Friday, March 18, 2016

HUNTING GAG: Los Angeles Herald (November 13, 1907)



Charlie Bell: Hunting Gag August 14, 1947


DOG MADE UP AS RABBIT SCORES HIT AT CIRCUS



One of the cleverest acts in the Norrls & Rowe circus yesterday was that of Toto Ducro, clown. Ducro has a dog made up to represent a rabbit. The clown goes on a rabbit hunting trip and is followed by the rabbit dog; the clown sees the rabbit; it sits on its hind legs; the clown takes aim; fires an imaginary gun and the rabbit falls over as If shot.
The clown goes to the supposedly dead rabbit and picks it up and throws it carelessly down. The rabbit does not move from the position in which It falls, but as soon as the clown walks away the rabbit follows him again. It is a new and novel act and is the finest specimen of animal training seen in years.



Lou Jacobs and Knucklehead: Hunting Gag 1977



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