The sun., 1903-10-01
YARS SCARE THE BULLS.

HERO SHOW AND CATTLE SHOW
DO NOT BLEND WELL.
Flremen's nay ut Wegtehester County Fair
Track Glistens with Gold and Soar.
let-Ring Of ned Around the Short.
horns snake Charmer's Ambition.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Sept. S0.-Bulls
and Vamps don't get along well together
on the same fair grounds. That was dsmon-
strated to-day when the volunteer flremen
Of Westchester county were invited to the
County Fair at White Plains - substitute
for the annual horse show. which the County
Fair Association has lost. OF course the
Vamp show could not be expected to en-
tirely fll the gap. so the association officers
added a vaudeville company Of snake
charmers. sword swallowera and strong
men. But the arrangement didn't seem
to suit the folks Of Westchester, and Il GER
tainly was short sighted to let that long
line Of gayly caparisoned Vamps parade
round In full view Of the cattle exhibit and
expose all those blue ribbon bulls to that
wall Of red shirts.
The trouble for the bulls came early in
the day, when the 2,0OO firemen, who are
technically known 40 1laddies" or .heroes"
when in uniform, had their parade around
the fair ground track. 1t is q half mile
track, and the Vampe, with their bands and
tubs and trucks. filed 1t 20 that the chiefs
at the head Of the procession were stepping
an hn ~ khn ov.lr all Akn
around. 1t was an unbroken, writhing,
glistening circle Of red and blue and gold.
and nobody could tell which was the head
and which was the tail Of the procession
without chart Of the color scheme. The
snake charmer, from Q vantage point ON
trapeze, negligent for the moment Of her
pet python, looked down upon the brilliant
1laddie' chain with professional interest
as 1t squirmed around fhe circle and re-
marked that she would Ike to twine Il
around her neck.
Yes muttered the sword swallower.
they're all milionaires.'
The bull pens are within the track en-
closure, open on all four sides, 90 the 'crit-
ters' had no relief, no matter which way
they looked-red was everywhere.
The short horns began to below the
minute Mayhem Bronson, chief Of the
Larohmont department, hove In sight. He
bowed gracefully to the right and left. mis-
taking the roar Of the terrified beasts for
the plaudits Of the multitude. All the
other holocaust hunters seemed to make
the same mistake, until the Hohteins and
the Jerseys joined the short horns. Then
even the firemen realized that there was
danger and instinctively frightened their
grip on their fower-flled gold and silver
trumpets, ready to shout quick, sharp words
OF command at a moments notice The
roaring bulls lowered their heads and thrust
horns under the himsy sides Of the pens,
ready to break loose and stampede through
that scarlet circle.
-Oh, the lovely toreadors,' exclaimed
the Spanish dancer from Coney Island as
she climbed up to the trapeze beside the
snake charmer and swung her legs, which
were clad in purple silk tights, right over.
the heads of group OF Westchester farmers.
All the farmers looked up to assure the
two women that there was no real danger.
officers Of the County Fair Association
ran around the track begging the fremen
to 60 away and get out Of sight Of the bulls,
but they were brushed aside by the
marchers.
I'VE are on parade was the naughty
reply VI d IlTo CHlol III d Teu buut duU DACh
dress suit trousers with broad, black silk
stripes down the outside seams. Remove
the bulls"
The spirit Of their intrepid chief seemed
to pervade the whole circle, and not
marcher faltered-not even when the roar
ing and believing was loudest.
Members OF the committee on cattle
awards finally put up screens of boards
and horse blankets around the cattle pens
and the danger was averted.
The circular pageant kept going around
and around the track till everybody had
had chance to see every uniform four
times, and until the leaders were convinced
difference between the head and the tail
of the procession. Then the fremen re-
luctantly yielded to the officers Of the Fair,
and got on the track to make room for the
horseracing.
But the track was very slow all the after
noon, because the vamps would persist
in gathering in ever. changing groups
stand to cheer for themselves.
why shouldn't we?' they asked. Didn't
it say Fire Laddies' Day right on the front
cover Of the official programmed"
No ordinary constable dared to tell a
man in red shirt to move back.
these fellows said an officer Of the associa-
ton, because there's SO pesky many OF
EN- all over the county and it's getting on
toward election. But we made a mistake
when we thought that such show would
take the place Of horse show"
Almost all the fire company competitions
were to decide quest ions Of beauty. There
wasn't a single ladder climbing contest
and not drop Of water was squirted.
-The boys don't want to use water,
said Chief Bronson, because they'll get
all muddy, and running up ladders just
takes the crease out OF fire fighter g
trousers
So the cash prizes of $50 each were for
the best looking and best marching engine,
ladder and hose companies. 1t happened
that every town In the county got one
prize. Most all Of the officers Of the County
Fair Association are county off1ceholders-
or hope to be.
Chief Bronson OF Larchmont was there
as a Judge, but his department didn't COM
pete or appear In the parade.
sWhy should the Larchmonts come,
apyway?" asked Chief Ba xter Of the Mann
aroneck outfit 4The Iarchmonts haven't
got any very pretty apparatus and there
isn't millionaire In the crowd. It's a popu-
lar dellsion that the Larchmonts are In
society. The Mamaronecks are the real
swells.'
NO USE TO WHINE. 4
A Truly Medical View OF Very Disagree.