Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Mighty Haag #3


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Posted by Buckles at 12/23/2008 06:07:00 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

In Emmett Kelly's book, CLOWN, he relates the story of the troupe giving Haag a trophy at the end of a season--obviously not this one, from the Shreveport C of C. Kelly (and Kelley) writes that the old man was so moved he dropped the trophy in the mud.

Kelly vividly recalled his days on that show, and allowed that if you hadn't trouped on an old-time mud-show, with elephant- and horse-drawn wagons over back-country dirt roads, like the Mighty Haag, you had never really trouped with a circus. Some may argue that their long jumps, rolling-stock break-downs, weigh station delays, and harassing inspectors are circus enough for anyone, but Kelly's point draws quite a picture of his day.

Roger Smith

23 December, 2008 17:32

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