Patrick Meager

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☨ Patrick Meager
Profession	circus superintendent
Personal details
Born
Dead	1899-12-20 Columbus, Ohio, winterquarters ("Sellsville") in United States
Country	United States

Locations
Title	elephant superintendent 1897-1900
Location	at Forepaugh-Sells Show in United States

Title	menagerie superintendent 1895-1896
Location	at Great Wallace Brothers in United States

Title	menagerie superintendent 1892-1894
Location	at Cook and Whitby Shows (Ben Wallace) in United States

Title	elephant keeper 1889-1892
Location	at Adam Forepaugh Circus in United States

Biography details

Patrick "4-Paw Patsy" Meager , circus superintendent in United States

dead 1899-12-20 in United States .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Sid (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

1899-12-20: superintendent Patrick Meager fatal attack by Sid. One account describes how Sid "hurled the trainer to the ground with his Trunk. The elephant then fell on his victim, pierced Meaghers body with one of his Tusks, on which was a brass ball six inches in diameter Patrick "4-Paw Patsy" Meager † Patrick Meager Died 1899-12-20, Columbus, Ohio, winterquarters ("Sellsville").

1899: Claims that the big male "Sid" killed Elephant Supt. Patrick Meager 1900 in Madison Sq. Garden, seems to be false, see below.

Records about Patrick Meager from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog at http://www.bucklesw.blogspot.com/
M.J. Meagher, best known as Patsy Forepaugh, was killed at the Columbus, Ohio, winterquarters ("Sellsville"), on Dec 20, 1899, per several newspaper accounts, and not in MSG. One account describes how Sid "hurled the trainer to the ground with his Trunk. The elephant then fell on his victim, pierced Meaghers body with one of his Tusks, on which was a brass ball six inches in diameter." That ball can be seen in this photo.
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). superintendent Patrick "4-Paw Patsy" Meager in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=117. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/04/forepaugh-sells-c1900-10.html

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