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A man of great charm and outstanding talents, John Milton Herriott (1931-2015) was a highly respected equestrian, animal trainer and circus owner, third-generation of one of the few truly American circus dynasties. He was born on January 15, 1931 in St. Peter, Minnesota to Milton Lindsay Herriott (1901-1962) and his wife, Viola (1905-1981), née Engesser. John was the second of their two children; he had an elder sister, Jean.
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Rose Gold (1922-1998) was, in the 1940s and 1950s, a genuine circus star and one of the greatest aerialists of her time, with an act that stood alone in its concept and originality, not to mention its daring. Although she was not very photogenic (her photographs often belie her actual beauty), she had in the ring a magnetic presence and a charm that stirred unbridled enthusiasm among circus aficionados and journalists alike.
  
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John Herriott’s grandfather was Osmer Pike Herriott (1871-1936), who is said to have been a descendent of the legendary explorer Zebulon Pike (1779-1813). Pike Herriott entered circus life as a cook, at a time when American circuses were huge affairs that traveled with a full Dining Department. Pike started with the Miller Brothers’ ''101 Ranch Wild West Show'', the last of the great American Wild West shows, which toured the United States from 1907 to 1939.  
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She was born Rosemarie Goldnagel in 1922 in Vienna, Austria. She didn’t belong to a circus family but she was a very physical and active child, and her parents made her study ballet and train in gymnastics. When Walt Disney released his animated movie, ''Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs'' in 1937, her father nicknamed Rosemarie, ''Snow White'': Her opulent jay-black mane, which would become her most recognizable feature, made her look like the Disney character.
  
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Pike’s son, Milton (known as Milt), began to work in the circus at a relatively early age, taking care of animals. He eventually went on to training them, and over the years, he presented all sorts of animal acts, with a preference for horses and elephants. He was also for a time Manager of the Cole Bros. Circus. Milt Herriott’s circus career spanned a half-century.... ([[John Herriott|more...]])
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She was still a teenager when The Barlays, a German aerial act in search of a female partner, spotted her. Thus she started her circus career as one third of The 3 Barlays. And she was barely twenty when she met and fell in love with André Pahin, a French trapeze artist who worked with the famous bar-to-bar flying act of The Zemgannos... ([[Rose Gold|more...]])
  
 
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In The Spotlight

ROSE GOLD

Rose Gold (1922-1998) was, in the 1940s and 1950s, a genuine circus star and one of the greatest aerialists of her time, with an act that stood alone in its concept and originality, not to mention its daring. Although she was not very photogenic (her photographs often belie her actual beauty), she had in the ring a magnetic presence and a charm that stirred unbridled enthusiasm among circus aficionados and journalists alike.

She was born Rosemarie Goldnagel in 1922 in Vienna, Austria. She didn’t belong to a circus family but she was a very physical and active child, and her parents made her study ballet and train in gymnastics. When Walt Disney released his animated movie, Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs in 1937, her father nicknamed Rosemarie, Snow White: Her opulent jay-black mane, which would become her most recognizable feature, made her look like the Disney character.

She was still a teenager when The Barlays, a German aerial act in search of a female partner, spotted her. Thus she started her circus career as one third of The 3 Barlays. And she was barely twenty when she met and fell in love with André Pahin, a French trapeze artist who worked with the famous bar-to-barA flying trapeze act in which flyers leap from a trapeze to another, instead of from a trapeze to a catcher as is most commonly seen today. flying actAny aerial act in which an acrobat is propelled in the air from one point to another. of The Zemgannos... (more...)

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  • The Fuma Boys, Comedy Acrobatics (2001)
  • Eliza Khachatryan, High Wire (2014)
  • Housh-Ma-Housch, Clown (2005)
  • Housch-Ma-Housch, Clown (2007)
  • Emilien Bouglione, The CourierAn equestrian presentation created by Andrew Ducrow in 1827 as ''The Courier of St. Petersburg'', in which a rider stands on two galloping horses, one foot on each, and allows other horses to pass between his mounts, catching their reins as they pass, eventually holding the reins a group of galloping horses in front of him. (Also known in French as ''La Poste''.) (1969)

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