Today is the birthday of Mabel Stark (Mary Haynie, 1889-1968). She was billed as the first lady tamer of big cats, and was certainly the first well known one. Originally a hospital nurse, she went to work for Al G. Barnes Circus in 1911, first as an equestrienne, then as a lion and tiger tamer […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:19AM on December 10, 2013