Mac Macdonald

From the list of elephant persons Family: MacDonald

Mac Macdonald
Profession circus elephant trainer
Personal details
Born 1903-11-15 in United States
Dead 1983-09-22 San Antonio, , Texas in United States
Country United States

Locations
Title elephant trainer 1954-1965
Location at Polack Brothers Circus in United States

Title elephant trainer 1945-1954
Location at Tom Packs Circus in United States

Title elephant trainer 1945
Location at Russell Brothers Circus in United States

Title elephant superintendent 1941-1942
Location at Wallace Brothers in United States

Title elephant superintendent 1939-1940
Location at Bud E. Anderson Circus in United States

Title elephant trainer 1936-1939
Location at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Title elephant trainer 1935-1936
Location at Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

Title elephant keeper 1934-1935
Location at Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in United States

Title elephant keeper 1932-1933
Location at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Title owner -
Location at Mac MacDonalds elephants in United States

Title elephant trainer
Location at Bailey Brothers Circus in United States

Title elephant trainer
Location at C.R. Montgomery Circus in United States

Biography details

Mack MacDonald , circus elephant trainer in United States

Born 1903-11-15 in United States dead 1983-09-22 in United States .

Affiliation with 10 elephants

1: Betty (from 1954 to 1965) 2: Jean (from 1954 to 1965) 3: Kathy (from 1954 to 1965) 4: Mary (from 1954 to 1965) 5: Millie (from 1954 to 1965) 6: Opal (from 1954 to 1965) 7: Tommy (from 1949 to 1954) 8: Penny (from 1948 to 1854) 9: Alice (from 1948 to 1954) 10: Mary Twinkle (from 1948 to 1954)


Circus historian and elephant trainer William "Buckles" Woodcock consider Mac MacDonald as one of Americas best elephant trainers, his 1954 masterpiece being the "Besalou elephants" the combination of the Polack Brothers Circus owners names, Bessie Polack and Louis Stern.


The Tom Packs elephant act "Alice", "Jean", "Penny", "Mary" and "Tommy" was so impressive that Louie Stern hired it for the Polack Show several seasons before stealing Mac MacDonald and Peggy away.

William "Buckles" Woodcock



I came across a copy of an article from White Tops, May-June, 1963 by J. Paul Rusk. This is what he says, "This new Herd was called Polacks Besalou elephants after Bessie Polack and Louis Stern. Cathy (Kathy) for Louis Goebels wife, Millie for Millie Ward, Betty for Betty Bell, of the Ward-Bell Flyers, Mary for Ross Pauls wife, Jean for Jean Merkle and Opal for Opal Paige, Executive Secretary for the Polack Show."

Billie Schuller




"Twelve years later I would work this act but by that time the leader "Mary" had been eliminated and "Kae" added to the 6th position."

William "Buckles" Woodcock


Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). elephant trainer Mack MacDonald in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1976. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Categories elephant trainer | circus | Polack Brothers Circus | MacDonald family | Born 1903 | Dead 1983 | People from United States

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