Mac Macdonald

From the list of elephant persons Family: MacDonald

Mac Macdonald
Profession	circus elephant trainer
Personal details
Born	1903-11-15 in United States
Dead	1983-09-22 San Antonio, , Texas in United States
Country	United States

Locations
Title	elephant trainer 1954-1965
Location	at Polack Brothers Circus in United States

Title	elephant trainer 1945-1954
Location	at Tom Packs Circus in United States

Title	elephant trainer 1945
Location	at Russell Brothers Circus in United States

Title	elephant superintendent 1941-1942
Location	at Wallace Brothers in United States

Title	elephant superintendent 1939-1940
Location	at Bud E. Anderson Circus in United States

Title	elephant trainer 1936-1939
Location	at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Title	elephant trainer 1935-1936
Location	at Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

Title	elephant keeper 1934-1935
Location	at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in United States

Title	elephant keeper 1932-1933
Location	at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Title	owner -
Location	at Mac MacDonalds elephants in United States

Title	elephant trainer
Location	at Bailey Brothers Circus in United States

Title	elephant trainer
Location	at C.R. Montgomery Circus in United States

Biography details

Mack MacDonald , circus elephant trainer in United States

Born 1903-11-15 in United States dead 1983-09-22 in United States .

Affiliation with 10 elephants

1: Betty (from 1954 to 1965) 2: Jean (from 1954 to 1965) 3: Kathy (from 1954 to 1965) 4: Mary (from 1954 to 1965) 5: Millie (from 1954 to 1965) 6: Opal (from 1954 to 1965) 7: Tommy (from 1949 to 1954) 8: Penny (from 1948 to 1854) 9: Alice (from 1948 to 1954) 10: Mary Twinkle (from 1948 to 1954)

Circus historian and elephant trainer William "Buckles" Woodcock consider Mac MacDonald as one of Americas best elephant trainers, his 1954 masterpiece being the "Besalou elephants" the combination of the Polack Brothers Circus owners names, Bessie Polack and Louis Stern.

The Tom Packs elephant act "Alice", "Jean", "Penny", "Mary" and "Tommy" was so impressive that Louie Stern hired it for the Polack Show several seasons before stealing Mac MacDonald and Peggy away.

William "Buckles" Woodcock

I came across a copy of an article from White Tops, May-June, 1963 by J. Paul Rusk. This is what he says, "This new Herd was called Polacks Besalou elephants after Bessie Polack and Louis Stern. Cathy (Kathy) for Louis Goebels wife, Millie for Millie Ward, Betty for Betty Bell, of the Ward-Bell Flyers, Mary for Ross Pauls wife, Jean for Jean Merkle and Opal for Opal Paige, Executive Secretary for the Polack Show."

Billie Schuller

"Twelve years later I would work this act but by that time the leader "Mary" had been eliminated and "Kae" added to the 6th position."

William "Buckles" Woodcock

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). elephant trainer Mack MacDonald in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1976. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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