Circus Performer Charged With Animal Cruelty

Posted on September 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

Sept. 23, 1909, W.D. Deeble

Sept. 23, 1909: Cartoonist Edmund Waller "Ted" Gale draws W.D. Deeble.


Sept. 23, 1909, Circus

Now wait a minute. We had a story yesterday about two women hobos who were arrested because they dressed like men. Here we have Albert Hodgini, who dresses up like a woman to perform stunts on horseback for Ringling Bros. circus. According to Times' clips, the Hodgini family was known for its trick riding.

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