Monday, April 27, 2015

From Don Covington


9 comments:

Chic Silber said...


None of them seem to be tethered

Quite a sight to behold (thanks)

I guess we'll all have to get to

Europe to see anything like this

Chic Silber said...


This might have been on Richter's

Magyar Nemzeti Cirkusz

Tom Wilds said...

Guess this happens every show, check the Hungarian National Circus
face book page for a video at April 3rd. Also see this revue of the show, (hope it translates) http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chapiteau.de%2F2015%2Frichter%2Frichter.htm

First thing every morning, Tom

Chic Silber said...


Magyar Nemzeti is that show Don

Chic Silber said...


Sorry I meant Tom

GaryHill said...

That has to be something to see..

GaryHill said...

That has to be something to see..

Richard Reynolds said...

This is one of the best circus action photos I've ever seen. Not only is the giraffe trotting between the elephants but it has to lower its head to go under the guy.

When Gunther first got the giraffe Dickie in 1980, he wanted it to work with his two young Africans on the hippodrome track.

I saw a film clip of the effort. Dickie was to lead the two bulls on the track connected to them by a lead. But the giraffe went to jumping and bucking and the effort was dropped.

However, Dickie did appear in the center ring with the two Africans. Mark Oliver sat on Dickie's back. That was the 1981-82 Red Unit.

The two Africans were with the Pages at last account.

Bjorn said...

Looks like Joseph Richter Jr. with his giraffe Zambesi and two of Rene Casselly's elephants.