[DOC] [TLE] Circuses & Fairs | Interesting Trivia | Page 5 | Entertainment [PAR] Forepaugh and Barnum were the leading circus owners of the 1870s and 1880s 
and each one tried to out do the other in presenting gaudy, flamboyant shows. ... 
Other accounts attribute the quote to David Hannum, another of P.T.'s competitors
. ... Barnum had paid $10,000 for Jumbo and also secured the services Matthew... [DOC] [TLE] Adam Forepaugh - Wikipedia [PAR] Adam John Forepaugh (February 28, 1831 - January 22, 1890) was an American 
entrepreneur, businessman, and circus owner. Forepaugh owned and operated 
a circus from 1865 through 1890 under ... Through the 1870s and into the 1880s, 
Forepaugh and P. T. Barnum had the two largest circuses in the nation. [DOC] [TLE] Topsy (elephant) - Wikipedia [PAR] Topsy (circa 1875  January 4, 1903) was a female Asian elephant put to death 
at a Coney ... Adam Forepaugh, owner of the Forepaugh Circus, had the 
elephant secretly smuggled into the ... The elephant trader who sold Topsy to 
Forepaugh also sold elephants to P.T. Barnum and tipped Barnum off about the 
deception. [DOC] [TLE] Circus Owner Adam Forepaugh - Circuses and Sideshows [PAR] Adam Forepaugh, owner of various circuses including Forepaugh's Circus, ... 
Through the 1870s and into the 1880s, Forepaugh and P. T. Barnum had the ... 
He had one child, Adam Forepaugh, Jr., an elephant trainer. ... leery of the "sinful" 
attractions of circus acts, yet still desirous to see the exotic animals in the 
menagerie. [DOC] [TLE] E Pluribus Barnum - American Studies @ The University of Virginia [PAR] ... 18101891. 2. Circus owners ... "from an ad for the Adam Forepaugh Circus 
titled To P. T.. Barnum ... those narratives to Barnum's circuses, and those of his 
rivals, has ... Among that show's main Asiatic features was a herd of elephants 
captured ... Museum, whose attractions in the 1840s included a New Zealand. [DOC] [TLE] The Circus in America: 1793 - 1940 [PAR] The merging of James A. Bailey and P.T. Barnum was a typical Barnum 
adventure. ... Barnum now wanted an attraction that would maintain a bigger and 
better image. ... Adam Forepaugh had first entered the circus business after 
receiving a share ... Recognizing the corruption of competing circuses, the 
brothers created a... [DOC] [TLE] An Abbreviated History of The Circus in America - Federation ... [PAR] Not unlike the circus' development in England, horse-riding exhibits had been ... 
He was a performing clown, circus owner, political ... launched P.T. Barnum's 
Great Traveling Exposition and World's Fair in 1872, ... made popular culture 
history; but his greatest circus attraction was indisputably Jumbo, an African 
elephant. [DOC] [TLE] Wisconsin, Incubator of the American Circus - JStor [PAR] *This article has grown out of an address made before the Beloit His- ... the 
Russell Bros. and Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey circuses, working as a ... 
warning to competitors and from then on this group were known as the "Flat- ... 
partner of P. T. Barnum. ..... they became the sole owners of Adam Forepaugh 
and Sells. [DOC] [TLE] Killing the Elephant: Murderous Beasts and the ... - Cambridge Core [PAR] Jul 3, 2012 ... former in the Adam Forepaugh Circus, she had killed three men, ... continued, 
and her new owners claimed they had no choice but to ... From the 1880s 
through .... Rituals in which animals were tried and executed for murderous .... In 
1883, however, the killing of a vicious elephant in P.T. Barnum's. [DOC] [TLE] Olympians of the Sawdust Circle, F - Circus Historical Society [PAR] Retired to New Orleans, constructed the Iron Building there, 1880s, seating some 
5,000. ... as an attraction for the agricultural fair of Port Hope, Canada, Signor 
Farini made his .... Leased the elephant, Little Bet, 1823, from Hackaliah Bailey 
and had .... Traveled 6 years with the likes of P. T. Barnum's, Adam Forepaugh's, 
Burr... [DOC] [TLE] Popcorn George - Evansville Wisconsin History [PAR] Robinson had encouraged him to sell popcorn

Question: In the 1880s, circus owner Adam Forepaugh tried to compete with P.T. Barnum, who had this elephant as an attraction
Answer: Jumbo