Al G. Barnes Circus in United States


Al G. Barnes Circus


Local name Al G. Barnes Wild Animal Show
Typecircus
Owner 1900-1925: Al G. Barnes
1929: American Circus Corporation
Founded1900
Country United States
DirectorsAlpheus George Barnes Stonehouse
Key People-1916: Louis Roth (menagerie superintendent)
1916-1921: Mabel Stark (animal trainer)
1919-1920: Cheerful Gardner (menagerie superintendent)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants		 1920-1922: Cheerful Gardner
(elephant superintendent)
1923-1924: Joe Metcalf
(elephant superintendent)
1924-1928: Homer D. "Curley" Pritchett
(elephant superintendent)
1929-1934: Joe Metcalf
(elephant superintendent)
1935-1936: Mac Macdonald
(elephant trainer)
1934-1937: Walter McClain
(elephant superintendent)
Elephant keepers 1921-1922: William Woodcock Sr. (elephant keeper)
1912-1912: Bill Emery (elephant keeper)
1911-1915: Mabel Stark (apprentice keeper)
-: Jeremia Stonehouse (elephant keeper)
-1935: Jessie Wardlow (elephant keeper)
Record history
History of updates2024-01-06
Latest document update2024-01-06 11:14:50
Description

Al G. Barnes Circus, United States , was founded in 1900.

Casualties

2 casualties
  1. 1929-10-12: visitor Eva Donohue fatal attack by Black Diamond. smashed Mrs. Donohue to the ground, trampled the life out of her. † Eva Donohue Died 1929-10-12, Corsicana, Texas. Eva Donohue was taken to a nearby hospital, but only lived for a few minutes. Attendants said her skull was crushed.
  2. 1935-06: elephant keeper Jessie Wardlow fatal attack by Vance. Two months previously while working in harness with the Barnes Show, he had suddenly attacked and killed the "hook-up" man Jessie Wardlow. † Jessie Wardlow Died 1935-06

Comments / picturesAlpheus George Barnes Stonehouse was born in Ontario, Canada 1862. The circus was sold in 1929 for $1,000,000 to an eastern syndicate, who operated the American Circus Corporation.

1927-1938: Al. G. Barnes winterquarters were located in Balwin Park.

Al G. Barnes Circus in United States United+StatesPhoto taken at the winter quarters of the Al G Barnes Circus in Baldwin Hills California in 1936.

1929: (Elephant boss: Joseph Metcalf) 10 asian elephants, among them the bulls Tusko, Black Diamond, Vance,


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Koehl, Dan (2025). Al G. Barnes Circus, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=606. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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