Frank Nash

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Frank Nash
Profession circus elephant trainer
Personal details
Country United States
Locations
Title elephant trainer 1857-1867
Location at Van Amburg Circus in United States
Biography details

Frank Nash , circus elephant trainer in United States

Born ? .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Tippoo Sahib (trainer from 1857 to 1867)

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 1859: elephant trainer Frank Nash attacked by Tippoo Sahib. struck at Nash while be was practicing the animal in the tent, there being no audience present. Frank Nash Survived.


Mr. Nash has had charge of Tippoo Saib for seven years. The second summer that he traveled with him, Tippoo rebelled for the first time. He struck at Nash while be was practicing the animal in the tent, there being no audience present. Nash made the brute lie down, chained his legs together so that he could not get up again, and then put the cold steel into him. Tippoo was obstinate, but so was Nash, and the animal, finding that he must either give up or be killed, finally "begged," and has been upon his good behavior ever since.



Nash decided to retire around 1867, and another handler took over. Tippo was accustomed to Nash and wanted no part of the new fellow. There’s an account of it taking three hours to subdue him through shackling his legs and stabbing him with pitchforks after he was approached by Nash’s replacement. That happened while he was quartered here. It’s rumored that Tippo later killed this trainer, as well as at least one other man. Frank Nash came out of retirement and resumed his job as Tippo’s handler.



Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant trainer Frank Nash in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3395. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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