Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-16

is left without a group of entertainers:
A spectacle that never fails to thrill
and enthuse the audience is the open
ing number-the introduction of
congress of rough riders of the
world" made by Col. Cody clad in the
buckskin suit of the old days on the
plains and mounted on his beautltuI
Arabian charger.
FAMOUS PONY EXPRESS"
The pony express, illustrating how
the mails were carried in more pic
turesque and primitive times. the rid
ers using a relay of horses to speed
across a country swarm1ng with IN
dians, is the second act. Then comes
an artillery drill by veterans of the
United States army, followed in turn
by a buffalo hunt, in which Col. Cody
graphically shows how the bison Was
slaughtered for food in pioneer days
incidentally, the historic old scout ap-
pears seven times in the arena at
every performance.
With the Mexican troupe are several
of the worlds most expert lasso throw
ers. They capture at will flying horses
by any of their four feet, or even py
the tail, one particularly dexterous
member of the company, Mexican Joe'
encircling a squad of neet horseIneh
with his lariat.
Rhoda Royal introduces twenty
"high school horses" animals so thor
oughly trained as to exhibit an intel
ligence seemingly human. These steeds
go through a series of evolutions with
the precision of well-trained soldiers
and are wonderful specimens of equine
perfection.
Raw Thompson on his famous horse,
Joe Bailey and Mrs. Thompson, who
rides her big charger, Virgil T., With
out a bride while the animal moves
about the arena in upright position,
are a feature of the exhibition that
invariably scores heavily.
FEATURES FROM FAR EAST
In the Far East division are Russian
dancers, ,Siamese fire-eaters, Japanese
jugglers and bafancers, Arabian gym
nasts. Whirling dervishes, Cossacks,
Australian bushmen and boomerang
throwers, Cingalese, Japanese and Da-
homian dancers, Nubians, Bedoulns,
Malays, Papuans, Hindoos, Kurds'
Turks, Persians and, indeed, nearly
every outlandish corner of the world
has been laid under tribute to make
this section absorbingly attractive to
those who desire curious sights.
To the unbounded delight of the
small boy, and no doubt the same
pleasurable sensation may extend TO
thousands of the old boys, the ancient
Deadwood stage coach will be pursued
by Indians (of whom there are 1856
Sioux and Cheyennes, headed by Iron
Tail, last Of the famous Sioux chiefs),
and rescued by plainsmen at an OPP
perfume moment.
Captain DevIin's Zouaves, company
of militiamen who work with machine
like accord and scale a twenty-foot
wall, are an important integer-like-
wise Rossi's Elephant ballet"
"Football on horseback" the ball be-
ing something like six feet in diam
eter, as played between cowboys ana
aborigines, means much excitement
and fun for the spectator. The game
is "on the level" as is readily ap-
parent to the beholder, and the horses
introduced into the play apparently
take as much interest in working out
victory as their toiling riders.
BATTLE OF SUMMIT SPRINGS
American frontiersmen win never
forget the Battle of Summit Springs.
This is graphically represented, Col
onel Cody playing an interesting part,
he being the scout who led General
Carr through the battle many years
ago. Members of the Sixth u. S. cav
airy go through some extraordinary
stunts not especially called for in
the army manual, but which are en-
tertaining in full measure.
There is a great musical ride un-
der the direction of Johnnie Baker,
crack American rifleman, who gives
acceptable samples of his skill at every
performance. In this episode some
hundreds of horsemen and women
take a graceful part, their movements
guided by music. After that the cow
boys get busy with the bucking horses.
These former "punchers" are a dare
devil lot, and their activities are un-
failing in provoking laughter and ap-
D1auSe.