Frank Buck #23

| January 25, 2015

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Lucy

| February 5, 2010

Lucy did her share of work too.  Bill Capell told me she was kind of spoiled because she was smaller than Trixie, but Lucy had a temper and would knock you over if she had a bad day……….Yes, elephants do have bad days.

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Babe

| January 11, 2009

There is a very special place in my heart for this elephant, as I grew up with her along with Vera and Dutch. When I was just a little kid, I would sneak out of our caravan and go the menagerie where the animals were kept. I would find Babe and Dutch and curl up […]

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Joe Metcalf

| September 2, 2008

Joe Metcalf and his wife Anna, with Babe the 101’s performing elephant.

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Backyard of the Circus

| August 23, 2008

There’s always time for a picture.  Snuffy, the handler, poses with “Gyp.”JE was the trainer and presented her in the show. She had other jobs such as pulling wagons off of muddy lots and pulling the peaks on the Big Top.  The elephant on any circus was the most important animal because of its diversity.

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