LION vs TIGER FIGHT: Clyde Beatty Argument

In any debate about a Lion vs Tiger fight, someone will bring as arguments the opinions of famous animal trainers such as Clyde Beatty. But what did this man really think about this confrontation? Watch this video to find out!
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Clyde Beatty Bibliography:
Book 1: 1933 - The Big Cage (co-author Edward Anthony)
Book 2: 1941 - Jungle Performers (co-author Earl Wilson)
Book 3: 1965 - Facing The Big Cats: My World of Lions and Tigers (co-author Edward Anthony)
Clyde Beatty Quotes:
-“In size, the lion usually has a slight advantage. But the tiger frequently possesses more genuine fury. Yet the lion has its mane, ...Lion has shown himself somewhat superior to the tiger in fighting, yet it would be not safe to say that the lion can always whip the tiger... ...sometimes the tiger holds off three or four lions and leaves the cage unharmed.” - Book 2
About tiger superior intelligence:
-“The most shrewdly calculated escape that I can recall was carried out by Big Ross, the brainiest tiger I’ve ever handled. What this animal succeeded in doing called for a careful study of the prospects, the decision that it was possible to break loose and the cleverest kind of planning for each and every step involved. ...It was an astonishing feat and Big Ross had figured it out perfectly.” - Book 3
-“I ‘seat-broke’ Rajah (a tiger) faster than any other animal I ever trained. He seemed to know immediately what I wanted him to do” - Book 3
Evidence that in Clyde Beatty's arena, tigers were often overwhelmed by lions:
-“Lions love to fight in gangs. Tigers, on the other hand, are individualistic.” - Book 3
-“Soon I had a free-for-all in the arena involving every one of my lions and two tigers (one was a tigress who was fighting several lions and managed to badly rip the shoulder of a lion)” - Book 1
-“This meant that twenty lions were fighting nine tigers” - Book 1
-“At one time it looked as if ten lions were battling Chester (Sumatran)” - Book 1
-“Meanwhile, the other tigers jumped to the floor, to leave the arena. The lions, ever eager to gang up and start a fight, were after them.” - Book 1
-"Before I enter the arena, I send in twenty lions and five tigers. Only during this brief interval, when the animals are milling about the floor, is it possible for a beast to establish himself as the big chief; and because of the preponderance of lions it is natural that a member of this species should emerge as the ruling power.” - Book 1
-“The scraps that take place in captivity do not furnish an accurate gauge. For they are usually characterized by circumstances that give one side or the other the advantage – this advantage generally being on the side of the lions, owing to their incurable tendency to gang up against any foe.” - Book 1
-“I could cite many instances of a single tiger fighting off a group of lions. In fact my Sumatra tiger Chester fought off seven lions” - Book 1
-“I’ll have to admit that it is seldom a tiger can hold his own very long in a struggle with several lions that have ganged up, but I have seen it happen often enough” - Book 1
-“Rogue (tiger) seemed undaunted by the arrival of his third adversary. He was lashing out in all directions so fast that it was difficult for the eye to follow the lightning-like movements of his paws” - Book 1
-“The tiger is normally at his best when fighting one other animal; and usually that one other animal is doomed.” - Book 1
-”As powerful as Duke (male lion) is, I would back Rosie (tigress) in a fight with him if she had two good eyes, but she was no match for the lion in her handicapped state” - Book 1
-”At one time it looked as if ten lions were battling Chester (sumatran tiger)” and yet, Chester “emerged with no serious injury” - Book 1
-”Soon I had a free-for-all in the arena involving every one of my lions and two tigers (one was a tigress who was fighting several lions and managed to badly rip the shoulder of a lion)” - Book 1
-”Sudan (tiger) was a real fighter and could have held his own against either Prince or Caesar (two of the four ‘brother’ lions dominating the arena).” Soon afterwards Sudan had to fight at least six lions at once.
Therefore, Clyde Beatty admits countless times that in his arena the tigers were always numerically inferior and, nevertheless, they often managed to successfully face the lions. In addition, we have already proven that Clyde Beatty owned some of the largest lions in the US, while his tigers were smaller, and had more females than males. And if we take into account that these testimonies come from a man who prefers lions, the only rational conclusion is that, in fact, tigers are superior to lions in battle. QED
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Clyde Beatty photo Source: https://www.floridamemory.com/items/s...
Clyde Beatty in the Big Cage at his Jungle Zoo in Ft. Lauderdale
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