Riz, this was a liberty act I trained a number of years ago for Ringling Bros. consisting of 4 Belgium draft horses and 4 miniature stallions. Upon completion it was presented by show girl Bernice Collins, and then by Tina Gebel for two years. I had a pot load of help on Ringling, which is the up side of working for a large, wealthy corp. We should all be so lucky. As we practiced outside, without aid of a round pen, I found a large area surrounded by a fence and was able to place to front of the ring up(second picture) into a corner giving myself a partial barrier at the front leaving on the back to be watched by the "assistants". The finish trick in the act required the Belgium's to stand on 4 pedestals at the 4 points while 3 of the mini's ran a figure 8 around them and the 4th, Gowmen ran around the ring curb. They all started out in the same direction, and the look of surprise on Gowmen's face the first time the other three cut into the figure 8 and headed the other direction leaving him to trail behind on the ring curb was priceless. When they finished Gowmen hopped of the ring and joined the other 3 and all four went and each got on a lower pedestal facing a Belgium. The "stair step" pedestals were GGW's idea and it turned out to be a great way to make the Belgiums "appear" bigger and the mini's to "appear" smaller.
The camels in the background were from a liberty act I also trained for Ringling that year which consisted of 4 camels, 4 donkeys, and 4 llamas. That was the year the first Cossack act appeared in the United States and they brought 14 stallions with them, 5 more then anticipated, requiring additional room in the stock car's on the train. There was no room for all the animals we had that year, so we kept the Big/Little act mentioned above and the exotic act was disbanded and the donkey's were sold to a Wild West show in Canada and the llamas sold to a zoo in Tampa. We only kept the camels from the act to use for spec.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
For Riz, the Turban Cowboy
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Wade G. Burck
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Cool pictures, but why the hell are you wasting your time interacting with the likes of Turd?
He's a nothing, never-been, never-will-be. The Internet has given losers in every remote corner of the boondocks a place where they can invent themselves in an attempt to be a 'somebody' for nobodies as insignificant as they are. Why not ignore these people and let them be sombodies in their tiny worlds? Oh, and, by the way, anyone can approach someone of standing to pose for a picture sothat they can later claim to be in the inner circle. It's not hard - Facebook is full of such phonies. And, just about anyone can offer themselves as a free, unpaid attraction at horse events in exchange for selling their gimmicks to sucker middle aged women. Big deal.
Turd,
I wasted part of a day posting old pictures of no value, that had been posted long ago, and could have been found in the manure pile on the right if you had taken the time to go to the beginning, instead of jumping in the middle of the book, because you asked. From Riz: "Howdy Wade, Although your horsemanship is rather basic, I do have a great deal of respect for you as a Tiger Trainer."
But most importantly, because I think every living thing has value, even nit wit's. Most of the time it's not their fault. Their environment and how they chose to interpret it is what made them. Rehab is possible, and so I choose to give them the time of day, in the hopes that maybe, just maybe......
Wade
P.S. Jesus, does your mate Allen know how you really feel about him: Oh, and, by the way, anyone can approach someone of standing to pose for a picture sothat they can later claim to be in the inner circle. It's not hard - Facebook is full of such phonies. And, just about anyone can offer themselves as a free, unpaid attraction at horse events in exchange for selling their gimmicks to sucker middle aged women. Big deal.
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