J. E. Henry’s Big Show
Posted By thecircusblog on July 11, 2010
J.E. was no longer a “Wagon Mud Show.”A circus parade that was some what different. Grandfather wanted to look modern so he pulled all of the circus wagons with autos instead of horses. He was in his “hay-day” at this time. Most of the horses were trained and used in the show. Trained liberty horse acts were not used for pulling wagon or work. Those days were over.
It was confirmed by Judy Kay Jacobs that my grandfather had the first motorized circus. All the larger circuses traveled by train.
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