Is this "Bob Macpherson the same "Robert McPherson" who was with the Peru Corporate Show in the mid 20's?
Bandwagon July-Aug. 1965
In 1925 Clyde Beatty moved to the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus to begin ten
straight years of being featured in the center ring. He worked the polar
bears and also took over the mixed act that Guilfoyle had worked on
Robinson in 1924.
For the 1926 tour the polar bears were given to W. K. Bernard and Beatty
continued with the mixed act and took over the big lion and tiger act
formerly worked by Pete Taylor. There were 19 in the big act. During the
winter of 1926-1927 Clyde polished up the act. Other wild animal
trainers around Peru during the middle 1920's were John Helliott, Robert
McPherson, Robert Schroeder, Jules Jacot, Aaga Christensen, Mable Stark
and a couple of other young fellows - Allen King and Terrell Jacobs.
All of these were on the various Corporation shows.
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