The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-29
YOUNG BUFFAI : toNDAY
AFTERNOC @ AND EVENING.


Young Buffalo Wild West, Ver-
non c. Seavers Hippodrome and Col.
Cummins Far West" arrived here
Sunday morning and was greeted by
the usual large number of people
that are always present on such oc-
casions. The question is asked,
what is there about a circus that
makes otherwise perfectly normal
persons leave their beds at daybreak
and hurry down to the railroad side
tracks to see the great caravan un-
load, wind and unwind, collect and
separate, roll itself up into one mass
of apparent utter confusion only to
unroll itself with consummate ease
into an orderly line?
At 1870 o'clock the parade of the
United Wild West, Hippodrome and
Far East drew hundreds to the
streets to see the unwonted sights of
foreign and domestic wild animals
with all the pomp and panoply of
the characters of the wild and woody
west and the deserts of the Far East
wended its way through some of the
principle streets of this city. 1t was
about the most picturesque and un-
usual display ever given in connec-
tion with tented exhibition in
Honesdale.
The tail end of the procession was
followed by crowds of spectators to
the show grounds at East Honesdale
after which the showmen partook of
their noon-day meal which is also an
interesting sight to see. Wonderful
how so many people are fed when
such short time can be given to
preparations for breakfast and din
ner after the show arrives.
The afternoon performance COM
menced at 2:30 o'clock and like the
big street demonstration was fully up
to, if not beyond, expectation.
The evolutions of the 20 OK team
was truly wonderful, cowboys and
| cowgirls, Indians, Arabs, Cossacks
were the headlners in daring horse
manship. Annie Oakley, probably
one of the best known women in the
world, gave her peerless wing and
rifle shooting exhibition which was
voted big hit by the large audi
ence in attendance and fully in ac-
cord with her world wide reputation.
There were two elephant acts, the
| finest ever seen in Honesdale, both
worked by women. Tiny Muggins,
the smallest of the elephants, can
play some foot ball and acts as if
he could give some of the college
gladiators good run for their
money. A spectacular part of the
program was the massing of the col
ors in which IA horses were ridden
| by representatives of all the peo-
pies of the world carrying the vari-
Gus national ensigns. The comedy
numbers are prolific and many of
them entirely original, one of the
most ludicuous is the wedding of
pair of tenderfeet on the Lone Star
Ranch" and chivari given them
by the cowboys. In this is intro
duced the famous Taximeter and the
acrobatic horse, some marvellous
roping exhibitions and the Bounding
Hayrack.
A second performance will be CIV
en- this evening. In case of rain the
audience will be protected by can
vas covering. The arena, however,
will be open
The Young Buffalo Wild West
show has instituted a suit for $780,
900 against the Buffalo Bill show, it
is claimed, for sending out alleged
threatening letters for defamation of
character. 1t is alleged that Buffalo
Bills show is in the hands of the
sheriff. The 113 Indians, which
\ were in the show, it is claimed, have
returned to the reservation in South
Dakota.