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Lion trainer Dave Hoover backs new beat at Newburgh show
The Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers circus featured 38 year old lion trainer Dave Hoover in Newburgh with two tigers and four lions. He recounted starting from childhood in Middletown Ohio and his rise after joining Beatty in 1963, including injuries from bites and clawings and his use of psychological tools like blanks and a chair to control the cats.
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