The Lion of Kintampo

The Clyde Vady Show! The world's greatest wild animal trainer Clyde Vady with an exciting adventure from his brilliant career. The circus means thrills excitement, snarling jungle beasts. The circus means fun for young folks and old, but under the big top you see only a part of the story.

The real drama comes behind the scenes, where 500 people live as one family. For Clyde Vady constantly risks death in the most dangerous act on earth. This master of the big cats has journey to Africa and India, hunting down his beast in their native jungle.

All of this is part of the Clyde Vadhi story. This is the adventure with the Lion of Kintampo. The port of Takarati lies sweltering in the equatorial sun of the gold coast of Africa. From the deep dark waters of this harbor once sailed the slave traders, their holds crammed with human cargo.

And yet, Takarati's legends do not all lie in the dim past. For this very port was the scene of one of the most thrilling adventures of Clyde Beatty. Takarati, will I ever forget it. I've drawn to the Gold Coast to bring back some lions and it met with real success.

There were five of the big cats, all created and ready to be transferred to shipboard. Five handsome specimens of the King of Beasts. But even among these five, one stood out. Yes, one was really a king among kings. The lion of King Tompo, as he was called by the native chief to new soldier to me, was the finest two and a half year old I'd ever seen.

From the moment I first laid eyes on him, I made up my mind that nothing must stop me from getting him safely to America. But little did I dream what lay in store for me and for the lion of King Tompo in the old port of Takarati.