The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-14

PAINS GREAT DISPLAY
1t Is the Most Magnificent
Display in the World

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week. there viii be a riding contest and
on Wednesday evening there win be
contest Of ropers. The association is now
at work cleaning up the open space west
OF the erandstand at the fair grounds and
and building the stockade which viii pro-
tect the people from the wild steers. The
fence viii be of woven wire and the
strongest that can be secured and will be
ten feet high. The wild steers for the
roping contest will be here the last Of
tbs week and also the outlaw horses,
which are 10 be ridden. a large stockade
IS being erected to keep the animals in
ard they Will come here in time TO be
rested after their long journey from
southwest Texas and win be in fine met
tie to show the ropers and riders jolly
good time during the two days.
The association has offered the largest
prizes ever offered in the southwest for
the ropers and riders. The superintend-
ent Of this department, Mr.. a B. Moore,
roping contest Some Of these will also
enter the riding contest and Mr. Moore
has received notices that several others
will be here and their entries are ex-
pected within a few days. These men
are ones who have spent many years
on the range and their expertness comes /
from months and months of hard prac-
tice.. The horses used by the ropers viii
be shipped from the ranches from which
the men themselves come and are ones /
used all Of the time by the contestants. /
The animals are experts in the roping
business themselves and they aid the /
men in many ways. The following is the /
LIST Of ropers:
J. Z. Carol Mangum, O. T, champion 7
roper OF the world.
Lee Arlington, Weatherford, O. T
John Arlington. Kingman.
Art Deweese. Nashville Kan.
Fred Deweese, Nashville Kan.
Sam Phillips. Cunningham. Kan
Colonel E. Walters. Cunningham, Kan.
J. T. Warren, Silverdale.
Waiter Wells, SilverdaIe
{. Reynolds. Bliss o. T.
Chas Boyd. Bliss. o. T
Fifty-Six, Bliss. O. T.
Jim Custer. Bliss O. T.
Bert Cooley, Bliss. O. T
Ross Mcpherson, Woodward, 0. T.
Buck Walsh. Woodward o. T.
W A. Naylor. Liberal
Con W. Jackson. Liberal
The following list OF riders is small. but
fully two-thirds Of the men entered for
h.,
people how they can ride a wild outlaw
pony.
J. c. Gosney, Goddard. Kan.
sam Phillips. Cunningham. s
Sam Hayes, Castelton
Besides these. there is George Wash
ington, of Canadian. Texas. little negro :
who offers $25 for any man to bring I'D ]
q pony he cannot ride ana several horses +
have been offered TO the association for r
this fellow to try. Big Chauey. the negro /
from the lel ranch viii throw and hogtie y
a steer alone without a horse and Col. a
W alters. of Cunningham, VIII be here with T
some buchng steers and ne VIII ride =
them, and the superintendent is also ar 7
race between Col Walters ana Il
some other Of the contestants, the two I
men TO ride steers. e
The question IS being asked by many C
lust what The spectacle Pains Last DAYS f
II PompeiL" which VIII be in Wichita f
Turing 'the week for six performances. S
s like. and as it is totally different from O
III other exhibitions. it may be said here d
hat the spectacle depicts in a very faith
.ul and NOSE dramatic manner the vivid
portrayal of the great work of the late II
5uiwer Lytton's Last Days Of Pompeii.- Il
Ihe city OF Pompeii is seen with It's fl
'aiaoes temples arches. etc. and with n
he characters Arabaces Glaucus. lone. %
lydia and the other characters of the v
york: the great procession in costumes. b
which are historically correct. etc The f
lie Of the city is depicted. the populace i
s present on one of their fete days with If
ID its atendent sports. giadiatorial com O
'ats and acrobats which are men and p
women acro6ats. dancers. etc. the very s.
'est that could be obtained fin either f;
europe or America. Small shows take "
ny actors they can get. Pompeii is the
ie2test show on earth and cannot afford
q tribe with any mediocre people as its
rtists. These games. NAM, of +bar, -
IKE the haiiets. are done 10 music bv the
'ai'' ana asain this is different from all =
iheis The hanets are the most gor-
'ouS iaat exist and could not DE STAGED
UPON any indoor stage i'm the world The
-ase itself is Of heavy rlate glass under v
ana oE powerful electrical ights The
ony ballet II little eirls. the mothers Of
--4 o. whom IL may be added travel "