Homer D. "Curley" Pritchett

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Homer D. "Curley" Pritchett
Black Diamond and Homer D. "Curley" Pritchett, San Antonio 1928. Photo: Tom Scapalanda. Buckles Woodcock colllection
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Country	United States

Locations
Title	elephant superintendent 1924-1928
Location	at Al G. Barnes Circus in United States

Biography details

Homer D. Pritchett , circus elephant trainer in United States

Born ? in United States .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Black Diamond ( to 1928)

Homer D. "Curley" Pritchett is reported to have known Black Diamond for 28 years, and trained him seven years. In 1928 while the Circus toured Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas, Pritchett was approached by Mrs Eva Speed Donohoo, who offered him job at her ranch "Shoestring" Plantation near Kerens, Texas. The conversation happemed to be in front of Black Diamond, eating his hay. Pritchett accepted and left the Al Barnes Circus and the elephant.

One and a half year later, when Al Barnes Circus came to Corsicana again, Pritchett went to visit the elephants, and even helped take him out of the boxcar.

Next day, during the town parade, Black Diamond spotted Pritchett and his employer Eva Donohoo, and went berserk, rammed a car, tossed Mr. Pritchett over a car breaking his arm, and threw Eva Donohoo to the ground and killed her. Donohoos tombstone in Oakwood Cemetery reads: "Eva Speed Donohoo, Nov. 18, 1877 - Oct. 12, 1929, Killed By Al G. Barnes circus elephant. "

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Koehl, Dan, (2024). elephant trainer Homer D. Pritchett in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2875. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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