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Last of the Forty-Horse Drivers Turns 98 in Hollywood
Jacob A Posey, age 98, the last of the circus forty-horse drivers, recalls a life with Hagenback Wallace and Ringling Brothers. He drove 40 horses on tours, met royalty in Europe, and plans a small birthday gathering as memories fill a tiny Marietta Ohio born, Cedar Grove Indiana raised, Hollywood living man. He enjoys a pension, simple meals, and keeps vivid portraits of circus days on his walls.
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Jake
OS Angeles
Edward VII
Paris
Jake Posey
Jacob A. Posey
Cedar Grove
Ind
Marietta
Ohio
Jeff Posey
John Robinson Circus
Hostler
Barnum and Bailey
England
Bailey
Spaulding
Rogers
Prince of Wales
Hampton Court Palace
Queen Victoria
Kaiser
U.S
Hagenback-Wallace
Posey
Jessie Pauline Wehrle
Covington
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Torres Posey