PERCHERONS GET CIRCUS WAGONS RAILROAD READY TRAIN LEAVES TODAY ON ITS CIRCUITOUS TRIP TO MILWAUKEE FOR THE GREAT CIRCUS PARADE.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN) From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: July 7, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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BARABOO -- Sturdy draft horses helped load 75 colorful, antique circus wagons on railroad flat cars at the Circus World Museum grounds Friday in preparation for a journey through southern and eastern Wisconsin.

It takes a team of four Percheron horses to load a wagon onto the Great Circus Train, said Circus World Museum spokeswoman Ann VanCamp in Baraboo.

"There are two that pull the wagon up onto the flat car. Then the ne...

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