R. T. Richards Supreme Show of the World

R.T. Richards Supreme Show of the World was a short-lived early 20th century American circus that toured during the 1917 and 1918 seasons.

This circus was notable as an attempt to create a "hybrid overland-motorized show"[1] (using a combination of trucks and wagons for transport).

[4][5] The circus was essentially a gift from his father, who was hoping to persuade his child to fall in love with the family business.

"[4] There was an attempt to improve procedures for the 1918 season but the U.S. entrance into World War I made logistics an even greater challenge for non-essential civilian projects like circuses.

[2] One of these elephants was the notorious Black Diamond[7] who later went on to kill several people during the Al G. Barnes Circus parade in Corsicana, TX on October 12, 1929.