Buckles Blog: 1938 Cole Bros. Program #7

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

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andy bell said...: Hi Buckles,
I love your blog and check it almost every day. I had to squint to read it, but do I see that one of the tigers listed in this program is named "Nigger"? Wow - I know times have changed bu that was a surprise...
-andy; 25 March, 2011 18:00
Roger Smith said...: Mabel Stark had a black jaguar named Nigger, who refused his seat for 23 minutes in the Garden. Her persistence in seating him and finishing the act at first angered John Ringling, but when she brought the house down, he knew the little blonde was powerful as a star trainer.

This is the first time I've known of a Beatty animal so named.; 26 March, 2011 04:14
Ole Whitey said...: I think this tiger was actually named Sleika. She was one of the two killed at the 1951 Detroit date by lion Prince after a very long career.; 26 March, 2011 11:14

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