CLYDE BEATTY'S CIRCUS FIGHTING ACT w/ BENGAL TIGERS, LIONS & BIG CATS 62824

Presented by Castle Films as part of the company's "Adventure Parade", "Clyde Beatty's Animal Thrills" show Clyde Beatty's Circus in South Florida. This tourist attraction opened in 1939 when animal trainer and circus manager Clyde Beatty bought out the McKillop-Hutton Lion Farm, which had opened in 1936 in a former rock quarry and served as a breeding farm for zoos and circuses rather than as a public tourist attraction. It was located in Fort Lauderdale at Northeast 10th Street near Federal Highway. Beatty turned it into a winter home for his circus and a tourist attraction, Clyde Beatty's Jungle Zoo, and opened in December of 1939. Beatty's zoo operated until 1945, a victim of tightening zoning regulations brought on by complaints from the neighbors as city development began to overtake the site. Beatty took the show back on the road.
Clyde Beatty (June 10, 1903 - July 19, 1965) joined the circus as a cage cleaner as a teen and became famous as a lion tamer and animal trainer. He also became a circus impresario who owned his own show, which later merged with the Cole Bros. Circus to form the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus.
Scenes include trained elephants performing in front of a packed crowd (1:00) -- the female performer is likely Beatty's wife Harriet Evans who worked as an aerliest -- scenes of baby and young lions in training (2:00), as well as a full on big cat show in a cage. At 2:23 a Bengal tiger is shown, one of many at the zoo. At 2:36 Clyde Beatty is seen walking into the cage with a chair and a revolver, and a whip. At 5:30, a famous trick with a Bengal tiger is shown, with the cat rolling over and growling -- a trick that took 3 years for Beatty to master. The show ends with lions and tigers "striking a pose".
Beatty was very famous for his "fighting act" as shown in the film, in which he entered a cage with wild animals with a whip and a pistol strapped to his side. The act was designed to showcase his courage and mastery of wild beasts, including lions, tigers, cougars, and hyenas, sometimes brought together all at once in a single cage in a potentially lethal combination. At the height of his fame, the act featured as many as 40 lions and tigers of both sexes, and Beatty had his own rail car in the 35-car circus train.
There have been suggestions that Beatty was the first lion tamer to use a chair in his act, but in an autobiographical book he disclaimed credit for this practice: "It was in use when I was a cage boy and had been used long before."
Clyde Beatty's zoo did have a second act. Around 1958 Beatty's circus entered a deal to bring their winter quarters to Deleon Springs, and possibly to buy the attraction, which was then operated as a privately owned business. That deal appears to have fallen through, however. Then, in early 1960, Beatty leased, with an option to buy, Aquafair, a small tourist attraction located off US 1 and 185th Street in North Miami. Aquafair was owned by George A. Hamid, himself a circus impresario and owner of the Atlantic City Steel Pier, where Beatty had appeared years before with his animal act.
Beatty renovated and reopened Aquafair, once again using the familiar name Clyde Beatty's Jungleland, for the 1960 season. It was not particularly successful, however, and Beatty sold out after just one year. Beatty continued to perform his circus act until he was struck down, not by a jungle cat, but by cancer in the mid 1960's. He died on July 19, 1965.
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[@SalmanZafar_Google]

Cylde Beatty is a legend. Although he first believed that the Tigers had an advantage over the Lions, he was eventually compelled to change his mind and declared that his first love was a Tiger, but the truth is that Lions are superior to Tigers, and Lions can beat Tigers 9 out of 10 times. Clyde Beatty is the authority, and his thoughts and experience are more valuable than anybody else's because he has spent his entire life teaching these enormous animals and his views are difficult to dismiss.

[@jasonwiggins]

Is that why he didn't take Mabel (who had more experience than Clyde), up her offer to put up his best Lion against her best Tiger? Clyde is only one of countless experts, and he stated that Lions always ganged up on a Tiger. The majority side with the Tiger.

[@counterstrike89]

@@jasonwiggins Because at the time that Mabel made that bet, Clyde actually agreed with her, he favored the tiger slightly back then, he just said that tigers were afraid of lions, that's what caused Mabel to get upset. But later, Mabel's tiger lost to the lion in the movie King of the Jungle. And after that, Terrell Jacobs took most of her tigers, mixed them with his lions, and Terrell said the lion almost always won.

[@jasonwiggins]

@@counterstrike89 No. Lol!! Watch her interview and stop getting your information from Fanboy forums. Clyde said a Lion could whip a Tiger specifically. That's what she responded to. That's a fact in her own words. Keep believing fanboy forums. There are over 20 articles of Mountain Lions killing Grizzlies on those forms. Do you believe those too? Lol!!!

[@marshallwayne-uf4pq]

@@jasonwigginsyou’re the fanboy in here, Mabel Starks admitted she hate lions and she even published it on her books,.

[@jasonwiggins]

@@marshallwayne-uf4pq You should work on your grammar. Mabel had her own opinions just like Clyde. She actually had more experience. Regardless, it's the Lion Fanboy's who use Clyde, but discredit others like Mabel. It's extremely telling, hilarious, and it's what you are doing. Mabel's opinion has just as much weight as Clyde, but Fanboy's like you don't agree. You make excuses for the opposing side, and give credit for the side you agree with. It's the epitome of hypocrisy, and proves a biased mindset.

[@martytdd1606]

Some dude doing lion and tiger sound effects with his voice

[@bbadam19]

Lions do win most fights.. Most videos here on youtube is a tiger submitting to a tiger

[@bbadam19]

@LeopardOwnsLioness s What? Most the fights here go to Lions yeah i know they lost some that's why i said "most" and submission is pretty much defeat meaning he don't wanna fight lol

[@bbadam19]

@LeopardOwnsLioness s This Lion had messed up legs and the Tiger still didn't want it lmao kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJCpqZSAo5qcfbM

[@bbadam19]

@LeopardOwnsLioness s Tigress? What about where two Lioness killed a male Tiger lol you I've never seen two Lioness kill a Lion and they're around each other all the time or fighting or prides

[@bbadam19]

@LeopardOwnsLioness s If they really wanted to kill a leopard they would that's why a leopard runs cus it has no chance.. And please send me a link to a Lioness killing a Lion cus I've never seen it just males killing males

[@bbadam19]

@LeopardOwnsLioness s juvenile? No adult tiger kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH7OqKConbGGpMU

[@matadiamant8840]

Clyde Beatty said lions win 9/10 with tigers

[@Raul87549]

dats bcause he had small tigers and too big lions just like all the circus trainers, who repeatedly capture and train sumatran, indo chinese or south chinese tigers which r relatively smaller in size compared to bengal or siberians n there is a reason behind this, bengals n siberians r actually quite difficult 2 trains as compared to the smaller ones. All this comes frm an expert who has gr8 knowledge abt both these amazing cats

[@matadiamant8840]

raul Clyde Beatty was the most famous animal trainer in the world who raised more than 2000 cats tigers lions leopards and he said lions win 8/10 so keep saying bullshit

[@matadiamant8840]

Super Saiyan It seems you are the fraud not him. Stop making excuses for tigers.

[@supersaiyan1866]

@@matadiamant8840 Here's Clyde Beattys own big cage fight video, where a SMALL tiger whoops, owns and nearly kills his big male lion! Beatty had to spray the tiger with ammonia on the face, to save the helpless lions life! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4u5YYmLZsSWfKc The tiger was gonna destroy that lion, if it wasn't for those people saving the lions life. This gif clearly shows how the tiger has control of the fight, and then easily over-powers and pins down the lion, like nothing! mblogthumb-phinf.pstatic.net/MjAxODA0MDdfMjQz/MDAxNTIzMTEyOTcxNDIy.V-FROxSnxI3Q9rXqV6Lud0_9xW7tfZ-Zeje9EgcqKBYg.Emqtj3auXuFzDlTetsx2h5ms0acGNB8bdyW-BaGdKEsg.GIF.nofake119/%ED%98%B8%EC%82%AC%EB%B9%85%EC%BC%80%EC%9D%B4%EC%A7%80.gif?type=w2 The lion was DOOMED at the end of the fight, and had to be saved from the tigers death-grip. qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-4fe98bfc93c8e52e2a5b0e9977de563f Beatty was deliberately throwing ammonia on the tiger, so it wouldn't slaughter his precious lion, simple!

[@Paul-nr6nm]

@@supersaiyan1866 WAQAR KAHN.

[@gay_hatr5172]

So it seems true that Beatty's lions were actually bigger than his tigers.

[@Paul-nr6nm]

Beatty chooses the specimens in his act.

[@counterstrike89]

They're not bigger, its the same, the lions aren't actually that big, look closely.

[@Paul-nr6nm]

@@counterstrike89 Yep, the lions are actually significantly bigger. 7:38 6:56

[@counterstrike89]

@@Paul-nr6nm Then how come three lionesses enter the cage right here? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4KnpGCIpNqJeJo

[@matadiamant8840]

Tigers rule Yes it’s true lions are taller

[@ginchan6997]

The tigers jumps higher and are more athletic

[@genshin5288]

I love tigers.

[@khaledalanzey5105]

Lions are king of beast

[@pokemonitishere202]

@@khaledalanzey5105 Lions are king of feasts😂🤣

[@khaledalanzey5105]

@@pokemonitishere202 lions are kings of beasts and killers they are the best apex hunters

[@Wahid910]

🔥🦁🔥🤜🐓🐯🐓😁🏳️‍🌈

[@mrmuscle007]

Can someone tell me where are the descendants of Beatty's cats?

[@totenkopf999]

Bwana Clyde Batty.

[@tigris115]

Why are you guys so obsessed with this lion vs. tiger rivalry?

[@tigris115]

@@bm_wuratli6883 idk it was just muh vibe

[@slimmy478-6]

World : Clyede beatty was a big cat trainer and expert. *Le Tiger fanatic : no!!!! He is a liarr!!!!!! Tiger is tRue kiNg!!!! HE izH only a business man promoting lions uuuhh yuuuu!!!!

[@RobloxTroller609]

this too cylde beatty is a liar kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKnXi5uCZ7F3aaM

[@Waccoustics]

Imm looking for Beatty on Ed Sullivan Show. things got out of control. or so they say

[@tharifahamed5159]

Tiger has more acts

[@gwanzchannel171]

In this vid it seems that lions are much bigger than the tigers..may be this tigers are female

[@HaiderAli-ot2gg]

Because the lions mane makes it look much bigger than it really is. Thats how it is in the wild too.

[@tyrafamily6702]

Poor elephants being beaten like that.

[@robertferguson5562]

😂

[@ayushv3603]

If all lion tiger subspecies were comparable in size then Sumatran tiger would have been much stronger than any other of those

[@genshin5288]

No man, siberian and bengal are the strongest. There was an incident in which a bengal tiger fought and killed a barbary lion. The fight was organised by gaekwad of baroda.

[@Ice-emo-yt]

kwon kicker yeah but most of the time a lion would win. According to Clyde the best trainer and he has had over 50 tigers killed by lions...

[@genshin5288]

@@Ice-emo-yt according to Craig Parker, out of 100 fights, tiger won everytime. And don't forget Nina Saheb, king of Oude's tiger which killed 31 lion. Clyde Beatty was a lion lover and hardly ever organised a one on one fights. Most were in gangs and tiger's suck in gangs. Last of his fights were one on one and tiger killed his 3 lions. He even used drugs to make the lion win.

[@prasunhalder7875]

@@Ice-emo-yt the tigers he used in various films were apparently smaller compared to lions. Most of them were tigress.

[@bbadam19]

Lions win most fights in general and when caged together a Lion will eat first those are facts.. Most fights here on youtube go to Lions the tiger is more submissive

[@zdenekburian-bc9hm]

We all knows,that lions they were bettere than tigers, Clyde Beatty somwhere said that lions won 8 out of 10 matches against bengal tigers,why would he lie?

[@user-rh2gr8nz5h]

Что за тигрята

[@unclaimedstorage]

5:26 lol so this is the first time that click bait line was uttered.

[@laurennannee9439]

Humans = the true animals & or monsters

[@User-rg9vs]

For those who think the Tigers were smaller and they were males that’s false As you can see there’s no testicles there Tigresses that weighed 200+LBS while his Lions were 400+-500+LBS so of course the Lions have every single advantage he never had Adult Male Bengals and the smallest one Is his Indochinese that weights 198LBS

[@patriciaparsons2655]

So sad. Animal Cruelty. Poke, hit them with a whip, chair. keep in small cages for the go back and forth. Lady poking the elephant, soo sad. Take the the chair, whip and the poking away, then see how brave these humans are.

[@whitewolf8548]

The whip is never ment to strike any animal or human as it causes a serious laceration I've practiced for many yrs the art of cracking it is used to get the animals attention as loud sounds create the distraction the chair is used to keep the lions and tigers focused on it rather then him not saying mistakes are made but I don't think Clyde every intended to hurt any of his cats

[@gregsgrazina2286]

Also had sumatran tigers and even sumatran gave lions way heavier a run even being outnumbered in Betty business and acts. In wich he admits is for design to make the lion look the victor...Some People should read instead of pickinquotes from internet🤦The man said a group of lions attacked one male tiger and they lived to regret it .Says that that one tiger in one video was killed after they shot him with ammonia that the animal was harmed by that , cuz that tiger was about to kill the lion wich is Bettys favourite and all betty stories tell the truth of what was really happening ...

[@aloirnunes215]

😂😂😂

[@aloirnunes215]

😂😂😂

[@gregsgrazina2286]

​@@aloirnunes215Tell me you're dumb and biased without telling me😂You belive stories you hear since you're child i understand you man😂🤦One on one a bengal or siberian will invariably win...Said by majority of animal experts and biologists so you i guess you have to be pretty dumb to belive a business man that loved lions and bluntly says in its books it was by design and having for example 20 lions amd only 5 tigers 😂You have to be really a biased delusional fan boy who cant separate their liking from reality🤦Even Betty said the same size and age would be foolish to bet against a tiger🤣

[@bobzter434]

Sorry but no; no need to google it - he died of cancer instead. After a career of torturin,.. training cats to jump over stuff because the floor was burning hot

[@gregsgrazina2286]

Some People really should read the books and not pick quotes...The reality you cant admit is absurd mental....Someone said once...It's easier to fool People than convince them they have been fooled🤣🤦The guy prefered lions all his lions were in number advantage all the time , admits loves lion cuz it's easier to tame ,admits a tiger the same size would be foolish to bet against...Had majority of females only a few sub adults bengal ..Admits tigers are better fighters and have more genuine fury...That has tigers that outfought every lion he had...Basically admits his fights are by design and certain set ups for the lion to win ...He also had a major number of lions and lioness to keep order since lions have an hiearchy, the books say all this🤦🤣🤷

[@idlewild073]

Clyde shouldn't of been around big cats he was a Hitler of all trainers so many fatalities so many deaths more than all trainers in history

[@aristotels_aristotals]

He probably worked with more animals than everyone else together.

[@counterstrike89]

He loved his tigers and lions equally, and his favorite cat was stated to be a tiger. He tried to save the tigers and model the act to protect them. Early on, he was trying to break the records, and the public wanted him to do the most daring and dangerous act he could, which he succeeded in doing. His life was in danger, not just the cats.

[@aristotels_aristotals]

@@counterstrike89 Yes. Once he was in the hospital for fourteen weeks.

[@counterstrike89]

@@aristotels_aristotals Yeah, and when he comes out of the hospital after almost dying, he has no ill will toward the cat that almost killed him. He'll still use it in the act. How many trainers today or in the past were using actual wild untamed cats, very few?

[@Paul-nr6nm]

Counter Strike Beatty put lions on pedestals behind tigers, he never changed the act to prevent the death of animals and after dozens of dead tigresses he found no reason to take them out. His favorite cat was also a lion.

[@Cesar_Ale7]

En el circo the big cage, los leones mataron a más de 50 tigres, de mayor tamaño 🦁👑

[@mrmuscle007]

World: Clyde Beatty is the greatest wild animal trainer ever Tiger fanatics: No he was a Fraud and a Liar

[@RobloxTroller609]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5WtfWaqjNKMlaM

[@RobloxTroller609]

clyde beatty biased maybel stark even challenges him and said that ill give u 1000 cash if ur lion wins against my full grown tigers and he declined it why would he decline it if he says lion wins most out of the time

[@mrmuscle007]

@@RobloxTroller609 any source??

[@liamliamgo5199]

@@RobloxTroller609 where are fake source ?? hahaha.. you cant admit lion is stronger

[@CassBlast5]

Well this didn’t age well

[@lss8020]

he was a faker

[@Ice-emo-yt]

Haha tiger fan. Low iq individuals it’s a waste of time.

[@rogersmith4834]

Whoever the hell you are, you're an ignorant liar. I worked for Beatty in '64, running his tunnel door, letting the cats in and out for the act. Nothing of either he nor his animals could be faked with two 20-minute performances per day. Nothing was faked when he was the only man to twice assemble mixed lion-and-tiger acts of more than 40 cats, and nothing can diminish his history.

[@counterstrike89]

@@rogersmith4834 Thank you for saying this, it is upsetting these fanboys try to tarnish someone's legacy when they've never stepped in the ring with a lion or tiger. Since you worked for Beatty, could you please set the record straight and debunk some of these myths going around. Tiger fans think he didn't like tigers, or he liked lions more, I know he thought lions were tougher fighters, but I've never seen him say anything about not liking tigers, it seemed to me he liked both cats equally, and simply was trying to put on a great performance mixing them. Maybe you could elaborate a little on this.

[@New525]

@@rogersmith4834 Do you happen to know anything about his methods of training?

[@douglasdaniels1521]

@@rogersmith4834 Please come back with more details. You must be in your 80's now to have worked for Beatty way back in '64.