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Ramar
Posted By thecircusblog on June 14, 2010
This very beautiful animal is the pride and joy of Jack Badal. Jack raised and trained this great gorilla. Ranar now lives in the Brookfield Zoo.
Ramar and Jack
Posted By thecircusblog on June 14, 2010
Ramar, in this photo is still a young teen but his weight is at 250 lbs.
Sells Floto Circus
Posted By thecircusblog on May 29, 2010
From left to right: the Schwarz Trio, the Hobson family and the Hodgini family. This photo was taken June 20,1931 in Patterson, New Jersey. It’s a great picture of a great group of performers. I want to thank Michael for contributing this photo to the circus blog. I have no knowledge of the names of the three clowns below but maybe someone can make an ID on them.
To Pail Johnson. I posted your comment perhaps some one will confirm the names of the clowns.
“Professor” George Keller #1
Posted By thecircusblog on May 29, 2010
This photo was taken of him on his jungle farm 1942. George Keller was known for his dynamic cat act,”Keller’s Jungle Killers”. He got his nick name “Professor ” because he was a college professor of visual arts at Bloomsburg Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, This was before he became a cat trainer… most likely he thought it was safer in the arena. After his death of George Keller in 1960, Bill Horne took over the act and he was a superb trainer. Bill Scamihorn is his given name. He was George Keller’s cage hand for quite some time and knew the act well. In June, 1971 the truck and semi carrying the cat act ran into to a land slide on a highway near Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Al Lapchak, the driver was killed in the accident. It is said that many animals broke lose from their cages causing one tiger to be shot, others tranquilized. Most of the animals were recaptured. Other say six cats got away into the mountains and lived to have off springs that now live in the wilds, This is a local legend. Keller’s Jungle Killers at that time of the accident were owned by Mrs.Virginia Keller Horne. This photo should have been reversed. On his hat is written Jungle Farm.
I received this comment From Forrest Higgs 6-15-12. It is a must read comment.
Bill Horne With Kellers Jungle Killers #2
Posted By thecircusblog on May 29, 2010
Roger Smith sent this article to me for posting in the circus blog ……….Thanks Roger. I can’t count the times I have had to shout out “keep those people back”. It is an animal man’s nightmare when the audience is to close to the ring…………… Remember Casey, how hard it was with the Chimp act. Read comment below by Casey Gibbs.
Capt William Horne #3
Posted By thecircusblog on May 29, 2010
In the lower right hand corner can be seen Bill Horn’s autograph to Roger Smith, also a lion trainer.
Ringling Bros Barnum &.Bailey
Posted By thecircusblog on May 29, 2010
All the different names of show on this poster could be confusing, But this was just another way to advertise the show, sort of like an endorsement of one circus to another…….however they were all owned by the same company. 1938.
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