Circus Animals

Trilby the Elephant
(Mighty Haag Show (1903 - 1904? or 1905?)
1903 - Ernest buys from NY dealer
dies from pneumonia in Shreveport
(buried somewhere near Columbia Park in Shreveport)

Uno the Elephant
(Mighty Haag Show (1903-1904)
December 1903 - Ernest buys young elephant from NY dealer
Uno was around 4 years old
Uno (You Know)
3-15-1904 dies at Minden Louisiana
 

Tip the Elephant
(Mighty Haag Show (1903-1937)
December 1903 - Ernest buys from NY dealer
Tip was around 4 years old
Tip beats drum with tail
6-13-1912  killed handler Frank Johnson
7-9-1937  died,
thrown from a truck near Ebensburg Pennsylvania
drove guard rail 4 feet into ground, broke neck
 

Alice the Elephant
(Mighty Haag Show (1904-1938)
Ernest buys Alice from NY dealer in fall 1904
Fisher's Elephants (1939...1944)
Helen trained to do tricks
Alice the elephant is 42 years old, 7980 lbs (1938?)
stands 11ft at shoulder, 6 tons (5-31-1939)
Alice the elephant is about 38 to 40 years old (3-1940)
carried Ruby Haag in mouth for fairs and big shows
Helps capture Modoc? in 1942
died in Medora Indiana (3-12-1944?,1945?)
died in the winter, caretaker took her to the creek to drink
she was left out in the cold too long
bought at age 12 - 1907?

Babe the Elephant
Mighty Haag Shows  (1907 - 1924? or 1925?...maybe after 1927?)
(not mentioned 1925 on)

General Lee
Baby Siberian Camel
Mighty Haag Shows  ...1910...

Prince the Horse
Smallest Horse on Earth
Mighty Haag Shows  ...1921...

Dewey the Dog
Bareback Riding Dog
Mighty Haag Shows  ...1921...

Jap the Elephant
(Moon Bros Circus 1927)

Judy the Elephant
(Mighty Haag 1937-1938)
(Fishers Elephants - 1938-1952...)
born 1934?
Bought from John T Benson for $1000 by Alice Haag (7-14-1937)
(Mighty Haag Show 1938)
Judy the elephant is 4 years old, 1500 lbs (1938?)
2 years old, 4ft and 6in tall at the shoulder, 600lbs (5-31-1939)
Judy the elephant is almost 4 years old (3-1940)
(sold to Royal Dunbar Circus 1955?)
walked the plank (1940's?)
could stand on head
cute when little
made Ruby Haag mad at fair in Virginia
(man said, boy I've never seen a white woman so mad)
became mean when older

Rags the Dog
(...1947...)
Gma Ruby's

Fatima the Poodle
(...1959...)
Gma Ruby's

Curly the Dog
(...1959...)
Gma Ruby's

Liba? or Leba? (german for dear) the Chihuahua
(...1959...)
Naomi's

Beauty the Pony
(...1952...)
Gma Ruby's

Toy the Pony
(...1952...)
Gma Ruby's

1970's

Elephants

Jessie the Elephant
(Clark and Walters 1967-1972?)
Asian Female

Norma Jean the Elephant
(Clark and Walters 1967-1972?)
Asian Female
 

Dixie the Elephant
(Little Dixie)
(Clark and Walters 1967-1970?)
(Fisher Bros 1971-1974?)
Asian Female
(loved to steal cotton candy from people)
(loved to take whole bag of peanuts from people)
(sold in Mexico)

Elephant (Jenny?)
(Fisher Bros ...1975...)

Elephant (Judy?)
(Lewis Bros 1973)

Babe the Elephant
(Lewis Bros ...1973...)
purchased from the Toby Circus
trained by Smokey Jones
1973 - 25 years old (rented?)
one eye

Susie the Elephant
(The American Big Top  ...1977...)
Melvin Timberlake

Horses

Rosco the Horse
(Harry Haag Jr. trained horses in exchange for)
(died in Ruskin Fl)

Pepe the Horse
(rode bareback)
(left in Ruskin Fl)

Stacy the Mare
(couldn't break)
(beautiful big horse)
(fell through trailer in West Virginia)

Cindy the Colt
(loved to kick you)

Ginger the red Pony
(had on the farm)

Beauty the black Pony
(had on the farm)

Dogs

Charlie the Lopsa opsa
(he would growl and chase tail)
(died chasing tail)

Fluffy Jasbo the white Poodle
(high wire act)
(Pat's dog)
(given to Paul Wilkes in Dublin)
(attacked a pit-bull)

Trixie the white Spitz
(Ruby's dog)
(did circus tricks)

Smokey the gray Poodle
(a crazy dog)
(Pat's dog)
(pushed buggy with Fifi in it)
(very spastic)

Fella the Super Dog
(first owned by Gma Louise)
(trained to jump from on the refrigerator)
(jumped from ladder)
(jumped for fire department show)
(died in Ruskin Fl by snake bite)

Mitzy 1 the Boston Terrier
(loved to play basketball with neighborhood kids)
(Kim's dog given by Gma Louise's neighbor)
(loved to take ball from Diane Wilson's seal during show, audience loved)
(ran over, had pins put in leg)

Mitzy 2 the Boston Terrier
(Kim's dog)
(ran over, had pins put in leg)
 

Fifi the black Pomeranian
(Ruby's dog)
(given as gift from circus fan)
(lived 11 years)

Princess the German Shepherd
(was a police dog)
(wouldn't let Pat sit beside Harry)

Larry the Llama
(Harry Haag Jr. trained horses in exchange for)
(Harry Haag 2-3 yrs old could get llama to do tricks)

Ava the Hippo
(named after the actress in Snows of Kilimanjaro and was in the movie)
(parked in front of Gma Weasy's - drunk decided to stop drinking after seeing hippo on Benton St.)
(a newspaper article was written about the drunk)

Myrtle the Boa Constrictor
(12 feet long)
(slept in pillow case during the winter)
(Louise Gardner bought and brought to circus for Pat)

Mandy Mae the Wooly Monkey
(belonged to Cheryl, bought from Franklin or Joe Silverlake)
(liked to put on lipstick and powder)
(made a mess in neighbor's garage, opened paint)
(Sold in Columbus to a nurse)

Angora Goat

Python

Side Show

5 hoofed Palomino

5 legged Cow

Zebra Mule
 

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