The herald., 1897-04-25
THE WILD WEST SHOW
ARIZONA CHARLIE AND HIS
ROUGH RIDERS
A Typical Parade and Exhibition
officer Arguello Joins the Va
queros The Bull Fight

Arizona Charlie and his Wild West
show captured large portion Of the
Fiesta crowd yesterday afternoon. fully
5000 people attending the exhibition at
the tribunes, corner of Twelfth street
and Grand avenue. A street parade took
place previously. starting about o'clock
from First and Main streets. covering
the main business streets and thence to
the tribunes. The Catalina band headed
the parade, followed by about 100 mount
ed Mexican vaqueros. four toreadors or
bull fighters, in carriages. a Gagged bull
on a truck, the Randsburg stage. Ari-
zona Charlie and two caballeros In fancy
dress. The parade attracted considera-
Bile attention.
At the tribunes a large ring had been
fenced Off in the center OF the arena FOR
the bull fight. The band occupied the
deserted throne of the Fiesta queen,
which made an excellent stand. No spec
tators were allowed in the arena, when
was occupied by the Wild West perform
ers. A little excitement was occasioneo
previous to the performance by the COL
lapse Of a small. antiquated cottage
which was located close to the tripunes
on the west side. About fifty boys had
taken seats on the roof in order to Wit
ness the show, when the south side OF
the house fell out with a crash and the
roof caved in. Fortunately no one was
injured.
A VICIOUS BULL
ho hiO hr1ll and
he kicked viciously when the keepers
tried to transfer him from the cage IN the
truck to the ring. Finally he was las
soed by a mounted vaquero in the ring
and hauled in with a rope around MS
hind leg. Other vaqueros entered the
ring, who also roped the vicious animal
and threw him to the ground. Later,
when some of the ropes were removed
the bull suddenly made dash and gored
a fine gray horse quite badly upon the
hind leg His rider took him from the
arena at once, the blood flowing from the
wound.
The bull was then left to his own re-
Elections, which were anything but nap
DIV, Judging from the way he shook his
head and paved the ground. Four Mex
lean toreadors dressed in bull-hghting
costume made their appearance, put
they did not seem anxious to enter the
ring. In fact they did not do so until
after the sharp points of the bulls horns
had been sawed off to prevent any fur
ther damage by the beast.
SHOOTING AND RIDING
The mounted vaqueros, headed by Ari-
zona Charlie, then circled about the
arena at a rapid gallop, followed by the
stage for an exhibit of fast riding and
driving.
Glass ball shooting by Arizona Charlie
came next. The balls were first thrown
| into the air and the cowboy only missed
| three out of fifteen with revolver. An
other and more thrilling exhibition was
made by girl holding out glass balls IN
her hand. the marksman breaking two
| out of four. The girl then Fastened one
on her head and one on seach ear and all
three were broken by Charlie with 4
rifle at a distance of about twenty-five
feet. There was also ball shootlhs OIL
horseback riding at full speed.
The lassoing of wild horses occupied
considerable time and attention. sew
eral of the vaqueros exhibited skill Win
the rope. Police Officer Arguello 1oineo
in the work and was better than many Oh
the show men.
There was a frst-class exhibition OF
the bucking broncho, creating mucn en-
thusiasm. One rider was quickly THROWN
while another held his seat for lons
time. until a strap broke and his sadie
turned and he went down.
TAME AFFAIR
Some of the spectators thought the
hul1 f,ght was a tame affair because no
blood was spilled. They even were look
ing for the matador with his short sword
hut he is not allowed in this state. The
toreadors entered the ring, each carry
ing large red cloths. AS coon as the bul!
caught sight of one he made dash for
II. the toreador taking refuge behind
one of the three wooden defenses. Some
excellent lodging was done by the tor
eadors, who avoided the frequent rushes
of the enraged bull. Officer Arguello ex-
hibited his courage by entering the ring
and catching the bull by the tail for
which he was loudly cheered by the
spectators. A Mexican with hie clothes
stuffed with straw attempted the tor
! eador act and was knocked down and
rolled in the dirt by the maddened ami
NAL and he mint nave Idreu pduiy hau
he not rolled out of reach, escaping
serious injury, although he did lose a
portion of his pants and some straw
stufling.
Another bull wae brought into the ring
later and a similar performance given
Two bulls were then loosed in the arena
and lassoed by the vaqueros after an
exciting chase The climax Of amusing
excitement was reached in the riding Of
the bucking bulls about the arena. Sew
eral of the vaqueros could not keep theiI
place on the wild animals, but one OF
! them succeeded and was warmly ap-
| plauded.
The audience were apparently salts
fed with the exhibition. Another one
/ was given at the tribunes last evening
under electric lights and the show will
be repeated this afternoon at Athletic
park.
Cottage Destroyed by Fire
chortIy after 6 oclock last NIGHT fhf