To Jeff Swanson

Scan13283, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. Buckles, Perhaps I am just ignorant but what is a martingale and what is it used for? Thanks Jeff "A martingale is more commonly associated with horses. As you can see in the picture above, chains are run from the bands half way up his tusks to the girt strap encircling his chest just behind his forelegs, to prevent him from lashing out. My father mentioned that this was the only elephant he ever saw with flat knobs on his tusks, like a door knob." MIGHTY 1901-07 Forepaugh-Sells Bros. Circus 1908-18 Barnum & Bailey Circus 1919-22 Ringling-Barnum Circus 1923 Executed in Bridgeport Quarters