Carl Richard Sawade , circus animal trainer in Germany Born 1868-10-02 in Germany dead 1947-02-08 in Germany . Richard Sawade was a schoolteachers son from Drossen in Germany (present Ośno Lubuskie in Poland), who became one of the most famous animal trainers ever. 28 August 1899 in Stockholm, he married Carolina Ornstein.
Richard Sawade began at the age of 20 as a pupil of Wilhelm Hagenbeck . In 1889, it featured a Group of tigers surrounded by an elephant and a pony. He then went to Carl Hagenbeck and took in hand a mixed Group of 21 beasts. He was hired at the Nouveau Cirque de Paris at the beginning of 1890. Three years later, he was very successful at the Chicago Fair. In 1909-1910, in Buenos Aires, where he was the star of the Carl Hagenbeck tour , Richard Sawade was the victim of a serious collision. He returned to Europe with the Circus Corty-Althoff (Circus Corty) for the 1910-1911 season. He ended his career as director of the Firma Carl Hagenbeck. Many authors consider him to be one of the greatest tamers in the history of the Circus.
1916: With the outbreak of war my old friend and teacher Richard Sawade had hastened home from South America, and now stood at my side while I made preparations for our first night in the Oslo circus building.
