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From Jim Clubb,
Thank you very much for sending on the picture. I have a few of her taken at the same time at Mills Winter Quarters, but not this one. This must have been when she first took them over, as the props were still wooden. Mills had stainless steel ones made before the act opened in Olympia six weeks later. The combination of the animals on the bar is different from the previous trainer. The lionesses were grouped together with the lions on either end. All these little details are important for my book about this obscure trainer.
This, of course, was an Alfred Court act that he sold to Bertram Mills. The picture was taken at Mills’ Ascot winter quarters. The act originally contained four lioness's and two lions and was shown by the French lady trainer, Violetta de A’gent(sp) She committed suicide and Pat took the act over. She was also Court’s mistress at that time. I knew her very well in her latter years, as she lived in Blackpool. She had a daughter with Court who unfortunately died at 3 years old.
Jim Clubb
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