Everybody Who Believes In Such Things, Please Say A Prayer For Our Dear Friend, RJR

Good evening,

      I received a call from our good friend and colleague, Richard Reynolds III, in Atlanta, GA. on Friday afternoon. He has asked me to pass this on to you and to some others.

      Richard suffered a heart attack in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. He has had a stint put in and has been placed on a medicine regime when he was released on Friday afternoon. He is allowed to do absolutely nothing except sit still right now. He's very tired. I'm sure he would be delighted to know that so many people care about this fine gentleman.

      If there any updates to pass along, I'll do so as I hear about them or perhaps one of you may hear first.

         One behalf of my wife and myself, our finest hopes and prayers go out to Richard, Delia and their sons, Michael, Tim and Rich.

             Bob

'This is just really, really bad, and I don't have much to say.  I can't.  I don't want to.  I am just going to think about RJR, seated on the left.  I am going to will this great man, who has shared so much knowledge, back on his feet in good health.'

Madame Col. Dianne Olds Rossi--A Lifetime Of Excellence

Knight Invader being trained to perform at Celeste's Gala in August

  2012 Renaissance Gypsy Affair - Cielo Celeste Farm

Dianne riding Alclade one of  rejoneador Carlos Aruzza's  Andalusian stallions

 Dianne and the immortal Fire Magic

The Magical World of Dancing Horses - Dianne Olds Rossi, Dancing ...

Carlos Aruzza

Homenaje a Carlos Arruza "Ciclón Mexicano" on Vimeo

 

 

 

Carlos Aruzza, "El Ciclone" one of the greatest bullfighter/rejoneadors of all time


 


 


 


The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": For Dianne Olds Rossi--Carlos Arruza

Bristol Bits Courtesy of Dick Flint

Wade,

You recently wondered if there is any connection between the horse exhibitor D.M. Bristol and the Bristol bit.  I’ve attached the first several pages of a book I have by Bristol where he advocates his bit and offers them for sale.  There is no publication date on the title page or any copyright notice but the author dated his introduction 1881 and my copy of this book has an owner’s inscription of 1883.

At the start of the second paragraph of his introduction, Bristol mentions several other earlier horsemen who wrote small books and exhibited their work including the famous J.S. Rarey.  Dennis Magner, also mentioned, briefly had his own circus in the early 1870s and published a book on horse training that went through numerous editions by the end of the century.

I think published works such as these are excellent documents in understanding the evolution of managing the horse, the key generally to understanding how animal training has evolved through improved knowledge and always in the direction of greater patience and care.

Dick

 Bristol's_Illus_Horsemanship.pdf    

The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": Prof. Bristol

'I agree with Historian Richard Flint(I normally do) 100% about the importance of documents and the learning and understanding of history.  Unless you really know the "roots" of something you will never begin to appreciate advance's that have been made and that includes animal training and animal husbandry.  Don't ignore, deny,  sweep it under the rug, look away from history.  Study it and learn from it.'

CETACEAN CIRCUS--Namu Courtesy of King of Aquaria

 Ted Griffin riding Namu  1966


'Namu' was one of the first killer whales (Orcinus orca) to be exhibited in captivity.

 

Trapped in a salmon net in June 1965 in British Columbia, the 24-ft. 5-ton male orca was purchased for $8000 by Ted Griffin of the Seattle Marine Aquarium. 

 

In October 1965 Griffin set out to capture a mate for Namu.  The 14-ft. female, named 'Shamu' was considered too young to be a mate for the bull orca so Griffin sold her to Sea World in December 1965 for $20,000.  The rest is theme park history . . .

 

Namu sadly drowned by becoming entangled in the nets of his 500-ft. diameter enclosure at Rich Cove in July 1966.

 

Namu's capture and exhibition launched a multi-million dollar industry which saw Griffin capturing and selling killer whales to aquaria throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Website for this image

 

Zoo History May 2012

New Chester Zoo Entrance

Old Chester Zoo Entrance


Dear All

Typing this before checking out Chester Zoo's new entrance - Diamond Quarter - as
opened by the Queen a couple of days ago. It will be interesting to see how
a public entrance area with full amenities adapts to the British culture.
The public can now visit the elephant house for free.

1) The British Library Web Archive

< http://www.webarchive.org.uk/ukwa/ >.

We have granted permission for the library to
periodically archive our website content and would
encourage others to do likewise.

2) Ireland

A friend is about to tour the Irish collections and has already
listed the zoos at Dublin, Belfast and Fota; the aquariums 
in Galway, Bray, Dingle and Portaferry; the falconry in 
Ballymote and Burren; Kilkemy reptile zoo, 
Comber Wildfowl & Wetland Trust; and Tayto Park 
at Kilbrew. Any further suggestions ?

3) Goldfish

Ingvar Svanberg (Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies) asks: -

"I am writing a cultural history of the artificially bred varieties of
golden tench (Tinca tinca) and golden orfe (Leuciscus idus) kept for
ornamental reasons in ponds in 19th century and possibly earlier. 
I am interested in any sources and literature (cultural history, ichthyology,
 biology, garden history) from all over Europe and in any language.
I am also interested in early evidence of keeping goldfish (Carassius carassius)
in ponds and other situations in various European countries."

Regards, Paul M. The Bartlett Society. < zoohistory.co.uk >.