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The customary horse act that comes with every circus is back again at the Coliseum in the CNE grounds with the clows and acrobats and tigers and lions(...)
The customary horse act that comes with every circus is back again at the Coliseum in the CNE grounds with the clows and acrobats and tigers and lions(...)

The customary horse act that comes with every circus is back again at the Coliseum in the CNE grounds with the clows and acrobats and tigers and lions(...)

Date5/3/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: The customary horse act that comes with every circus is back again at the Coliseum in the CNE grounds with the clows and acrobats and tigers and lions. Critic Ronald Hambleton unfortunately found that the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus is showing every one of its 102 years. He says it's showbiz with high fever and found too few moments of relief from the swirl of glittering tedium.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0004661F
      Master of tigers, horses and elephants, Gunther Gebel-Williams puts a couple of his big cats through their paces at circus in Coliseum of Canadian Nat(...)
      Master of tigers, horses and elephants, Gunther Gebel-Williams puts a couple of his big cats through their paces at circus in Coliseum of Canadian Nat(...)
      Loek, Dick
      4/27/1972
      Dinner is served: Trusting tamer Frank Mogyorosi sticks his head into Leo The Lion's mouth during his act at the super little circus at the CNE's World of the Child section of the midway
      Dinner is served: Trusting tamer Frank Mogyorosi sticks his head into Leo The Lion's mouth during his act at the super little circus at the CNE's World of the Child section of the midway
      Canadian National Exhibition (Toronto, Ont.)
      8/15/1979
      Taiwanese Acrobats in town. The Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan are renowned for their skills and this member put on a special outdoor display for Star pho(...)
      Taiwanese Acrobats in town. The Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan are renowned for their skills and this member put on a special outdoor display for Star pho(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      1/6/1990
      Bear with us. The Moscow Circus opened 50 minutes late with its debut show on the CNE grounds last night. But the brown bear act soon soothed an impatient audience
      Bear with us. The Moscow Circus opened 50 minutes late with its debut show on the CNE grounds last night. But the brown bear act soon soothed an impatient audience
      Griffin, Doug
      8/17/1988
      A matter of balance. Liu Guangyi of the Shandong Acrobatic Troupe from China holds Hu Jianxin, one of twin 11-year-old springboard acrobats. The troup(...)
      A matter of balance. Liu Guangyi of the Shandong Acrobatic Troupe from China holds Hu Jianxin, one of twin 11-year-old springboard acrobats. The troup(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      4/5/1984
      Mapapa Acrobats: Extraordinary feats at kids' fest
      Mapapa Acrobats: Extraordinary feats at kids' fest
      Bull, Ron
      5/13/1991
      Wooden acrobats
      Wooden acrobats
      Cooper, David
      4/27/1981
      It's a favorite haunt at sea lions, in the circus trade wrongly called trained seals
      It's a favorite haunt at sea lions, in the circus trade wrongly called trained seals
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/8/1946
      Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
      Trio of new tigers in Toronto. Come any nearer and we'll get the old man, Riverdale Zoo's 12-week-old tiger cubs seem to be telling the photographer. (...)
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      8/3/1966
      View from the top, Russ Jackson, coach of Argos starting next January, surveys CNE Stadium before game between Argos and B.C. Lions. Jackson performed(...)
      View from the top, Russ Jackson, coach of Argos starting next January, surveys CNE Stadium before game between Argos and B.C. Lions. Jackson performed(...)
      Jackson, Russell Stanley, 1936
      9/12/1974
      Using his head: Wn Nin, a performer in The Great Circus of China at the CNE Coliseum, keeps his eyes up while balancing an immense pot during rehearsals yesterday
      Using his head: Wn Nin, a performer in The Great Circus of China at the CNE Coliseum, keeps his eyes up while balancing an immense pot during rehearsals yesterday
      Goode, Jeff
      1/22/1982
      Going, going . . . Roberto Alomar watches his home run off Detroit's Bill Guilickson clear the fence in the first inning. Jays led 6-1 after two innings, but the Tigers battled back
      Going, going . . . Roberto Alomar watches his home run off Detroit's Bill Guilickson clear the fence in the first inning. Jays led 6-1 after two innings, but the Tigers battled back
      Alomar, Roberto, 1968-
      10/2/1992