Volume 2 November 19, 1973 Number 46

PARADE DATEA special six to sight horse

unit from the Royal Liplzzan Stal-lion Show will be featured in theMecy's Parade on Thanksgiving Day— Nov. 22nd. The horsss end rid-ers will be presenting e five min-ute quadrille in front of Macy'afor the TV cameras.

This is the first time theLiplzzans havs been eeen in theparade, and concludes two years ofnegotiations between Macys and theWonderful World of Horses produc-ers, Gary and Philip Lashinaky.

CHARGE MADEDr, Ivan Likar, of the Ani-

mal Research Center, at New Brain-tree, Class., has been charged w itivioleting the Animal Welfare Act.The charges wera made by the USDA,who said their inspectors medethree visits to the center andfound sevsral violations.

An autometlc 21 dey suspen-sion of Dr. Llkar's license wasinvoked. Maximum penalties under

SHOW JOUR PLANSA five Keek tour of mid-wes-

tern states was announced last Maskby Tripoli Productions, who «111 bepresenting en indoor variety cir-cus for the holiday season* Talsntfor the show is being booked byJohn "Smiley" Dalley.

The tour gets underway atWaterloo, Iowa on Now. 23rd and«ind3 up at Oklahoma City on Dec.20th. All dates have been bookedand promoted by Bob Trlpp, who an-ticipates a good tour*

Next year* Bob Tripp toldThe Circus Deport, we have bookedthe Big John Strong Circus for aperiod of 16 weeks, with an optionof an additional four weeks. So weought to keep that show busy forall 20 Make.

the order are revocation of adealer's license and a bindingcease-snd-dsslst order. This lat-ter is e permanent type of inJune*tion and failure to abide by itcould results in penalties of $500per day for each violation.

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SHOW FOLKSAmong the many show personali-

ties attending the Oct. 29th PaulEagles Circus Luncheon Club weret

J. C. Damon (Bingo* the clown)looking like e million, just recov-ering from an illness.

Olee end Jeenette Carlstrom,Blossom Dennett, Mr. It Mrs. Abe C6Mstein, Gainelle end George Perkins,former club secretary Lee Flott,Meurie Castleman, looking as chipperes ever, and perennial Bob Matthews,just out of the hospital, ditto forclub secretory Perry Luth who waskspt busy passing out '74 membershipcards. Lithe, lovely end charmingPaula Dell, Uncle Bill Dedrick, BillArthur, Frank Chicarello, Pat andVivian Graham, Just in front Color-ado; Curley Marbe and wife| the Smo-key Jones and daughter Kari, withbaby elephant "Tike."

Also attending weret CharleyFrenke, Cliff Henry, "Rabbit" **atee,Joe "Oddie Doddie* Colby, Herbie andChstta Weber, Frank and Bernice Deanplus Bill Burger and Percy Turner,ofSen Diego, slong with Relph Rodgersend Duncan Smith*

Bill Binder of the Phillippi Has-tsurent furnished the bitthday cake(Continued on Page 4)

THE CIRCUS REPORT is published ona weekly basis by Don "treks, 525Oak St.. El Cerrito, Cal. 94530.

Subscription ratssi $1*00 for eachmonth; $5.00 for six month*, or$10.00 for the full year. Foreignand air mail rates on application.

SHOW DATESuiant to see the Beatty-Cole

Circus on Nov. 4th, writes Paul E.Fltzpatrick, and enjoyed visitingwith Roger Boyd, Arnold Malay andEdna Antes. Also had a nice chatwith Oavid Rawls, concession mgr,who has gone to the John StrongCircus.

The show is s good on* end iswell presented. At this spot JackJoyce got in late and so only hisleaping greyhounds ware presentedin the program.

Cherlie Schlarbau* left theshow to fly to Miami, where hiswife ie in the hospital, followinga car/bus accident. Charles Bett-eni, cornetist, of Syracuse, N.Y.,has taken over the band* and isquite good* Charlie Stevenson, ofKing Bros, was due on the show andwill stay on for the rest of thetour.

FOR SALEThe 1973 Merle Evans Concert re-cording would make a great holidaygift, and it is still available.The full stereo disc is Just $5.00and can be ordered fromt The Dug-gan Bros. CFA Tent, Box 63, Morrowfieorgia - 30236.

Numbers on the albumn include!

Al G. Barnes Grand Cntryf Red tta-gonsi Minstrel Days} Knights ofthe Road) Bolivar) Trooping Days(Merle plays in this number)) E-cllpse Galop) Evening ShadowsjPrincess of Indie end SouthernRoss.

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TALENT CAPSULEDuring the first week of Nov-

ember Some west coast acts wereworking promotional dates at LasCrucea, N.M. and El Paso, Texas.

Acts appearing on the two bigprograms included!

The Willettys - jugglingThe Ashton FamilyJess Monsfeldt - unicycleKen Millar - balancingIllusionaires - aagic/illusions

PREPS FOR TOURSometime about July 1974, Ba-

ron Von Uhl hopes to get his GreatContinental Circus back on theroad* The show is to be sideweliedexcept for special occasions whena tent will be rented*

The Baron plans to set up hisquarters at Akron, Ohio, in pre-paration for aid-western datea. Hereportedly will be working withGeorge Hubler, who is going to bebooking the show into some fourstates, with phone promotion pro-grans.

Early this year Von Uhl pur-chased a high school horse andsome seating from Jake Mills. Hahas also acquired four seat wagonsand a liberty horse act from theCarson & Barnes Circus.

NOTICEPosters, couriers, photos, pro-grams, etc., for sale by CircusMemories Muaeum, fryeburg,

Who's WhoOSCAR JACOBSON recently returned

from a trip to Europe. He reports theCircus Hollands was playing a smallSpanish town, while the Moscow Cir-cus was in Madrid.

MERLE EVANS conducted a bandconcert at Kanosha, Wise, on Nov. 16

COUNT SANGER, of Australia, iaplaying shopping centers with hisdogs, ponies and western acts.

A. W. KENNARO has re-entered ahospital at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

CHARLES CERMAINC, former ownerof Miller-Johnson Circus, is goingto book a Bugs Bunny show next year

ALLEN J. BLOOM, senior vice pre-sident of RBBB, (marketing and sales)was a major speaker at the BroadcastPromoters Aaaoc. convention in Clev-eland, Ohio on Nov. 13-16.

PETE and ISABEL OUVAS joinedPolack Bros. Circus for the lastfew dates of this season, then headout for Christmas datea.

CLARK McDERMOTT has been viait-ing CDS AUGSPURGS, who has a monkeyact at the Tropicana Hotel in LeaVegas, Nev* H« has senna holidaydatee in Southern California.

FOR SALEThe book "Fifty Yeara Under Can-vas" - the show life story of thelate Herb Halters.

14*00Write! Mrs. Helen Walters, Box

597. Hugo, Okla. - 74743

routesAllen's Petting ZooNov. 23-24 Castro Valley,Ca

8eatty-Cole CircusNov. 19 Boynton Bch, Fls

20 Hallandale21-25 Miami

Hadi Shrine CircusNov. 22-25 Cvansvills, Ind.

Happytime CircusNov. 22-25 Woodland, Calif

Hubler's Int'l CircusNov. 24-25 Dayton, Ohio

Int'l Boys Circusto Nov. 22 Mexico City,Msx.

Kaye Continental CircusNov. 22-25 Evensville, Ind.

Mi Her-Johnson CircusNov. 2U-24 Sacramento, Cal.

Rinqlinq's Red UnitNov. 21-25 New Haven, Conn

Royal Lipizzan ShoeNov. 20-21 Ft. Wayne, Ind.

23-25 Detroit, Mich.San Francisco Police Circus

Nov. 24-25 San Fran, Cal.John Strong Circus

Nov. 18-20 San Diego, Cal.21 Yuma, Ariz.22 Off

23-25 Phoenix, Ariz.Tripoli ProductionsNov. 23 Waterloo, Iowa

24 Rock Island,111.25 Cedar Rpds,Iowe

.... OTHER ROUTES

Fiesta FolkloricoNov. 19 Oneonte, N.Y.

20 Binghsmpto n21 Springfield,Class23 Whits Plains,NY25 Chicago, 111.

Holiday on Ice (Int'l)Nov. 21-25 Grand Kapids,Mh

Holiday on Ice (Nat'l)Nov. 21-25 Dee moines,Iowa

Ice CapadeaNov. 20-25 Oakland, Calif.

Ice FolliesNov. 20-25 Syracuse, NY

Kovsz Auto DaredevilsNov. 21-22 Nuevo Laredo,Cte

23 Salinss Hidalgo24-25 Saltillo

Wacy's Thanksgiving ParadeNov. 22 New York, N.Y.

Small World (Disney)to Nov. 25 Philadelphia,Pa

PBA RodeoNov. 24-25 Devie, Fin.

Wonderful World of MagicNov. 19 ManahawkinvN.J

23 So.Toms River

YEARS AGOThe "Oldtime Store Show" wasin Hartford, Conn, on Oct.6-13, 1818, and played at C.Porter's Tavern.

The show featured s lion, 2cansls, 2 llamas, an ape,several snakes, a long tailMermozot and some alligators

It was the first ti»e manyof these anisiala had been ex-hibited in that city and asa result business was quitegood* Show hours were from10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with mu-sic provided by King DavidCymballs.

Admission prices to see ellof the animals was 250 foradults and 12$* for childr'n

Probably the only performinganimal in the group wes theape which danced and shookhands,

SHOW FOLKS (Continued)which wes decorated in c i r -cus motiff. The cake wascut by Its. Marlon DeWitt,while Don HBaston served asthe master of ceremonlee.

Absent for the occasionwas it. it Mrs. Frankie Es-posito (Kir. Mustache) whowere in Biloxl, Wise.

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A VISIT 70 TWO SHOWS

Dashed off to see the Beatty-Coln Circus at No* Orleans, writesDavid Reid. They drew good houses(Oct. 27-28) and while there wasable to visit with Jack and EthelJoyce end Edna Antes*

The lot was sure a rough one*Hoxie had been there about twoweeks ealler when the lot was wet,so it was deeply rutted* But itwas nice weether when we were onthe lot.

Arrived home in time to seaWilier-Johnson at Salem. Ore.(Now,6) where they had to cut the specand Pat Anthony's cat act becauseof the big overflow corwd* It wasa cold and wet lot — this wasn'ta straw house, it was a "mudhouse*"

The tent is in geed shape andthings were dry considering thecondition of the lot before theystarted setting up* They have afine show and that two piece band-- organ and drums — plays somegood music.

HORSE STOLENA well-trained horse celled

•Fresno Barred" was reported sto-len from the Grand Nationals atthe Cow Pelace in San Franciscoon Nov. 4th. The 10 year old horsehas won many trophies — barrelracing, cutting, roping, and evenbull-dogging.

The animal is owned by LindaAmoral, of Pleasanton, Cal., whose

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FOR SALECIRCUS FAN COLLECTOR KITSFrom Jimmy Silverlske's Lewis Bros.Circus of 1973.

No* 1 Assortment — Mint lithograph*letterhead, litho pass, date sheetand various advance and office forms.

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110,00 f.o.b.

Send check or money order tot JimmySilverlake, R.R. No. 1 - Box 197-ff.ffledora, Indiana - 47260

daughter Cindy Rosser, has beenriding tier in shows throughoutthe west* The horse was scheduledto participate in the show finalson Nov. 4th, and was reported mis-sing just before show time* A re-werd of |1,000 has been offsredfor information about the horse.

ffliss Rosser is the daughterof Cotton Rosser, who owns theGolden State Rodeo Co., of Warys-ville, Calif. He predwces manyrodeos each year.

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IT'S ON THE ROADA holiday season tour cover•

ing five states gets underlay to-day (Nov. 19) for Stuart miller's"Wonderful World of Magic* aho«»,•hich opens at Manahawkin, N.J.The combined nagic and illusionshow will also include several

variety act* (••• TheCircus Report of Oct.29th).

The tour mill in*elude dates in NewJersey, Illinois,Indiana, Michigan,Ohio and Penney!*vania, moat of the

dates have been booked by MearlJohneon. Circus Pane and magiciansare invited to visit the show asit plays in or near your area. Theshow's route will be listed regu-larly in The Circus Report.

HISTORICAL FACT

E. H. Jones lest operated a showin 1930, when he had the Cole andRogers Circus, a three car organi-zation on the road* Most of theseason was spent in Canada and aparade MS offered daily*

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__ The Circus Heport

a complete selloutThe Royal Lipizzan Stallion

Show's Nov. 4th engagement at So.Yarmouth, Mass, was a complete sellout, officiels report. Two perfor-mances were preaanted, which resul-ted in a gross ticket sale of some$35,000 for the day.

The show was thefirst event of itekind to play the newCepe Cod Coliseum,

and they've beenbooked for aweekend date atthe building in1974.

the show played Bing-hempton, N.Y. (Oct. 5-7) they reg-istered three out of four capacityhouses. A total of 15,000 peopleattended the four shows, makingthe groea sale $65,000 for the date

Thus far, the 1973 tour iswell above that of 1972, in bothgross and net sales. This year'stour started on Jan. 5th at Shre-veport, La. and will conclude onDec. 9th at Charleston, W. Va.The 1974 tour will start with atwo week engagement in New YorkCity on Jen. 3rd.

You'll get a copy eech"eek "hen y°u "ubacr-lbe to Circus Report.It's only $10.00 forthe year*Write totDon toarcks, 525 Oak StEl Cerrito, Ca. 94530

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P«t-P<

The bend on the Billy Sennet Show is shown hare inabout 1906. Bennett is the father of Belle Bennetta former film actress.In the beck row arei Harry Anhauer, Clyde Cordon,Frank Boyer and Robert Zerke.In the middle row arei Harry Beecher Gilbert, DanRice, Tom Lewie, Frank Oavideon and Howard Macey.In the front row arei Norman Henley, Otto Johnson,Elmer Nardseth, and Joe Parr.

YEARS MPittsfield, Mass. - June 24, 1917Ringling Bros, Circus went thruhere early today, going fro* theirdate in Springfield, Haas, to Al-bany, N.Y.

The first section went thru about4 a.m. and the last three section!went through between 7 and 6 a.m.The last section had 22 cars, 11stock cars and 11 sleeper*.

ourriThe advance aele

promotion is underwayfor Hubler's Int'lCircus date at Canton,Ohio. The show will beplaying there in Dec.

A children's presen-tation called "ThePropoeition Circus*was recently presentedat Queenaborough Com-munity College in NewTork City. (Nov. 18)

RBBB'e prices fortheir Chicago engage-ment weret $3.50; $4.50$5.50 end $6.50

Newper Do

Orleans new "su-(» $129.5

Million stadium) willbe opened in mid-1974.

Voters in San Jose,Calif, turned down a

bond issue for construction of a bigentertainment complex in that city.

Polack Bros. Circus will play atLouisville, Kty. next February forthe Koaair Shrine Temple*

head new associationOfficers sleeted to head the

National Carousel Rtundtable, atits Cape Cod, Mass, meeting (Oct.20-22) aret

William H. Dentzel - presidentJo Summit - vice presidentMarlenne Stevens - secretoryWalter Johnson - treasurer

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xmas CIRCUSThe annual Christmas Circus

party, sponsored by the Paul Eag-les Luncheon Club, is scheduledfor Tuesday, Dec. 11th in Long

• Beach, Calif. The show la an an-nual event for underprivileged and

or handicapped children ofarea.

About 600 to 800 childrenam expected to attend the show,and afterwords will be presentedwith balloons and gifts. Last yearapproximately 50 wheel chair elderly citizens also attandsd the showand e eimiliar group is expectedto be on hand this year.

The professional Members ofthe club present the performance,while other members act as hostsand fill in wherever there is aneed. Everyone donatas their timefor this program.

"In all my life," says PerryLuth, "I've never seen a more de-dlceted bunch of men and women."

CAMCL vs. mmThe camel brought about the

demise of all wheeled transportin the Middle East in ancient time

The camel could not effect-ively be hitched to a cart, but itcould carry up to 500 pounds on itsbeck for 20 miles a day, weeks onend.

Oxen, pulling carte, couldtravel no faster, needed more restend could not exist on the desertplente that camels could live on.