Sunday, June 10, 2012

From Roger Smith #1

CLYDE BEATTY'S 109TH BIRTHDAY
Born: Wednesday, June 10, 1903

Frontispiece portrait for his first book, THE BIG CAGE,
written with Edward Anthony, 1933

Posted by Buckles at 6/10/2012 05:56:00 AM

3 comments:

Harry Kingston said...

Roger and Buckles,
What a great way to start off a Sunday morning.
Many thanks to you two for remembering.
Harry in Texas

10 June, 2012 07:56
Eric said...

As a result of listening to the Clyde Beatty radio show when I was 5, he was my first hero.

10 June, 2012 11:39
Roger Smith said...

He signed this photo to "Lizzie", who is Elizabeth Rebecca Hanneford. She married Ernest Clarke, who with his brother Charles formed the Flying Clarkonians, the first act to consistently catch the triple. She was alternately called Becca, or by her grandchildren, Baba. She was the mother of Laura Elizabeth Clarke, forever called Ernestine, or Ernie, who married Parley Baer.

The Clarkonians, importantly, were strictly a two-act--just Ernest flying, and Charles catching, with no one up there to drop bars.

10 June, 2012 23:55

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