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Tom Bass and the World of Fine Saddle Horses
A fragmented feature on Tom Bass, famed horse trainer and rider, recounts his rise from slave birth in 1859 to training champions like Columbus and Belle Beach. It notes his work with Ringling Brothers and appearances before presidents, royalty, and crowds at fairs, with attention to his friendship with renowned horses and the era’s saddle horse circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ib Lans
Dream
Los Angeles Times
George Washington Carver
Buffalo Bill Cody
Columbus
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Belle Ketel Bet
Belle Beach
Bass
Grover ‘Cleveland
Chicago
Queen Marie
Miss Rex
London
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Boone County
Mexico
Lite Dixie
Kansas City
Aumarn Th Ciwa Har
Columbia
Will Rogers
Grand Rapids Press
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Los Angeles
Calif