landar rrho 18 wing t o pr- ths -1 Sen Fruncirco P K cir#r8 mi8 ymmr la qwmtim th.t -8 being adrmd f n k qumntly on ths rrslrt cmmt war t)# p&

w n k 8 m M#.P 8 U ~ ~ b d W8w onr for the ahm t u r n out to k undrr thr d i m t i o n of Sam Pol.drs rLth t)# help of Parlmy Bmt. Ilu S m Finrwr mmm tnlont aoordirmtor For th. m-

Thie y m m r ' r ahor drmm -8 p o p l m thn i t h d in th pmt. Othrr prod- ti- havm pull& fu l l hausom Par wery p s H o ~ # , but tb 1972 .horr tilld th hugs Com Pal- only twim far t)w f i w m ~ O Y . achodulad arr Hw. 2s nd 26. T b m6t of the -We-8 wro prurmtmd

? a i ~ i z m d r w d i m m r Tho -11 organsmd b d mm h r

t h m direction fl A l l k w r Bdl* r h i l m km 1.51 8 . m r handling t)w .mowicm dmzmm~

&ta famtund on th. 8- lwrm8

I-8 Shamla - m l i d r tar l i f m

W i l l i l m Goldm - tiqmr riding mlmph't thm Brrrytwm - tr-allm Thm ~llillmtty.) Ih. brl i t ta ) - a@- KmrL Y i n n - tong r i r m rr3k Miam Jan md btby dmphmnt *fWU mima Bath n d Allism - ainglm trmp. Brim Fnrr#tt - E)I*

(Cmt~nued an Pmgm 3 - Colunn 2)

\ Tmtativm dmtn mm annwnmd lut

#sk tor thr 1975 WA Comnntion rhi& im to be k l d Jn S u t t h r btd by thm Jdc b11 Tmt.

th. oommtim i. king planrwd tor m. 23-2s (-r8kyl Friday d kt- urdmy). fhir m i l l bm toll#.d by h . t tr ip on -my, hug. 27th to Vietor-

8; Cm 4 ~ h . C a v . n t i a c t = . i l ~ b .

- OlOkym 0-, cixmm, *ldt iill bo plnylng m t kmmr I u l a , Ys#h., on w. n*

Ilddifmml & h i l a all k .nnorn- a d at l m t u d h

ccordinq to official8 in I l l s .hbgh, 'G D.C., thm rromtly m#td miml Isw Publfc Lmr 91-579) will not aftmt nort eiraur pmoph too w#h.

*Thm L# urd fh. r.pubti##,* Em E. Saulfian, Olputy AbrrLnimftator o f Uet.rinrry S.PV~GI.* FOE thl DlpL OT AQ- ricrulkrrm, Whavr m ptowArim for rmgulrt- in9 th inporktion a? urinal8 into tlrr lhitmd Statam. krt Q prorrldm far -no csre and handl- .8f* t h y -8 r ~ m i u d fn thi8 c#nbymW

thrn &finitfor# Cram S+ti#I 3 of the n# lwr a r m t h m amm thmt m i l l mom

I t~ b. a? -,jm fn-6 ta C ~ C W foUI..

Pege 2 December 4, 1972

Are you on ourdelivery route?

Put your house on the mapby subscribing to "THE CIRCUSREPORT".

We'll stop by every week withyour copy, thus providing youwith the best show news that'savailable - so order that copytoday.

Writet Don Klercks* 525 Oak Streat, El Cerrito* Calif. - 94530

Subscriptions are only $10.00 forfull year of 52 issues*

Few Grizzly Bears Animal Shows The total grizzly bear popu- The animal wurltl is well lation in the western United

States is less than 1,000. rrpresc'uti-d iu the Los Angeles aiTa. In 1'alos VcnK'S Peninsu-

COWING .... la, I lie Marine-land of the Pa­cific features four aquactic

There's news every shows daily, featuring Corky day about the up- <iiiu Orky, two whales. In the coming shows, watch San Fernando Valley is Bu.vch

liardcns, a serene outdoor for the latest news wonderland and rare niftl in The Circus Report sanduarv..

show visitorsLast weekend the Miller Johnson Cir<

cus and the San Francisco PAL Circus wereplaying close to each other, thus offer­ing an excellent cnance for show folks tovisit back and forth*

Seen at the Miller Johnson Circusin Concord uierei Bob Emrico, Ulally Lee,Simone Finner, Parley Baer, Don Warcks,Bill Williams and Ernestine Clarke*

Enjoying tho show at the PAL Circusin the Cow Palace were: Tom Upton* WallyLie, Harold Barnes and family* Roland ItMarcia, Sid Kellner, Don flarcka, JoeColby, Adele Smeija and Tommy Bentley*

THE CIRCUS REPORT is published each weekby Don Warcks, 525 Oak Street, El CerritoCalif. - 94530

Subscription rotes arei $1*00 per month}$5.00 for six months) $10.00 for a year*

new featuresby ED WOTTA

Ringling's Red Unit sure did thebusiness at the new building in New Haven,Conn* their closing stand.

I talked with most of the people onthe show and must say there are going tobe a lot of changes for the 1973 season.It should make for an interesting and ex­citing program.

There have been stories all year re­garding Cunther Gebel-Ulilliams' new actand I was able to see it early in theyear. Also took several pictures of thepresentation, too.

That new act will be a big feature,with an elephant* two horses and threetigers* The horses run around tb,e ring*with the elephant in the middle and thetigers jumping off and on all of them*For the finish the tiger gets tip on theelephant and Gunther sits on the tiger*Then they come out of the arena and ridearound the hippodrome track*

This has got to be the greatest wildanimal presentation ever offered to thepublic*

New ShowThe newly organized Circus Royal

(an Ashton Circus in Australia) openedits initial tour at Ulmarra, NSW on July10th. Prior to that date the show was op­erating as the Ashton Circus, and a briefstopover was made at Grafton, w.̂ ere theshow's title was changed.

All of the show equipment is bluewith white trim, and each unit featuresa global map with a royal crown as a mo­tif. The advance department is headed byVic and Dorothy Hoare. The show's programdirector is Frank Gasser, who has promis­ed a complete line-up of the acts as soonas tne show has settled down to a smoothoperation*

The August show dates included! Aug.A Brisbane; 7 and 8 Tarragincli; 9 and 10Inala; 11 and 12 Fairfield and 14 to 19Brookside.

December 4, 1972 Paga 3

FSU SHOWAn active winter and spring season

nee been scheduled For the "Flying High"Circus, reports Robert Donnelly* assis­tant show director* May 1973, he adds,will mark the 26th annual Home Comingshows at the University*

The circus, says Donnelly, is amajor factor in extra cirricular activ­ities at FSU, and has proved to be anexcellent means of advertising the uni­versity. Most of the students participa­ting in the show do so on their own

time* They do all of the work —setting up, rigging, etc* — in

addition to the performing*

The circus has beenfeatured on many TV show*over the past severalyears, and as a resulthas gained a national

reputation. This coming weekend (Dec* 9]the circus will be featured on the TVprogram "Wide World of Sports*N The 30minute special was filmed this past sum­mer at the Callaway Gardens in Georgia.

The show's 1972-73 road tour isi

Oct. 14 - Atlanta, Ga.26 - Pensacola* Fla*

Mar. 3 - Mayport, Fla*Apr* 16 - Minneapolis, Minn*

Dothan, Ala*West Palm Beach, Fla*

May 4-5 and 11-12 Tallahassee* Fla.

RJK SAIEBOOK .... $4.00

"FIFTY YEARS UNDER CANVAS"

This is the story of the lateHerb Walters, written by him.Order from Mrs. Helen Walters

Box 597Hugo* Okla.

MQTEffThe John Strong Circus played the

Play Co* parking lot for it* Dec* 1-3date at San Diego* Calif*

Stanford University claims to havetaught a chimp to communicate with itskeepa via sign language*

The George Matthews Circus reported­ly has a two week season for the winterwhich starts In mid-February.

Ringling-Barnum's new train for theRed Unit will be ready to roll in aboutthree to four weeks. Then the old RedUnit train will go to Barnum City or in­to Tampa* Fla* according to eastern newssources*

The Oakland* Calif. Zoo currentlyhas six baby lions on display*

A San Francisco Grand Jury has rec­ommended that a special group be set upto operate the city's zoo.

SENSATIONAL HIGH WHEEL ACT

Booked from Mid-April to Late-Oct. withGattl Charles Circus

Available for sport show dates duringthe winter season*

U. S. Addresst Box 461, Rising Sun, Md«

POLACK CIRCUS (Continued from Page 1)Ronritas - Aerial wheelKlausers BearsThe Flying ArtonaMiss Astra - Sponge diveThe Uilers and Sen. Morales - balanceThe Edwards - Table RockJohn Cuneo - elephantsKarl Winn Troupe - aerial motorcycleSenor Antonio - trapeze balance

The circus featured six clowns,headed by Laurence Cross and Billy in­land. Their routines we ret The longshirt* water gag* toothache end birdmagic.

Page 4 December A, 1972

byArthur B. Maurice

it is in times of storm and stressthat the laugh maker is most needed. Itwas when the clouda threatening the veryexistence of Englad were darkest thatLondon turned nightly to Joseph Grimaldiin "Mother Goose" and, witnessing his an­tics, forgot for the time being the grimshadow of Napoleon. Grimaldi was at hisgreatest when the nation needed him most.Then it was that he drew crowded housesat Covent Cardan. Posterity may think ofthat sad-faced man who played so manyparts* and who toward the end of his life

forced laughter when his ow.iheart was breaking, as amere clown; bu the greatCharles Dickens was proud toedit his life.

Appearing first on stagewhen he was less than two

years old, Joseph Grimaldi had been bornto the stage. His paternal grandfatherwas an eminent dancer who played on manystages in France and Italy and who wasknown as "Iron Legs." Joseph's father,who was born in Genoa, went to Englandin 1760 as a dentist to Queen Charlotte.But only for a time did he confine hisattention to the royal teeth. Soon he wasteaching dancing and fencing, and occas­ionally appeared on the stage in aclown's part. Later he was appointed bal­let master at Drury Lane Theatre* a posthe held for many years*

In addition to being ballet masterhe shared in many performances. He playedthe part of the Shipwrecked Mariner in 'the pantpmine of Robinson Crusoe when hisson Joseph, who was born in London onDec. 18, 1779, made his first bow to anaudience as the Little Clown. The childwas then just one yr« and 11 months old*and was already a regular member of thecompany at Sadler's Wells Theatre* beingusually cast in the arduous part of alittle monkey*

For practically all his life Crimal­di was on the boards* and his name was(Continued on Page 6 - Column 2)

PEOPLECHARLEY ALLEN had his petting zoo at

the Park It Shop Center in Concord* Cai.last week.

JOHN id. BELL* of the Jack Bell CFATent at Seattle* Wash., suffered a strokton Nov. 17th and was confined to a hos­pital.

JOHN HARRIOTT will have his animalacta on the Ringling Blue Unit in 1973.He was featured on the Wecy'e Tnanksgiv­ing Day Parade TV program.

THE LESSELLI PUPPETS will be at theBay Terrace Theatre in Vallejo, Calif*on Dec. 10th.

TIW COONEY, clown, and THE CASSIDYSISTERS are among those going to PuertoRico for a seven week winter circus.

BILLY SHEETS is routing the Clerk &Walters Circus during its final days ofthe 1972 season. They plan to close inTexas on Dec. 10th.

ELOISE BERCHTOLD and H. MORGAN BERRYvisited the Miller Johnson Circus duringthe show's Seattle, Wash, stand.

THE KOBALT TWINS (acrobats) will per­form at the Walnut Creek (Calif.) Manorfor a holiday program on Dec. 18th.

BOB EMRICO was working props isstweekend for the San Francisco PAL Circusat the Cow Palace.

LAURENCE CROSS, semi-retired clown,now lives in Pittsburg, Calif, with hisdaughter and her family*

MANFRED DUVAL reports he is taking hisact to Europe next year. It will be •completely new routine, he says.

VELMA LOWRY writes that some 25 peopleattended her recent CFA dinner programand open house.

KEN MAYNARD was admitted to the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital last week*Officials declined to aay what was wrongwith the former circus star, but saidhis condition seamed satisfactory.

THE SLOANS, stilt walkers, who havebeen on the Rlngling Red Unit, will beworking some advertising promotions in1973 instead of traveling with the show*

December 4, 1972 Page 5

.

YEARS AGOPittsf->id, mass. - Aug. 12, 1915

The Miller Tos. i Arlington 101Kanch Show arrived here today from Holy­oke at about 6 a.m. They h?ive one trainof tnn flat cars, se\/en horse cars, sevensleepers and 34 wagons and an auto*

The flat cars and horse cars areyellow, while the coaches and advanceC')rs are red, green and yellow. Some ofthe wagons are red and some are yellow,th« general admission ticket wagon iswhite and the reserved seat ticket wagonis red.

The parade was started at noon time.ind drew a big crowd. They havet

Indian and cowboyFour IndiansJoseph C. MillorCoach - two horsesOutriderCowboy Bill CaressTab wagon - eight horsesOutriderFour indiansOutriderTab wagon - six horsesFive IndiansTab wagon with steer - six horsesFive cowboysTab wagon - six horsesFour IndiansTab wagon - eight horsesEleven cowgirlsStagecoach - six mulesFour cowboysTab wagon - eight horsesCaledion dandFour Indianswagon - four horsesIndian groupOutriderTab wagon with buffalo - eight horseFour cowboysTab wagon - colored band - 8 horsesThr^e horse tandemTwo cowgirlsOutriderPrairie schooner - four horsesFour CossacksCalliope - six horses

Both the afternoon and night shows

CIRCUS TREASURES FOR SALE . . . Assortedpasses, letterheads, press material, etc.Mostly one of a kind items.

Reasonable Assortment $3.00Generous Assortment •• 5.00

Write I Art "Doc" Wilier, Box 114, Gibson-ton, Florida - 33534

COLLECTORS ITEMS .... Photos, Lithos,ptograms — all available at reasonableprices fromi Jay aeerdsley, 122 NorthBassett St., Madison, Wise. - 53703

SUBSCRIBE TO "Southern Sawdust" just $4J)0per year. Each issue is chock full of ex­citing show pictures. Contacti L. WilsonPoarch, 3706 North Rosser St., AlexandriaVirginia - 22311.

WANTED — Back issues of The Circus Report.Write tot Don Klrby, 11558 Kill ion Street,Nortn Hollywood, Calif. - 91601

had good crowds and a good show was gi­ven. In the concert they had Jess Wil­lard.

The lot was small so the big arenawas cut down somewhat.

The side show hasi Al Mastiff, withPunch 4 Judyl Hans and Gretchen Schnei­der, tango midgets; Mme. A. Schulti, thegiant; Steve 3rown and Hilda, handcuffs;Gso. Devere, tattooed man; Homer Herrickjuggler; Feltona, bag puncher and theMinstrels.

The Six-in-one show hadt May-Joe, athree legged child; Capt. Claude, midgetSamson; Jolly Amelia, fat lady; and theKokomo Twins.

Th°re is also a separate show forthe snakes.

The cookhouse and horse tents weredown about 5:30 p.m. and the side showswere loaded oefore the big show was overEverything was down and loaded by mid­night and the train left here at 1 a.m.for Albany.

Page 6

ROUTESBeatty-Cole CircusDec. 4 Tarpon Sprinqs, Fla.

5 Clear-water6 Lakeland7 Winterhaven

6-10 Orlando-- Season Ends -­

Kay Bros. CircusDec* 10 San Francisco, Calif.

Willer-Jonnson CircusDec. 4-5 bait Lake City, Utah

— Season Ends —

Pittsburgh Police CircusDec. 6-10 Pittsburgh, Penna.

RUdy Bros. CircusDec. 7-8 Bakersfield, Calif.

9-10 Richmond

John Strong CircusDec. 4-5 Santa Ana, Calif.

6 Off7-9 Bekersfield

10 Off

HISTORICAL FACT

Women members of Yankee Robinson Cir­cus in 1916 werei

Daisy Backman, contortionist) NonaMacDhu, iron jauij Gene MacDhu, iron jaw)Maud Hickey, trapeze; Kate Smith, dogs)Jewel Lloyd, horses) Ruth Weigle, ironjaw; Rena Wingert, iron jaw/trapeze

December 4, 1972

HISTORICAL FACT ....

The Hollis Riding act Of 1935 consis­ted ofi Melvin Hollis, Bessie Hollis, FloMcIntosh,Helene Rogers, Pat Knight.

The act appeared on the Barnett Bros.Circus.

CLOWNS (Continued from Page 4)familiar to all theatre-going pople ofhis time* In an age when social barriersere more rigid, and the pursuit of the

theatre in any form was held to be some*what ignoble, he knew many of England'sgreat men. Lord Byron was his friend, andjust before the poet started for Greeceon that journey from which he was not toreturn he presented the clown with asnuff bo* which Grimaldi always treasur­ed as one of his most precious relics.

Grimaldi's fame reached its height inthe production of "Mother Goose". It wasfirst played at Covent Garden Theatre onthe evening of Dec. 26, 1806, and ranfor 92 nights, the remainder of the sea­son. That fame stayed with him until hisdeath on Way 31, 1837.

But happiness passed! His last yearswere clouded. His health gave way. Withhis beloved wife and wild son dead hecontinued to make grimaces while his ownheart was breaking. He did not live to.aee his last ambition, which was to havehis memoirs published. Perhaps his spiritfound content in the knowledge that Dic­kens edited them.