CIRCUS VARGAS 1987

Trudy & Sonny
Sonny was the lead horse in my Mixed Act. I have to tell this story, one day Sonny was doing a lot of laying down, rolling, getting up etc. you horse guys all know the symptoms, so we finally called a vet. The vets diagnosis was not good & he suggested we send him to a clinic for surgery, Vargas was out of town so I took the problem to Joe Moscerella(sp?) he asked what the cost was going to be, I said possibly $2500(now here's a horse that Vargas probably paid $250 for tops). When he came back from talking with Vargas he asked if we could get a 2nd opinion, I said they would do that at the clinic, and he said, "go for it". It turned out the horse was merely impacted and everything came out fine.(no wisecracks).My point is, I thought it was commendable that Vargas made that decision.


TED POLK, & LEON ON COLONEL JOE