Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-05-20
FEATURES OF
lOI RANCH TO
BE HERE SAT.

The f01 Ranch Wild West Shows
which will be here on May 81, while
Of colossal magnitude, have not at
tanned this magnitude at the sacri-
flee of merit. 1t is not an aggrega-
tion that features any particular dis
play and then surrounds this display
with a lot of inferior and cheap
acts. With any other similar exhi-
bition any act that is offered by the
| lO1 Ranch would be feature. With
the 101 Ranch every act is feature
act and the beautiful part of it is,
they are acts that no other tented
entertainment would be able to fur
nish. An idea of the magnitude may
be had when it is stated that three
trains of double length cars are re-.
quired to transport the elbows from
town to town. There are in the
lneighborhood of 900 people on the
| pay roll and the stable has in it 500
/ head of western horses. This in
cludes the draft horses and those
taking part in the arena display. The
capacity for seating is so arranged
4 that 10000 people can be accomm@-
/ dated and every seat is provided
with comfortable back and foot
rests, so arranged as to give a full
view of the arena at all times. The
4 organization is the most perfect ever
attempted. The executive staff is
composed of the very brains Of the
amusement world. The clerical force
consists of two bookkeepers, a treas
Iurer, two stenographers, auditor,
lsteWard and paymaster 1t carries
its own detective corps, attorney and
physician. There are twenty-five
ticket sellers and forty ushers to
care for the crowds that daily at
tend the performances. Over two
hundred canvas men, train hands,
grooms, property men and chande-
liermen are required to put up and
take down the show. The dining
! tents can seat 1900 people and a
corps of cooks and walters equal to
those employed by the largest hotel
are necessary to care for the diners.
iThey operate their own light plant
and It is one of such perfection and
proportions that the grounds at night
are as light as day Not only are
the grounds well lighted, but all the
streets leading to them. The Indian
| Village consists of two hundred
| lodges, and there are nearly five
hundred of all tribes in the Indian
contingent. The cowboys, eowgirls,
lcattlemen, ranchmen, riders and ex-
pert rifiemen and women, are all
products of the famous 101 Ranch at
Bliss, Oklahoma, from which the
shows derive their name and which
is owned by the same enterprising
men as is the exhibition.
One of the commendable features
with this aggregation is the care
that is taken of the patrons. Two
ticket wagons are on the lot and a
ticket Office established downtown
on the day of exhibition. There is
no occasion for the jamming and
hustling that has always been so ap-
parent at tented exhibitions hereto
fore when purchasing tickets. The
old-time circus planks, that served as
seats have been eliminated and in
their place comfortable seats provid-
ed. The ushers and guides attached
to the shows are under strict orders
to answer all pertinent questions po-
litely and intelligently at all times.
There is positively nothing that can
offend the most exacting, and the alb
sence of the usual catch-penny de-
vices that are only too frequently
found on the lot when large tented
exhibitions are in town, are conspic-
uous in their absence.
There is nothing of the artificial
about the 101 Ranch Wild West
Shows, and 1t is the homely natural
ness that makes it appeal to the low
ers of unadulterated amusement. |
The performances here will be pref
ceded by street parade, and it will
be well for all to see this western
cavalcade whether the performance
is attended or not. So great have
been the crowds at the performances
of this aggregation that the manage
ment requests that ladies and chill
dren, as far as possible and conven-
lent, attend the afternoon perform
ance and thus avoid the crowd att
night. Two performances will be
given. The afternoon performance
at o'clock, and the evening per-
formance at o'clock. Doors will
open one hour in advance of the per-
formanees.