Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19
WILD WEST RIDERS
TO SHOW AT PARK
INTERESTING FEATURES AR
RANGED BY CLUB
Steer Riding, Bronco Busting, Stage
Holdup and other Novel Stunts
Prepared for Spec
tators

An exhibition of how a wild steer is
caught vas witnessed by those who
visited Agricultural park yesterday aft
ernoon when two of the steers to be
used in the show tomorrow broke loose
1t took several cowboys almost four
hours to get them back into the pen.
"I'll bet $50 no man will ride on the
back of either of those beasts" said a
cowboy as he came riding back after
securing the steers. I've seen steers
ridden but none as wild as these, and
the man who rides them is thereafter a
pal o. mine."
Judging from such good authority it
will be worth the price of admission to
sec this exhibition of steer riding alone.
Ten wild, bucking broncos are penned
up in one end of the big park, having
Just arrived from Arizona, and have
never been ridden or bridled. These,
however, did not even excite the curios-
it, of the cowboys
With all the various entertainments
planned for the sailor lads of the great
Atlantic fleet now anchored close to
Los Angeles none will be more typical
of the life of the west than that to be
given by the Vaquero club at Agricul-
tural park beginning at o'clock
the afternoons of Monday, Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. Real men
o the west, several of whom have had
a hand in the making of western his
tory, will take part in the wild west
show: feats of riding and shooting with
rifle and revolver that cannot be ex-
celled anywhere will be features of the
entertainment, and the whole Will be
cast in such a general plan that there
will be the effect of a theatrical per-
formance.
Women VIII Ride
Pretty women on handsome horses
will show the sailor boys what women
can do In the saddle. Capt. Ryning,
formerly Rough Rider, and captain OF
the Arizona rangers. a famous BODY OF
scouts, and now warden of the Arizona
territorial penitentiary at Yuma, VIII
be one of the riders and marksmen.
ARIZONA Charlie" Meadows. whose
name is known throughout the south
west and whose gun carries several
notches, and his brother. Sheriff Mob
ley Meadows of Imperial county, also
will be present and take hand.
The committee of the Vaquero club,
who have made the arrangements Tor
the show and under whose direction 1t
will be given, are e. II. Hutchinsoil'
presidents e. r. Plummer, vice presi-
dent; DR.. George A. Scroggs, treasurer;
C. II. Eager, secretary; DR.. f. Q. Shurt-
left and Capt. A. J. Bradish. The gen.
eral manager of the show will be John
8. Hendrickson, and he will be assisted
by william Crawford, ]. T. Kevner, D
j. Chapman, Charles G. Lehnhausen
John M. Walsh, G. M. Guzman, j. j.
Norman and A. c. Freeman.
At Agricultural park, which may be
reached by the University cars of the
yellow lines or the Jefferson streets
cars Of the green line, typical western
town has been built.N
Scene Is Typical
There is a blacksmith shop, saloon
general store, the inevitable Chinese
laundry, and a judge, sheriff and MS
deputies, several loafers and gamblers,
miners, bartenders, and a piano artist
doing jig-step stunts in the saloon.
The Catalina band will also be present
in another part of the grounds 10 Iuf-
nish music.
AS q start to the program, while
everything is apparently peaceful In the
little camp six cowboys come. dashine
lp on horseback and shoot up the
town. Finally they are pacified and
are led away. Then the ensemble OF
the company will parade on horseback
led by DR.. G. A. Scroggs.
After this will come the quadr1lle--a
real dance on horseback-given for the
first time in the city of Los Angeles
Those who will take part in this
ouadrille are Mrs. Starbuck, Miss Helen
Kinch, Miss Evelyn Baker, Miss Adele
HendrickSOn, Clarence GldulngS, wal
fer Hill. Fred Hamer and James F.
Bean. Others to take prominent parts
in the entertainment are Lewis -
Stone, the we'll known actor, who will
be the sheriff; Charles F. Eager, who
viii act as judge Harry Earl, the un-
suspecting English tourist; w. d.
Hutchinson, who will be bartender;
n Fl. Hutchinson, who will drive his
own old Deadwood stage that he drove
in the Black Hills twenty-five years
ago: William Crawford, who will dc
the familiar act of attorney; G. M
Guzman. the blacksmith; Senor Boni-
tas. transformed from a Spaniard into
a Chinaman in charge of the laundry
and DR.. F. c. Shurtleff, Gene Plummel
and j. ]. Chapman win be general
round~ups and vaqueros. W. III
Strother will attend to the policing OF
the cowboys.
Real Indians There
In addition to all of these there will
be band of real desert riders from
Arizona, and "a band of real Indians
who will give war dances and other
Indian feats. Spanish and American
airs will be sung by Miss Frances
Plummer. The horseback quadrille viii
be followed by bronco busting, gen.