Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15
COLONEL CODY HERE WITH HIS WILD WEST. Big Crowds Under the Tents at Sachem
 Park-Good Show Given.

The Sachem park grounds were crowded with people, men and women, old and young, all day Tuesday, and at both the afternoon and evening per formances of Buffalo Bills Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East the big tent was crowded with enthusiastic spectators. The show came from Prov idence, the first section arriving at DaWleys wharf where they unlOaded, at 5.45. and the second section about 7.45. There was no parade given by the show
 The crowds were handled quickly and conveniently by the trolley com pany, and throughout the afternoon and evening the double track carried continuous stream of cars to the show grounds.
 There was some crowd there during the day, too. Of course, it began to arrive with the first wagon, for hun dreds of small boys kept watch of the freight yards, waiting for the arrival of the first wagons, so as to be on deck when the men began to fix the lot for the tents From that time on it kept coming, and so few went away that they made no appreciable difference with the throngs.
 The small boy was everywhere, not a groWn-up being seen in the lot, ai- though there were plenty who had seen 80 summers or SO They swarmed through the big top, they gaped at the buffalOes WallOwing in an enclosure off to one side, and they tried to creep un- der the canvas into the stock tents, the mess tent, the blacksmith tent, the Indian tepees and everywhere else where they were not allowed to go.
 At the entrance to the grounds were located the side shows, and beyond them the main tent In the rear of the grounds the Indian village attracted much attention The animal tent was located directly behind the big tent, and to the right on the Cranberry baseball grounds was the mess tent.
 In spite of the long siege of rainy weather, the grounds were in very good condition for the performance. As in the past the hOrsemanship was of the highest order the thrilling dashes of the pony express, the reckless riding of the cowboys, the lassoing and the work of the troopers making up a strong part of the programme In spite of years Colonel Cody shows that his eye is undimmed, shooting glass l balls thrown in the air while on horse l back Johnny Bakers novel stunts i with the gun arose the interest of the l crowds lie breaks the clay plgeOna while in all sorts of poses, and espe- ! cially creditable is his work with the 1 gun between his legs.
 | The bareback riding of the troopers and the artillery practice are carried out with precision and neatness. There is a motley throng of dancers and athletes from the far east, people ! of many strange lands, who present g | big line of novel stunts.
 ! The Happy Family Is the attraction | which carries off the honors of the day A huge elephant. d horse, a dainty pony, a St. Bernard dog and a man anC woman make up the sextette. and the remarkable antics Of the animals and 1 the perfect unison Of their movements i show the result of training of the 1 highest order. At the close of the act
 the elephant carries the pony from the
 arena.
 On the close of the programme there
 is a minstrel show of merit in the mair l canvas.
 Ere the close of the evening per i formance the canvasmen were at worI l picking up in preparation for theil l jump to the next show grounds.