America's Favorite Circus Weekly

Volume 2 Way 14, 1973 19

Swinging the Big StickRules of practice have been adopted

by the U. S. Oept. of Agriculture to pro-cess civil violations of the Horse Protec-tion Act of 1970. The civil actions willsupplement criminal prosecutions in fed-eral court to try violators.

Officials of USDA's Animal and PlantHealth Inspection Service said the actprohibits "soring" a horse to improve itsperformance in shows and exhibitions. Theact provides two methods to prosecute vio-lations. Conviction for criminal viola-tions in federal court carries maximumpenalties of $2,000 in fines, 6 months inprison, or both* Civil violations in ad-ministrative proceedings carry a maximumpenalty of §1,000.

Officials explained that administra-tive action will apply to cases whereviolations are "non-willful"* In thesecases, the act requires that legal noticebe given for a hearing for those accusedof a complaint.

A number of cases are said to be un-der investigation at this time. Under thenew rules the accused party can pay afine without admitting or denying thecharges* Or he can request an oral hear-ing before an administrative law judge.

In the latter case the judge sets thehearing for a convienent time for bothparties. Attorneys may represent those ac-cused of charges, and cross-examinationis permitted.

The Judge renders a verdict (writtendecision) eftpr studying ail the evidence«Sis order becomes final after 30 days ifneither psrty appeals*

THE GREATWALLENDAMAY 2-6OAKLANDCOLISEUM-ARENA

Greatest x — _high-wire performer

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Ph. 635-7800Nontwtn C*kfomi*

For five days lastweek Karl Mallendawalked a high wiresuspended acrossthe Oakland (Cal.)Coliseum. His actwas a feature at-traction for theRecreational Vehi-cle Show, held onWay 2-6.

ECREATIONALEHICLE,BOAT and CAMPING

SHOW

Seven times he walled the wire, whichwas stretched outsome 350 ft. Karl,who is 68 yrs. oldhas spent 53 of

those years earning his living as a wirewalker.

Born of a circus family, in Germany,he left his grandfather's show to learnthe art of being a wire walker.

"There had never been a wire peformeiin the family," he said. "So, I thought,why not. I'll do it."

His first performance in this countrywas at Madison Square Cardan on April 25,1928. "We stopped the show for 15 minutes.It was the best thing the audience hadever seen." Then for the next 25 yrs. theact was with Rin-ltnq Bros.

The Oakland performance, though "Justas dangerous as any other," was a merestroll for Wellenda, as compared te hisrecord 17 minute walk along a 997 ft.cable, stretched high above the 1,000 ft.deaf) Talluh Gorge in Georgia. That feetwas accomplished on July 19, 1970.

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M-J'S OKThe all new 1973 edition of the Mil-

lar-Johnson Circus ia ona that can rivalthe best of the*, fro* every atandpoint.The ahow has what is probably the strong-sat performance now being prevented and itseems that business ia veil abeva that ofother shows, «ith extra performances beinga common eccurence*

An impressive and ebvioualy expen-aiva Spec opena the show. It feeturee s«w-aral cages, pulled by horsea and specialcostuoiHS for everyonein the number. Incident-ally* they have two aetejof wardrobe for this bigopening Spec*

The program, a faatpaced one, features!

Spec - Circus ParedAmazing Parker -breakaway pole

Pat Anthony -wild anbeela

The Ralphys - aer-ial ladder balan.

The Haasani's -Charavari

Simone's chimpsMiss Marcalle

and Kim - Trap.Prof* Shappi - mus-

ical comedy numberGreat Vaahek - wire walkNaughtin'a bear*Clowns - The space rocketBenjamin Duo - JugglingMiaa Loni - foot JugglerWise Cathy - cape and baton twirlingClowns - The toothache gagFeller Boys 4 Dode - tightwire

- Intermleaion -The Flying FariasClowns - The Painting Dept*Hie* Rose and Sandra - liberty poniesRoberto - midget mule*

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YEARS AGO(from thp Globe Democrat of St. Louis, Wo.for April 17, 1898).

Col* William (Buffalo) Cody receivedan urgent summons to Washington from thecommander of the army* It was noted thatthe famed old Indian scout's talents mightbe particularly useful in the guerrilla*type warfare going on in Cuba*

New ACTOne of the newest acts in the country

today ia The Holideya, who were featuredon the Lordly 4 Dame Circua tour in Waineearlier in the year. The act consieta ofJoy and Ron Holiday, who grew up in theatate of feine and studied dancing toget-her before they became circus stare*

Today they have an acrobatic ballettype of act, and also work with their petbleck panther, whoee name ia "Aladdin."Another member of their ect it their bigGerman shepherd.

Their circu* number is the fulfillment)of a long dream. Each performance i* cli-maxed when "Aladdin" leaps 12 feet overJoy, who is held aloft by her husband,Ron.

It's a new and unuaual number, andone that is really appreciated by the eu-diencee everywhere.

The Hassani Troupe - arab tumblersLothar end Dante - belaneingClowns - Wash DayJack Fulbright - high school herseGreat Veshek - aerial motorcycleKelly Ross, Bobby Gibba and Oscar Cris-

tiani - elephant*

Of special interest on the show is thepetting zoo/menagerie operated by BebbyGibbs, The 40 x 100 ft. orange and whitetent housest a baby elephant, 3 camels, 2guancoe, 10 llemaa, 4 horned aheap, 2 mon-keys, 10 bantams, 4 geeae, 2 ducks, 1 bur-ro, 3 ponies, e midget mule, 2 muffalsnSheep, 2 audad goats, 10 assorted goats,and in cages ami a black leopard* 2 babytigera and two guinea*

Sandy Dobritch is the ahow'a announcerand ring master, while Perley Beer la theshow manager.

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byMike Sporrer

Now in its 40th yearof operation, the Po-lack Bros. Circus wassponsored at the Afl-fi Shrine Templa forits May 4-6 date at

Taeoma, Wash. The performances, whichwere well attended, were presented in thePuget Sound Field House. This was their28th yesr at Tacoma.

It's a nice show with some good acts,and band music lovers will enjoy the nicecircus musical numbers that are presentee"

The show line-up here included!

Zamperal's fighting lions (9)Clowns - The *aah WomenMiss Franceses, The Arturo Twins and

Miss Sarazochll - aerial actsThe Great Segura - bounding ropePompom Oonoho - "mike" baby elephantAdam's comedy chimps and dogsThe Esquads Troupe - teeterboard/eye leaClowns - The Bull fight

— Intermieeion --Brickie's Poodle FantaeyZamparla Troupe • Hiding actTabak Duo - parch poleAlejandro Duo - slack wireEric Arcadis - ladder balancingShrine Clowns - Cannon gagTom & Pompom Donoho - elephanta (3)Don Nothdorft - illusionsThe Flying GibsonsOresler Bros. & Hedy - aerial motor,

(worked outside, but did not performon May 6th due to cold weather)

Missionary Speaks OutA love for the circus has provided a

new means of spreading religion for Fa-ther Weber, a 33 yr. old Jesuit Priest.His small show, consisting of three per-sons, plus five snimals, is what ha saysis "my ministry*"

Moot people who watch hi* fireeating act, the Juggling and ma-gic probably don't even realizethat he is e priest. But he seyehe is preparing people for thestory of Christ. "The show it-self," he seys, "is the message"

According to Father Weber theatthad its start in the church* He holds de-grees in both theolegy snd drama.

Mid-America lourJames and Marlyn Silverlake's Lewis

firo1?. Circus opened at Freetown, Ind. onApril 27th with two shows. The openingperformance drew a capacity crowd, whilethe second show was a 3/4 house. Weatherwas said to be quite chilly.

All of the trucks are nearly new orbrand new, except for the bull semi, andthe historic four wheel ticket wagon,owned by Brownie and Josephine Silverlakawhich has seen service on many shows.

Rail circus veteran boss canvasmanCross Country Davis had the big top upearly, despite winds and a green crew.Thenew palace marquee and the custom builtconcession trailer were not delivered intime for the opening, but were expectedto arrive within a day or so.

Jim and Sandy Windland arrived in am-ple time for the opening despite the facttheir Ape Show truck broke down. They al-so have added the old Helen Haag chimpsto their show.

Of special interest at the openingstand were the many large floral pieceswhich graced the ticket wagon. It wasjust like in the old railroad show days.

Gerald Monday, press agent on theshow, scored good newspaper coverage andeven landed a front page story in theSeymour daily. Several visitors from theLouisville press were on hand as guestsat the show's quarters.

Dot Wilier, contracting agent and ad-vance press, missed the opening, but ChetCain, litographer, and Art "Doc" Millar,general agent, were on hand. Also at theshow was Ron Bacon who pitched in andhandled the front door*

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HOBBIESScientific research nowadays spares •

nothinq, and even so trivial and harmlessa matter as hobbies has lately come infor an exhaustive investigation. The con-clusion reached was that they are usuallybeneficial and to be encouraged, but itis rather alarming to find them beingclassified and graded in respect to merit

Lowest in the scale comes acquisitionwhich hits at collectors of all kinds,and next rank those hobbies which areconcerned with merely learning things,whilp thp hobbies to be preferred andpromoted are those of a creative naturewhich involve making things or doingthings. The Tightness of this is of theincontestable sort. No ardent rider of ahobby would challenge it, but neitherwould he give it a second thought, andany efforts to reduce so whimisical afield of human activity to the rule ofreason is foredoomed to failure*

Caprice is part of the charm of pur-suing a hobby. In his business and hisgeneral life a man may be forced atevery turn to consider what is best andwisest, but for compensation he can keepa private corner of his mind that isstrictly his own affair and in which theadvice of moralists is not invited* Ifhe has a craving to collect postagestamps or learn a new language in hisspare moments t at is his privilege, andhe will thank nobody for telling him thathe ought to be doing something construc-tive and social like building a short-wave set and chatting with other radiofans nt long range. "Every man to hisown taste" is a rule that does not al-ways work in our too standardized world,but is thp one and only rule for hobbies,

We cannot even demand that they be in-dividual. They are not limited to origin-al pnoole whose interest in a subject de-pends on its being out of the way and oflittle interest to the ordinary person* 'jJe may draw a line, to be sure, betweencultivating a hobby and merely followinga fashion. One could hardly call a pas-sion for golf a hobby nowadays, and aboy's enthusiasm for collecting moths orbirds' eggs may be no more than a mani-

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ProgramShow acts appearing on the Carson and

Barnes Circus this season aret

Spec - Stars of The CircusCapt. Ed. Kuneman - wild animalsTrampo, Ramirez, Ricci, Marcos and Car-

los - wire walkingMr. Madden* Rooks, Carr and Mise Linda

• liberty poniesCuahtemoc, Gran Macias - cloud swingJuan Marquez and Roberto Aguilar - bal-

ancing on single trapezeMiss Loyal - single trapezeJose Macias and Juan Mendiola - foot

jugglingOrtiz Duo and Martino Duo - rola bolaMarcos Morales - foot JugglerFernandez Troupe and Macglioni Troupe -

•otorcycle maniacsThe Clowns - comedy capersEd Kuneman, Max Gross, Don Carr, Fred

Sparkman and Ken Ikert - elephantsPrincess Sylvia - heel and toe catches

Aerial ballet with 12 girls on webWade Gilmore, La Luciana, Fred Spark-

man - trained horsesMendiola - hand balancingMorales Ouo - foot balance on perchLos Juaquins - revolving ladderLeoncio Ouo - head balance on perchRolando - sword balance.Marco Polo spec - Caravan from CathyCapt. Harry Rooks and Capt. Don Carr -

liberty horsesOino - contortionGeorge Swarmer - plate spinningOctavlan Troupe - acrobaticsJimmy Riggs - unicycleBoots Madden - whipsMayola Troupe end Fernandez Troupe -

aerial featuresThe Clowns - comedy routinesSantiago, Linda and Rosie - dogsJimmy Riggs, Marquez Ouo, Jose Macias,

Aguilar Ouo and Jose Ramirez-jugglingThe Carson & Barnes elephantsClowns - A walkaroundThe Osorios, Magglionis and Aces -

Flying trapeze acts

Performance officials includes

Ted Bowman - performance directorKennedy Swain - announcerTy Jeffrey - band leader

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OUTESBeatty-Cole Circus

nay 14 Nawp't Ne«a, Va.15 Woodbridge16 Frederick, Nd.

17-18 Philadelphia,PaCarson & Barnes Circus

May 14 Beatrice, NebrHubert Castle Circus

Way 14 Cstevan, Sask.16 noose Jaw17 Swift Current

18-19 nedicine Hat,Alt16-20 Duluth, Winn.

Circus Kirkmay 20 Gettysburg, Pa.

Clyde Bros. Circus14-16 Grand Forks, ND17-20 Fargo

Clyde Bros, (red Unit)(Hay 15 North Bay, Ont.

16 Collingwood17 Midland

18*20 HamiltonFisher Bros. CircusMay 14 Panhandle,Texas

15 White Oeer16 Spearman17 Cruver18 Canadian19 Shamrock

Great Y CircusMay 18-19 Rndlands, Calif.

Hamid-Merton CircusMay 15-19 Pittsburgh, Pa.

Hoxie Bros. CircusPlay 14 Findley, Ohio

15 Adrian, Mich.16 St. Clair17 Berkeley18 Novi19 Brighton20 Ypsilanti

Kaye's Continental CircusHay 17-20 Green Bay, wso.

King Bros. CircusMay 14 Frederick,Okla.

15 Lawton16 Cordell17 Clinton18 Woodward19 Liberal,Kens.

PoXack Broso Circusff»y i.?-20 San rr«r

Ringling«s Plue UnitMay 15-28 Boston,

Hireling's Red Unitthru nay 28 New York, NY

Royson Bros. CircusNay 14 Wrens, Ga0

15 Appling17 Abbeville, S.C.18 Hones Path19 Piedmont

Rudy Bros. CircusMay 18-20 Mt. View, Calif.

Sells 4 Gray CircusMay 14 Greenville, N.C.

15 Wilson16 Plymouth17 Ldenton18 Elizabeth City19 Franklin, Ve.20 Mtaverly

John Strong CircusMay 14 Atascadere, Cal.

15 Soledae1

16 Salinas17 Gilroy18 Hoi lister19 ITarina20 Watsonvillw

Voorhais Bros. CircusMay 14 Sidney, Ohio

15 Belfontaine16 Kenton17 Oelphoe18 Upper Sandusky19 Hanbler

Gatti-Charles Circusthru nay 18 Seattle, Wash.

CARNIVALSJames H. Drew Shows

May 14-19 Warmet, W. Va.Rose City Rides

May 15-19 Ironton, no.

.•.•• rAIKS • • • • • •

Calavaras County Fairnay 17-20 Angels Camp,Cal.

Calif. Spring Garden Shownay 17-20 Oakland, Calif.

Salinas Valley FairMay 17-20 King City, Cal.

HISTORICAL FACTt Clowns onthe Christy Bros. Circus dur-ing the 1922 season were! JoeDobeck, Charles Dryden, Vernon*e«*., "Fat" Rowe, Shorty Evansand Charles Nelson, producing

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DON McCLENNON is now work-ing as a trainer at the SanDiego (Calif.) Zoo.

SOB KELLOGG recently viiit-od with 808BY GIBBS and UALLYROSS. He also paia a visit toSMOKF.Y JONES.

LEO CAnARILLQ, of Donald,Oregon, was named champion cow-boy at the annual rodeo heldin Hayward, Calif, on May 5-6

GAY W. NG, hand balancer,was on a special program inSan Francisco, Cal* on nay 6.

CHARLIE REX, a King Bros,truck driver, is reportedlyrecovering rapidly from hisrecent accident.

RAY RODMAN has left theHolter Ranch, where he workedfar many years.

CRYSTAL UPTON was hospi-talized at the Kaiser Hospitalin Oakland, Cal. last weak.

THE DEMOLAY CLOWNS (5)were special guests at theGreat Y Circus in Hedlands,Calif.

MARLYN SILVERLAKE is oneof the featured aerial starson the Lewis Bros. Circus.

RONALD GORE (9080 Heck-scher Drive, Jacksonville,Fla.) is looking for some oilshow lithos for his collection

HISTORICAL FACTi Acts with theGran Circa Canaries (a Cubanshow) in 1923-24 wares

The Arley Duo; Original ThreeBernards) The Great Fredericand Co.| Koch Tarn Kia Troupe!May and Cherry (a bar act))and for. Gordon and his train-ed kangaroo.

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HOBBIES (Continued)

festation of the crowd spirit. But out offashions hobbies often emergef and it isprobably often the case that th<?y arethe following up in later life of tastesand fancies formed in youth*

Yet, if the rider of a hobby is calledupon for a reasoned defense, he miqhtvery well argue that freedom and spontan-eity are desireable, that variety is de-sirable, and that consumption and appre-ciation are essential as oroduction* Wri-ting books may be more nobler than read-ing them, and painting pictures a finerthing than merely collecting them. Butwhat would the authors do without readersor painters without a public that had ta-ken a lively interest in art?

Even th« collectors of old things mayserve a useful purpose by discoveringand perserving objects of beauty whichwould otherwise perish from neglect. Ifevery mind freely follows its bent, someof the results are likely to have valuebeyond the pleasure which is the mainand sufficient excuse for indulging in ahobby. The one rule that matters is thatof the monks of Thelmai "Do as you will."

Historical Fact

The first automobile owned by Al C.Barnes Has a White steeper, which he pur*chased in 1909, It was an eight passengervehicle*

notesKellogg's Sugar Pops cereal has cir-

cus cut-out figures on their currentboxes*

The Catti-Cherles Circus is report-edly going to play Vancouver.8C for 10days this year.

The Enquirer newspaper, for Clay 13,1973, has pictures and a story of a cir-cus tiger's attack on a 14 yr* old boy*The paper is available et your market*

The Garden Bros. Circus will be onthe road this season until Sept* 21st.

A Foley & Burk Show unit played SanFrsncisco, Calif, on May 10-13*

The Miller-Johnson Circus cancelledits two day stand for Sante Ross, Calif*on May 10-11.

Madison Square Cerden Corp. had enet income of 11,895,000 for the ninemonth period ending on Feb. 28, 1973.For the same period last ysar their in-coiae amounted to $2,381,000.

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