The sun., 1895-05-10
STUDENT FUN AT A SHOW.
A WILD WEST COMBINATION DE-
MORALIzED By RUTGERS MEN.

The Orator Called Apnnins and reited-
Steers Break Loose-Screnms OF Women
Add 60 the Alnrm-A Preliminary Episode
In Which Princeton Men Take Part.
Tho Wyoming Wild West Show is tho name
Of n company of rough riders which has been
showing Of late in New Jersey towns. II is said
to have been followed of late by gang of men
with various bunco games. On Tuesday after
noon and evening the show gave performances
in Princeton. On Wednesday It's tents were
pitched on schneider's grounds in Highland
Park. n suburb OF New Brunswick. but across
the Rarltan River from 1t.
Four Princeton students, with Frederick Hof
fenhoff the butler of one of the Princeton clubs,
and colored Princeton mascot, Tom Bergen,
and Toms wife, landed in New Brunswick n
little after O'Clock on Wednesday morning.
Tho students sought Detectives Oliver aud
Housell and told them the following story:
While tho show was In Princeton Hoffenhof
and Bergen attended It, That which fascinated
them most was certain game with shells.
which some nice young men In side show sug-
gested that they play. All that was necessary
to do was to bet whatever they liked that they
could guess under which of two shells q little
rubber ball would be found, after one of
the nice young men had shifted the
shells. This appeared Just like finding money.
They guessed and guessed and then guessed
some more, but somehow the ball was always
underneath the other shell. They didn't stop
guessing until Horenhofr had guessed away
S52 and Bergen S22. The students hadn't
guessed once, they said. They didn't want.
however. to see their butler or their mascot
feeced out OF hard-earned money. and 80 they
had come to New Brunswick with them to see
what could be done about II.
Detective Housell told them that he couldn't
do anything without warrant. So back to
Princeton one OF the students went, got u war
t. s New Brunswick With tRe be- warrant. IRA % the stu
dents, the butler. and the mascot; Detective
as the party reached the show. grounds Bergen
identified . man as the one who had done the
he called his WIFE WIFE, who % was With him i in Prince
ton when he tried his luck at guessing. to
Identity the man Mrs T.. Bergen stepped rishtpp
sharper. Then Tom and his wife had an areu-
ment, but neither could conyinco the other. SO
there wus nothing for the detective to DO but
Bersen's experience so scared HoffenhoG that
students coaxed and threatened him. but the
butler couldn't be moved, and the entire Prince
back @ to New BrnnsWicE % 'n 'ne 0'''''e' "'n'
They attended the show in the evening Then
door OF sde.show tent as one OF the shell
shifters. The detective made dive for him.
appeared through an opening in the back Of tho
tent and got away
But there were other people at the evening
performance besides the Princeton students,
their butler, and their mascot. For instance.
there were about fifty Rutgers students. They
weren't there to guess what was under shells:
the worth g! then money. That there is still
the fault of the fifty from Rutgers.
When they entered tho tent they gave the
Comanche Indians who travel with the show.
The young men had been seated but q few mo-
ments when the rnRmaster announced:
buck TayOr. the greatest living scout. will
:, hey. there, Anantas" shouted a student;
WIN BSfalo HIe Bp 81 "na'S the matter
The students thought Col. Cody was oil right
Then Buck Taylor appeared and the ringmas-
ter began:
He got no further. for, whisk lemon went
whizzing through the air and stopped the next
e wipe soms S
was purling down his chin: when:
podea his feet The Met S forgot
the lemon Juice forgot Buck Taylor forgot
wei Went ap. When he came down a b big torpedo
wss wsieome &c @ into the aP Gt
He seemed little reluctant to come down this
and st..s wasn hi aeGda he'd to d"
to help the students along.
The OK plosion Of the fireworks and the yelling Of
the students seemed to craze Them They dashed
over tho ropes and made straight for the audi
enQe Men yelled and women screamed: The
ring attendants, with stakes and Buck Taylor
with a lasso made dash tor the steers and the
buffalo and. with difficulty. got them into the
ring. A good many Of the women left the tent.
When the show was over the students were
bound that the circus should have IL good send
off, and 80 followed yelling in the wake OF the
steers and butraloes to the railroad station.
While the show men were endeavoring
to drive the beasts from the wagons
down the street. They ran into the buggy of
William Smalley, tipped 1t over and threw out
fhn nfs IN
buggy was wrecked.
The steers had hardly been captured when
two buffaoes came tearing down the street. One
of them knocked down young man named
Jackson. and the other tipped over young lady
named Smith jackson was injured slightly,
The show finally got away. and then the
students made n night of it.