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elephant superintendent 1898-1902
Location
at
Barnum and Baileys circus European tour
in
United States
Title
elephant superintendent 1886-1887
Location
at
Barnum & Bailey Circus
in
United States
Title
assistant elephant superintendent 1882-1885
Location
at
Barnum & Bailey Circus
in
United States
Title
elephant keeper 1880-1882
Location
at
Barnum and London Circus
in
United States
Title
elephant keeper 1877-1880
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at
P.T. Barnums new & Greatest Show on Earth
in
United States
Biography details
William Newman , circus elephant trainer in
United States
.
Records about William Newman from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at
http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Newman worked as a hand in the P.T. Barnum elephant department 1877 thru 1880 and was Arstingstall\'s assistant during the Jumbo years.
He took over the Barnum & London
Herd
in 1886 after Jumbo\'s death and was in charge off and on, throughout the Barnum & Bailey European tour 1898 thru 1902.
William "Buckles" Woodcock
Records about William Newman from Bob Cline
1895
Gypsy
was taken to England with Modoc by William Newman when getting baby elephants
Bob Cline
, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
Records about William Newman from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at
http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
He first appears in the "P.T. Barnum's New and Greatest Show on Earth" Route Book in 1877:
Page 6- Felix MacDonald, Supt. of Menagerie and elephants
Wm. Newman and Chas. Schule...Elephant Drivers
No further record after the European Tour.
William "Buckles" Woodcock
Records about William Newman from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at
http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
A rough kitchen chair, which when the circus opens, will have been transformed into a gorgeous throne, is secured without straps on Tip's
Tusks
. Newman mounts it and the huge elephant walks around the ring bearing his trainer up aloft. Tip seems to take deep interest in the trick.
William "Buckles" Woodcock
Records about William Newman from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at
http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
Barnum & Bailey Europe tour, Berlin, 1900. Center ring act being presented by William "Elephant Bill" Newman.
Tusker
is Fritz
William "Buckles" Woodcock
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References
Koehl, Dan, (2024).
elephant trainer
William Newman in
United States
. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 1 September 2024 at
https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1500
. (
archived
at the
Wayback machine
)
Sources used for this article is among others:
Bob Cline
, Cheraw, South Carolina, United States. Autor of the book Americas elephants
https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2006/07/william-newman-1.html
https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/01/barnum-bailey-in-europe-6_03.html
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