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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Vintage Gainesville Community Circus
If the colors are accurate on this linen post card, the white leg markings indicate this act was 3 chestnuts and 3 grey's. Does anyone know who's act is was and who is presenting it in this photo?
This is local horseman at the time, Vern Brewer. Not circus but he did a good job training this liberty act for Gainsville. Later years he would become on e of the top breeders of miniature horses in the country. A protogee in the Gainsville years was Portis Simms. Brewer would marry ex-wife of Harold Ward, Bette and they would be lifelong gainsville citizens. johnny
This is local horseman at the time, Vern Brewer. Not circus but he did a good job training this liberty act for Gainsville. Later years he would become on e of the top breeders of miniature horses in the country. A protogee in the Gainsville years was Portis Simms. Brewer would marry ex-wife of Harold Ward, Bette and they would be lifelong gainsville citizens. johnny
ReplyDeleteJohn Milton Tang,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the information. I am familiar with the Brewer breeding program and had no idea that Vern had "circus roots."
Wade