Sam Lockhart's Elephants
Sam Lockhart had tremendous success with his elephant acts. His most famous group were known as "The Three Graces": Wilhelmina and two younger elephants, Trilby and Haddie. Haddie (or Hattie) was also the nickname for his wife, Harriet Alice (who died In 1897). He also had two bull elephants called Romeo and Charley. His other famous elephants were Jock and Jenny, who were worked in front of Queen Victoria. He worked in the USA for the famous Ringling Circus from 1896 to 1901, as well as doing the Vaudeville circuit. His acts with Ringling were billed with phrases such as "Ringling Bro's marvelous acting Pachyderms", "Lockhart Elephant Comedians" and "Prof. Lockhart's funny, dancing, pantomimic, play-acting elephants".
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