Bud Atkinson's Circus & Wild West

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Bud Atkinson's Circus and Wild West was an American circus and show imported by Bud Atkinson from San Francisco. It first appeared on the 16th of December, 1912, at Moore Park in Sydney, according to newspaper accounts, and may have been broken up and the related goods sold at auction in April of 1913. Featured acts included champion buckjump riders, Tex M'Cloud the American Lariat Expert; the De Coma Troupe of Aerial Artists; The Blanchetts ("bronco busters"); Dick Ford the famous clown from the Barnum and Bailey Circus; and Col. Wm. A. LaveII ("a scout and Indian fighter"). Link to catalogue record.

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