The "Wall of Death Lion" - Think mass entertainment is strange today? Try this from 1925

[leveymg]

[rug]

1. Don't forget the diving horses.

[leveymg]

2. Here's another shot of the racing car lady and her kitty

[rug]

3. That outweirds the diving horses.

I never even heard of sidecar lions.

[leveymg]

5. Found a wonderful photographer's site with a whole mess of weirdness

Check it out along with all the links (hot rod critters and NYC bikers and NY in decay in the 1970s): http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/the-wall-of-death-daredevils-lions-riders-fairs-oh-my/

[rug]

7. Outstanding! Bookmarked.

I got stuck in the language of legs but I still need to check out the NYC 70s links, my old stomping grouds. Thanks!

[leveymg]

4. And "Fearless Egbert" and his faithful sidecar lion. (Who's really being brave here?)

[Angry Dragon]

6. Remember watching a movie about diving horses about

20-25 years ago

Can not remember the name

[Motown_Johnny]

8. now if the lion was driving........

[Pab Sungenis]

9. Lion vs. Automobile.

Kind of puts "Bear vs. Shark" to shame.

[Enrique]

10. "lions have no historians"

"lions have no historians, and therefore wall of death lions are thrilling and satisfactory human reading..."

[KittyWampus]

11. I had no idea. This just made my entire WEEK! That 1st photo of the lion

Do you think on some level that lion enjoyed the speed and noise?

[leveymg]

12. Just think of Leo as a really big yellow Lab. Of course, he loves speed , noise and wind in his

whiskers!

[KittyWampus]

13. kick for Sidecar Lions

[Uncle Joe]

15. I believe the Lion enjoyed his stunt much more than the High Diving horse on post # 1 n/t

[Initech]

14. I wonder who was there to comment on that strange entertainment?

Professor Daniel Tosh's Fantastic Good Ol' Foodmagorium & Entertainment Programme Shoppe? :shrug:

[Radical Activist]

16. I can imagine the conversation.

"And sine you're already riding sideways on a wall...why not take a lion with you in the side car?"

[Orsino]

17. A lion is riding in a sidecar...

...rendering all my arguments invalid.