The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-31
.IOl RANCH SHOW
 ARRIVES TOMORROW

sunday--is "early rising day. for considerable percentage of Bridge ports budding population. There is a reason. That is the day the circus sor, rather, the 101 Ranch Wild West comes to town For, hearken vel the Wild West isn't g. circus, according to the veracious press agent. Its an educational institution, he Insists. Any way whatever it is this Sunday is the day.
 Before daylight Sunday morning the three long trains utilized to transport the parapherna1ias of the big show will have rolled into town, been shunted into the New Haven railroad yards, been unloaded, the scores of vans and wagons and the hundreds of horses and other animals hustled out to the show grounds at State St., and Fair field avenue, where the Wild West is to be dorniciled during the day. early coffee served to the army workers, the first tents erected and arrangements under way for the delightfully."- daz- zling and sdperbly-resplenden free street parade, which inevitably pre- cedes the opening performance of travelling tent shows. big and little-
 To the early morning crowd that in- vests the railroad yards and invades the show grounds eager for new sen sations, it makes difference wheth- CT the management elects to call the enterprise a "circus' or a Wild Vest the incidental sights have a marked similarity. There is the same army of working people appearing like gnomes out of the mists of the morning.; the same energetic driving of stakes and handling of guy lines and canvas; the same hurry to get the animals under cover-for in the Wild West, buffa1oes take the place of elephants and long-horned steers vie in interest with the circus -drOn- edary, and must be protected from the over-curious and the weather; and, ,, not least, the entrance has the same alluring banners as the circus, and the ticket wagons have the same fla niliar appearance of thrift and pros perity. The most marked difference Is in the arena, where instead of be- ing entirely enclosed under canvas dome, the amphitheatre is open to the sky. The seats, are protected under canopies, but the performance is given in the open air.
 The morning crowd may dissolve long enough to give the enthusiasts an opportunity to get breakfast. The chances are that the greater part of lot and return Monday morning for the parade. That will be about 10.30 And 1t is reported to be some parade. Some of the novel features may be en- umerated. One is a genuine prairie schooner, drawn, by long-horned steers Another is one of the origin al We1ls-Fargo stage and express coaches, drawn by 8 six-mule team, and with Rocky Mountain Hank one of the ttrealest'' of the 'freaF' o1d-tirn- CTS handling the reins. Still another is herd of buffaIoes. Then therelare, it is announced, floats, illustrating in a
 characteristic way scenes in the early life of the Far West, cavalcades of | cowboys and cowgirls and Mexican Vaqueros and Russian Cossacks and other interesting people, not to men ton enough Indians, in blankets and warbonnets, to start reservation. Jo- seph c. Miller, president and amuse-
 ment head of. the 1O1 Ranch organiza- ton, on his Arabian horse Ben Hur''
 will be an interesting figure in the l parade. The horses are said to be
 an exhibition in themselves. The route of the parade will be the usual
 one over the principal down town
 streets.
 The initial performance will take
 place at 2:15 Monday afternoon and 1 the final one at 8:15. A finished pro- gram is promised for all performances. | There will be a review of the Wild West celebrities and congress of rough i riders, strenuous border dramas, illus
 trating life on the plains in the c7o 1 days and showing the Indian method l of attack; a hold-up of the overland
 stage by Mexican bandits, the pony 1 express, the capture and punishment i of a horse thief, a roundup, with. gen
 uine Iong-horned Texas steers, won derful rough riding by cowboys, cow
 girls, Mexfcans, Indians and Cossacks l and many other exciting displays, in-
 cluding the new sensation auto polo
 which has been one of the big hits o1 l the year. .Seatn will be on sale Mon ] dax at Jaekaon'a stationery store.