Today is the birthday of the great lion tamer and circus impresario Clyde Beatty (1903-1965). Beatty wasn’t the first in his line to use a whip and chair, but he was to become the performer most closely associated with those classic accoutrements. From the time he was a teenager he worked with all manner of […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:29AM on June 10, 2013