Herbert Taylor

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☨ Herbert Taylor
Profession	circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born	1872 Margate in United Kingdom
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	owner 1904-1922
Location	at Herbert Taylors elephants in United Kingdom

Title	elephant keeper 1888
Location	at Circus Sanger in United Kingdom

Biography details

Herbert "Captain Joe Taylor" Taylor , circus animal trainer in United Kingdom

Born 1872 in United Kingdom .

Affiliation with 4 elephants

1: Mustard II (owner from 1904 to 1905?) 2: Vinager (owner from 1904 to 1921?) 3: Salt (owner from 1904 to 1922) 4: Sauce (owner from 1904 to 1922)

Herbert Taylor, known as captain Joe Taylor, was born in Margate in 1872 and grew up at George Sangers Circus Sanger. In 1888 he started as elephant keeper for Sangers elephants, and became later head lion tamer for Georges brother John Sanger. In 1904 he bought "the cruet", Goerge Lockharts four elephants.

The fate of Vinegar and Mustard II is Unknown.

Salt and Saucy stayed with Taylor until 1922 when they were bought by John Broncho Bill Swallow.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). animal trainer Herbert "Captain Joe Taylor" Taylor in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2391. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

Jamie Clubb: Newly Discovered Salt & Sauce Postcard in Hastings

Selected publications

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