Look what it used to be. What happened? Maybe the rodeo/Animal rights debate on Buckles Blog will help us understand
Monday, April 14, 2008
Jorgen Christinson--What Horse acts used to be in the American Circus
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Wade G. Burck
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I came into the knowledge of circus horses as a teenager. I fact I saw my first ever performance of Dorita Konyot at the old and destroyed Pan Pacific Auditorium in L.A. I remember standing high in the back of the auditorium watching a small lady preform on a magnificent black horse under spotlights. I was hooked. Later on I was able to work with the greats as Arthur Konyot, Dorita Konyot and Albert Ostermaier. The irony is that they all left the circus and were re-inventing their talents as the circus really left them. No more were the circus providing the venue and facilities for these great horsemen. So by the time I was proficient enough to join the greats, the circus equine acts were no longer. My search for these great acts has left me disappointed. Where has this talent gone?
Madame Col.,
You answered your own question. They are searching for a proper venue. An attempt was made in Wisconsin, and it isn't even close to being proper. I suggest some may still be here, there is just no place to practice the craft. You may be a brilliant brain surgeon, but unless you have a scalpel and a place to operate it doesn't mean anything.
Wade Burck
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