7 San Laandro,Ca.

Holiday on leaApril 9-14 H1ie»i Bch,Fla

lea CapadaaApril 9-14 London, Ont.

Rosa City RidesApril 8-13 Ironton, Iowa

Frank Sinatra ShowApril 8 Naw York, N.Y.

9-10 Nassau, L. I.13 Atlanta, Ca.

peopleJOHN PHILIPS reporta he

recently visited the Han-neford Circua and Ringlinc-Barnu* at New York City.

RON PERRY and PAULETTEBRAUN are currently withtha Clyda Bros. Circua1

Blue Unit* They have fournumbers in the program.

JESS MONEFELOT (unicyclcand Juggler) has bean working casuals on tha weatcoast.

THRILLS ON WHEELS (rol-ler akaters have been do-ing specialty ahowa forthe paat few weaka.

Pegs 8 The Circus

people•ORT GAMBLE Mill be in

charge of concessions on CircusKirk this yesr.

SMOKEY JOKES hsd his sis-phsnt "Tike" st s Fashion Shornin Pel* Springs, Calif, then•eds o TV eppeerence with Den•11son.

MARGARET HOLIER hed thepetting zoo, plus slsphent endoeawl ride* et the Orenge She*in Southern Celifornie in Kerch.

JIM NeCARRITY hee been na-•ed oenager of Circus Verges,end SIMONC FINNCR eee neswd TourDirector of the she*.

JOHN MOLINARI, circus Mus-ical director, is currsntly stor-king st the Sinelee nightclubin Sen Francisco.

•EL OLSCN, CFA ptseident,recently visitsd Joplin, Ho.and

.plsns to be in Phoenix, Lee Ve-gee, Los Angelee end Sen Diegebefore he returns hos)e*

RUTH HILL, stunt girl, ajho•ill work es "•!•• Astra- (highdive) hss been booked for 23•eeks on the Conklin Shoes),

ALLISON LOCSDCNft aarialist ,hee been doubling for «any ofths fee*Is Issde in TV's KungFu ssriss.

BUCKLES end SARBARA MOOD-COCK visited Circua Vergoe, SsQsA Cray, Hexle end Levie Bros, elssvsrtl Florida stende.

HELEN (Heeg) HAYES hes been hoepi-tellzed for aeverel eeeke, in Flor-ida, eith e broken knee cap.

JUNE RUSSELL MOOLRICH, .allknesn perferevr on oeny old reilroedshoasi, eee recently feetured in enerticle in the Teepe (Fie.) Tribune.Cerl end June recently bought e neetrailer and mill swke en exteneivetrip to Canada end the "id-waitamstetse.

DUKE ASH, one of Aawrice'e beetknovn ehoe peintere, is busy e*kingthe Deggeller Shoe equipswnt fleeh-ier then ever for the 1974 tour. Hehes built e Europeen-type Cypey M-gon, eith eoed cervinge, piotorielssnd it's e ehoeaain's draaaw

BOB GOOD reports that unidenti-fied photo in the Kerch 25th ieeueie e picture of the Loyal RepeneklRiding Troupe*

PARLEY BACR eet up the publicityMteriel for Peleck this yeer.

April d, 1974 Page 9

REHEARSAL WORK BEGINSRehearaals for tha all new 1974-75 Royal Llplzzen Stallion

Sho» •!!! get underway at iroy, N.Y. on May 1st. Tha upcoming ahoH•111 feature new acts, a ne« praaantation of Lipizzan numbers, andaxpandad productlona with new coetume*.

Tha tan day rehearsal periodis under tha direction of Johnfinlev, nho haa been stagingtha shone since 1970. Eques-trian direction is to ba hen-died by CarMan-Born treinarRainhard Dorech. a permanent

»e*ber of the Laehinaky organiz-ation since 1971.

Producara Gary end PhilipLaahinaky announce that specialemphasis, for tha upcoming show,•ill ba pieced on productlonainvolving Colonial Mllliamaburg,Russian Cossacks, end a tributeto tha French Riding Academy atSemar. Riders fro* that academy•ill ba appearing in tha show.

New act* Mill ba praaantadby I Charlaa Skslton, TrevorBale, Caylord Reynard, BonnlaBale, Bannia Fonaraari, BrianRose, To* Yelter, Jaan Marc An-tonineolll, Ernst Herr«ar. and anumber of other faetured per for-•era on the she*

A specially deeigned andbuilt antique "Victoria" carri-age la being conetrueted for tha•how by Mlndeor Coach and Carri-age of Sudbury. Maea., Y»o Lip*

Protection PlanLast week the California

State Legislature extended, fortwo years, a moratorium on thekilling of eountaln Hone. Thenew ruling forblde the killingof such animals until after Jan,1, 1977.

The bill, submitted by As-semblyman John Ounlap (Nap,,),•on a 19-0 approval of tha Wayeand "laana Committee. It haesince been fully approved.

Ounlap saya the Fish andCame Commission naade more timeto conduct a study of mountainlion populations In veriouepart* of the state.

The Ben E. Wallace Show wasaold at Albany, N.Y. on June 11,1913 to a group of businessmen•ho organized the Carl Hagen-beck & Great Wallace Show

Izzen *ares, valued at over125*000, Mill be shown In e ape-clal carriage presentation intha new enow. A number of otherprops and innovation* are beingincorporated In the upcoming ed-ition, which will begin itetour «lth a three dey engagementat Troy* N. Y. - May 10-12.

Page 10 Ths Circus "eport

Egyptian CircusThe program as prsssntsd by

the National Circus of Egypt* atCairo, on Fab. 22, 1974, is lu-ted

Opening and walk-around to »o»icby an 11 place band.

1 - A group of six kids on biks2 - Clown displsy - 2 awn3 - Juggling snd plate throw 'g4 - Abrohles) Abdel die Soli.en

-- high wire5 - Trained dogs st school6 - Seven gyonaats on s circu-

lar high bar7 - Three high teeterboard8 - Three elephants

— Intermission —9 - The Flying act

10 - MohasMd El Helin horse actLipizzans A Arabians

11 • The Clowns12 - Romh - contor ion/hand be]13 - Dr. Said - illusions14 - Absd Alls toured - cradle

act from a pole15 - Suspended revolving bosrd

•ith t«o iaen16 - Mine* Akif end brother - a

hypnotic cloan act17 - Ahmed Haady - gyonast18 - Abrshsisi Abdel die So listen

— juggling stssl barbell19 - ftohaswed El Helin - cage

act >ith 10 lions

Tha she* ran three hours andia presented in one riog. Theyhsd s snail but enthusiastic au-dience. (Acts 19, 10, 12, 4, 16and 16 in that order acre the•oat outa tending numbers).

cold, rain hit CIRCUSIt »aa s cold snd rainy day

•hen Fisher Bros. Circus playedMinnie, Texas (Mar. 25) and thelot MS e soggy one. Luckilythey arrived on Her. 24 and thus••re able to olio* plenty oftie* for setting up, plus • bitof rest tie* a a Mil.

Their big top is white,red end ohite striped sidoojell.All rolling equipment is white,•ith red cobe. Lettering ie red•ith blue outline end there islots of scroll work, in yelloej,en each unit.

The oho* hee been eidos*ll-ing the side shoe) beooueo thettop hadn't arrived as yet. It'sboon shipped, end they hope thetControl Freight lineo .ill bodelivering it any day no*.

In addition to the regularequipment trucks they hovo ospool oogon end hippo don, plusabout six 00900 «ith wild animalinside.

They hod s she* at 6 and 8p.m. and both aero well attend-ed. After hearing eoe* of thecoo»ente fron opoototoro oo theyleft, there io no doubt but thateveryone enjoyed the progress

...... Joe K. Vornodo

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April 8, 1974 Page 11

YEARS AGOPittafield, Hess.July 25, 1919

The John RobinsonCircus arrived hareat 11i45 a.m. fromiraterbury, Conn. Theshow ia on one trainof 28 cars (7 horsecare, 14 flats, end7 sleepers). They areusing 52 waqons, plustwo tractors, an autoand a spool wagon.

Everything was pain-ted orange. The cernumbara arai Horsecars 100-106> flatcars 114-128| sleepera 88-94 anda dining car un-numbered.

Because they were so lategetting in everything eas rush-ed. The big top and menagerie•ere sidewalled. The afternoonahoei started at 4 p.m. end the•night show started at 8|15 p.".They had a email crowd in theafternoon, but a big crowd atthe night shoe.

All the tents were down endoff the lot by the time the bigshow was over. The big top camedown About 11i30 p.«. and it wasall loeded on the care beforet a.m. when the shoe Isft forits date at Worth Adame, Maes.

The tente includedi big topmenegorie, eide show, smell side

Til I8 WE EKSCOVER

SINCE the first calliope went too-tling down a main street and the

first elephants, holding one another'stails in their trunks, lumbered pastcrowds on the sidewalk, circuses havemeant pink lemonade and peanuts tourchins with drooling mouths. Nowcomes cover artist Stevan Dohanoswith the news thnt circuses meanpalate-tickling excitement to cowstoo. Poster paste—a succulent mix-ture of flour and water, and coppersulphate to keep it from souring—it seems is the bovine equivalent ofa dry martini. The two KinglingBrothers Bamum and Bailey bill posters, Bill Feigley and BobAikens, who consented to pooe for Dohanos, keep a wary eye onhorned kibitzers while covering previous circus posters with theirown particular brand. Poster paste is so irresistible that Bossy willchew a poster right off a barn if she gets a chance.

The above item is reprinted hare from the Sat-urday Evening Poat magazine, which was datsdtAugust 4, 1945.

BOX 2512

S A R A S O T A FLA 33S7B

show, ring stock end dressingt»nt, three draft horse tope, adining tent, private dining top,cookhouse, wardrobe, 3 concess.

The menagerie hed 10 ele-phants, 5 camels end 12 caqea.The smell side shooi hed Zoma,and the big eide shoe) feetureden untememble lion, minstrele,snakes, megic. Punch end Judy,and dancing girls.

Apr. 8. 1974 P«9« **

goad acceptanceIn tha l.ttar port of lost

month Borgor Bros. Circus •••ploying in Illinois* Ms asrsoblo to sss tho shoa on Mot* 23and enjoyed thoir parforaance*

Featured in ths shoo aeroiHord Luck Herpo (John Arastrong): wi th Matg ond hsr accordionPaul Bochaan - jugglingJohn*s Pizzs Parlor - Ths Alber-

ti's plsts spinning setPsul Buchaan - unicyls and s

•inisturs bicyelsThs Albsrti's - rolling gisbss.

Eugena Juraaicz

FLASH FIRE (Continuod)hopponod so fast. It osrtsinlyis ths aost trogie thing we'vesvsr bssn through.

•Ms osn novsr tksnk our goodfrionds on ths she** snd sthorstfor thoir phono calls of sympa-thy and offsrs sf help."

SPECIAL GUESTS (Continuod)

Elephant ridora oarotSan. Tsd Stsvsns» of AlaskaRsp. David Boaan, of MississippiRap. fcthiaV Flood, of Ponoa.Rsp* Frsd Roonayf of Panno*Rap* Philip Ruppe, of HiehiganRap* M. S, Stuckey, of CoorgisRsp* John Oant( of Psnna*Map* Jaass Hsnlsy* of Moo) YorkRsp. Don Young, of AlaskaRap* Bob Bauaan, sf MarylandRap* Saa Staigar. of ArizonaRsp. aayns Oaans. of Utah.