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Friday, May 27, 2011

Video Views - Kelly Miller Circus

Hancock, Maryland, is a favorite spot for the Kelly Miller Circus. Every year the elephants are able to splash around in the river and knock a few trees down, having a grand time as they do so.

Kelly Miller Circus, May 2009
Courtesy of R Easley



Becky & Tracy, Kelly Miller Circus, May 2009
Courtesy of R Easley



From Circus Diaries, May 2010:
Last year in Hancock, the KMC enjoyed a travel day. A beautiful and large creek beside the lot quickly refreshed show performers and workers of the human and animal kind. I was able to wade in the water with the elephants and get some amazing pictures. This year I missed the festivities while setting up the tigers for practice, but it appears Tracy was no stranger to the mud and had no complaints regarding the tree in the elephant compound.



Posted Friday, May 27, 2011

9 comments:

  1. Wade G. BurckMay 28, 2011

    Radar,
    When did it change from a picket line to a compound? Is that like changing "office" to "campus?" Soon enough, the old American dictionary will have to pitched out, and a new one written.

    Wade Burck

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  2. Ryan EasleyMay 28, 2011

    Wade,
    During my time on Kelly Miller, there has always been a hot wire pen set up everyday for the elephants. I suppose the difference in terminology is because the two are different; unlike "elephantine pedestals" and bull tubs.

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  3. Monica NewellMay 28, 2011

    Very interesting your research about elephants.

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  4. Wade G. BurckMay 28, 2011

    Radar,
    "Elephantine settee," not pedestal. Hoofstock and sometime felines use pedestals. You don't want to look like a nimrod in front of Monica.
    Wade Burck

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  5. Ryan EasleyMay 29, 2011

    Thank you for the correction, Wade. In Spanish, the same word is used for all tubs/pedestals/settees - "bancos." I wonder why their dictionary has not been updated for political correctness as well?

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  6. Wade G. BurckMay 29, 2011

    Radar,
    Excuse me, are we in Spain? Sorry, I wasn't aware.....

    Wade Burck

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  7. Ryan EasleyMay 29, 2011

    Wade,
    No we are not in Spain, but we do utilize Mexican labor. I was simply demonstrating that changing the name of something does not change what it is.

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  8. Wade G. BurckMay 29, 2011

    Radar,
    Have you ever wondered where the term "elephant tub" came from, when they don't look or function as a tub. Except in the old day's. Then they often looked like half a wooden whiskey keg. Do you suppose they did double duty as an elephants water tub when not being used for the execution of behaviors, hence the name bull/elephant tub?

    Wade Burck

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  9. Ryan EasleyMay 30, 2011

    I had never thought about it. Thank you.

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