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I think the thing is though, is back in Beatty's time, tigers were harder to come by, there were far more lions around.  So getting some big ones wasn't that hard.   But I think its important to understand also that the tigers back then weren't mixed like they are now as much.  His Bengals were straight Bengals, the Siberians were more pure bred, unlike now where there has been so many circus tigers used and bred for decades almost every captive tiger has Siberian mixed into them.  Early on Beatty wanted to increase the numbers, if he didn't have enough tigers he'd just throw in more lions and more lioness's to fill up the arena.  But pics later after the early 30s show a smaller more balanced act f about a dozen cats each.

So I think a purely bred Bengal in Beatty's time, not gorged doesn't always look so huge or thickly built.  The Siberians as he said were bigger, I recall a particular one named Theba that he mentioned early on.  There are also quite a few pics of Beatty with lions that look typically short and not that big compared to his size.

From what Ive seen other people post on this that have looked into it, Beatty seemed to use untamed cats, he also got many from the wild as well, his whole act was could he survive this many cats situated in one ring, that was the drawing point for the ticket sales.  The fans actually came to see if he might get hurt or die, handling untamed lions and tigers mixed of course makes it that much more dangerous.  Early on Beatty wanted to increase the numbers, if he didn't have enough tigers he'd just throw in more lions and more lioness's to fill the ring, that's why some pics show mostly lions, it just depended whether at that time he had any tigers around. 


Here's some more pics of Beatty's tigers in his acts.



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There's about 9 tigers in this shot, 6 lions.


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3 tigers two lions.


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It also depends on what side of the ring the shot is taken from, the two dark cats in silhouette in the foreground are sizeable tigers.

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Beatty would often let in first 3 tigers to take the high seats, then the lions all together, and later the rest of the tigers.  It appears in this photo, the picture is taken in the beginning of the act before the remaining tigers are let in. 



“In 1929. He followed the usual practice of letting in three tigers to take the high pedestals, and 20 lion:- and lionesses followed before he himself entered the safety gate. This period, he savs, although not realized the audience, is the high point of his- act. The animals mill around in the arena and Beatty’s job as he enters with whip, chair and revolver to take in.stan*, command and seat the animals. After he has - formed the living pyramid, he lets in the rest of the tigers.”

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The acts also can vary a lot, the 3 tigers are again seated on the high pedestals, the lions would be let in later, but in this particular show there is far more tigers.


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