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Recalls Days When ConnersvilleRecalling the almost forgotten per- i In the interview with Mr. Frost itiod when Connersville was famous aa[i3 Stated that his grandfather travel-the-winter;quarters of the Van, . kU * * ^ ica more than a hundred thousandberg circus Kin Hubbard, •“writing, mi t -this week’s Saturday Evening Post, jm *es in one buggy while connected in has an article of ifhusual Interest to 1 an executive way with the Van A in-local citizens, “Old Overland Circus j berg circu3. An Interesting account Days. The article consists princl* j 0£ wintering the horSes and animalspally- of information gained by Mriof the circus oa a farm near Conners-Hubbard in Interviews with two Con* t nersville ciilaetis, Frank Hyatt, re- ■ v*^e-tired circus executive, and Hyatt K. f Mf* Hyatt mentions the; point that Frost, local attorney and grandson of j Hannibal and Tippo Sahib were the Hyatt Frost; manager and one of theilargest elephants ever quartered here, owners of the Van Amberg circus. | Fnch had tusks eight feet long, he The article tells at length of the ex- **!lt;*• He also recalls the time that perlences of Mr. Hyaitin the days of J another elephant. Bolivar, went on a wagon circuses, v before thev*orer-i rampage In winter quarters and was j land caravans were replacedby the^quieted when his old trainer arrived| modern cl^us^trains^ It also” talis oi|fvom Philadelphia^ -the fini6#rheh, Cohneriville ^ofBcial^S^ wasfact1V»inIf-.-*■-came■oi%connected.. in^executlre ^ijosltlori many of the Ja few 'years ago;4
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Connersville News Examiner
Connersville, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 06, 1923
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Melissa D.
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