TERRELL JACOBS
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 11:11 PM
YESTERDAY'S TOWNS
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- Name: 24-HOUR-MAN
- Location: GIBSONTON, FLORIDA, United States
Three years at CWM made me a real traditionalist, and I keep remembering Bob Parkinson saying, "I want the people to see what the circus used to be, not what it is today. That's what this site is about!
- REVOLVING LADDER ACT DISPLAY
- FIRE HOUSE GAG #1
- FIRE HOUSE GAG #2
- FIRE HOUSE GAG #3
- FIRE HOUSE GAG #4
- Fire House Gag #5
- THREE RING DISPLAYS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
- FROM JOHN HERRIOTT'S CIRCUS TRIVIA TREASURES
- FUNERAL SERVICE FOR YENDA SMAHA
- SNAPSHOT FROM JACKIE WONG: GIL GRAY CIRCUS EARLY 1...
9 Comments:
Wow, don't think I have ever seen more animals in one cage....does anyone know how many....and, are they all tigers??
what year???
I beleive these are lions. He was called the Lion King. Credited with working as many as fifthy lions. Appears to be around thirty in this photo.
when was the last time anyone saw a guyed out steel arena with a full net and a safety cage ? And how long did it take to tear down and w/ how many men ?
I remember on the Davenport show, when they took Clyde Beatty's cage down they had to lay the sections down, and it took 4 men to carry them.
And men were men back then. Can you imigine what it would take today to just move an arena?
This was 1939 RBB in the Garden. Capt. Jacobs, according to Verne Sanders, had 30 to 35, at times a few more. That as good as we'll get in a true count. Mickey Graves and his prop crew had this and Beatty's arena down and the ring cleared while the following act was on. But those guys were the real deal on props. I've been told today's prop boys would never put up a true arena with a net and safety cage. They'd sure as hell put it up for Terrell Jacobs.
Interesting point you'll notice in Terrell Jacobs photos. With the inevitable hey-rubes and traffic jams around the tunnel door, where the trainer can get caught up in the melee and dragged into the chute, he placed his safety cage directly opposite, out in front.
The one thing I didn't like about the pull up arenas Trudy worked in was the only door in & out was the big door for the Elephant riding Tiger, and it was right next to the tunnel door. To add the danger was the contact Tiger sitting on a seat in front of it.
Did Terrell Jacobs train the cats the same way as Clyde Beatty did?
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