† Lucy is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1958-01-00 at Gran Circo Union, in Mexico, . Official death reason described as truck went over a cliff in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Lucy was born wild at Asia unspecified location.
George"Slim"Lewis's 1955 book elephant tramp has a whole chapter about lucy(chapter 5,Learning lessons from Lucy) Lucy had a long circus career which began with a two-car show entitled Campbell Bros. It was owned by Wm. P. (Low Grass) Campbell. She was sold to the Ketrow Circus in 1923 and was with it until she became Seils-Sterling property for the 1931 season. At the auction of that show in Milwaukee in September 1938 she became Louis Meitus property. The author was present when she, Billy Sunday, and additional animals and equipment from Meitus were delivered to Zoo-park, (ex-Selig Zoo) Los Angeles, in 1940. Lucy was at Goebel's in Thousand Oaks prior to the outbreak of World War II and was used by Jack Joyce through mid-July, 1944, when, after she killed attendant Gabe Tucker, she was sold. She became the property of Ben Davenport and was with his organization until 1955 when she was deposited with Gran Circo Union. She has been dead for a number of years. Chang Reynolds. Bandwagon, Vol. 13, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1969, pp. 10-19. Buckles Woodcocks alternative verson: 1918-19 Hall's Farm 1920-23 Campbell Bros. 2 Car Show 1924 J.H. Berry Independent Act 1925-30 Kay Bros. Circus (Wm. Ketrow) 1931-38 Seils-Sterling Circus 1939-41 Lincoln Park Zoo Los Angeles 1942 Jack Joyce Independent Act 1943-44 Clyde Beatty-Russell Brtos. Circus 1945-50 Dailey Bros. Circus 1951-56 Cappell Bros. Circus 1957-58 Gran Circo Union (Mexico) (Died in Jan. of 1958)
Lucy had a long circus career which began with a two-car show entitled Campbell Bros. It was owned by Wm. P. (Low Grass) Campbell. She was sold to the Ketrow Circus in 1923 and was with it until she became Seils-Sterling property for the 1931 season. At the auction of that show in Milwaukee in September 1938 she became Louis Meitus property. The author was present when she, Billy Sunday, and additional animals and equipment from Meitus were delivered to Zoo-park, (ex-Selig Zoo) Los Angeles, in 1940. Lucy was at Goebel's in Thousand Oaks prior to the outbreak of World War II and was used by Jack Joyce through mid-July, 1944, when, after she killed attendant Gabe Tucker, she was sold. She became the property of Ben Davenport and was with his organization until 1955 when she was deposited with Gran Circo Union. She has been dead for a number of years.
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