The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
WILD WEST SHOW
COMES AND GOES
Buffalo Bill Gives 1t a New
Twist by Spellbinding Stunt
in Arena.
AUToPoLo MAKES BIG HIT
Small Buffalo Creates Excitement
by Trying to Join
Audience.

one OF the most Impressive parts of
Buffalo Bills Wild West Show yester-
day was the address of the veteran
scout. soldier and Snowman himself
No longer able to bestride a horse. he
stood up in his coach drawn by n
handsome pair, and told the crowd of
his ambition to make real to the peo-
pie OF the East the romance and thrill
and color of the untamed West; how
ms UNIQUE spectacle has delighted the
people in every American city for a
third OF century, and has crossed the
Atiantic four times. Then he intro
Queen ms successor in the arena. Paw
rec Bill Major Gordon w. Lille.
And the show was equal to the .hnap
big talk" of its promoters. 1t il truly
Il circus de luxe, where everything is
up TO the claims of the advance agent.
ana even the music is good, and the
lemonade not poisonous. Neither
morse nor man nor money is spared
TO produce spectacle that will really
stir the imagination.
Inc most striking new features ANS
the much -heralded autopolo; and al
though not so terrible as the name
!n.shi suggest, the performers did run
ropes and the ball with fascinatint
recSiessness. There is obviously an
opportunity for considerable skill i'm
the game. especially in the driving of
the himsy little cars. These are built
with such long axle and low clear
hhce mat almost nothing could upset
them, and although they rive the illu
sion of considerable speed I'm small
arena. they probably seldom make
more than ten miles an hour so tina,
me impact of collision is not very Sc
we're
Crowd Chased by RunnIo.
small buffalo that evidently for
got mat lie was part of n money max
ing snow, and thought that lie was
being offered indignities upon his ma
i've prairie. created a large diversion
ana small panic in one corner OF
the audience. One of the COwboys
was to ride the dimnutivo bison. bu,
before the saddle was fairly upon his
back. he got away from his captors
and took advantage OF his low build
to charge under the guy ropes. and
chase hundred spectators OUT OF
their seats. He dragged three or four
men quite distance before Ne could
ne pacihed. No sooner was he sad
der :han he resortcd To the same
caper again. and ducked under the
rope, leaving his would be rider hung
up like pair of trousers on Il clothes
line
In fact the hroncho- busting specta-
Gle had air of realism all the way
through. The buckins mustangs roll
Ca thSlf eyes In bOnafide and con-
Vincing manner. and one of them
threw himself on top of his rider in a
way that evidently had not been an
ucipated. These horses are evidently
outlaws OF the kind not uncommon
in the West. that retain their buck
ing proclivtties as long rs they live
and grow increasingly proficient in al
tie varieties OF broncho gymnastics.
An UnfnilinE Thrill.
The time honorcd drama of conquer
ing the Wild West still remains the
piece de force OF the Western part of
the show. and is still an untaiiing
thrill To the small boy. First come the
whoopinE Indians. Respondent In beads
and colored buckslsins. and set up
their camp in the arena
They are followed by the wagon
train. with all the coweirls and gal
liant cowboys. Then these two antac-
onistic elements tangle up with blood
curdling whoops. and prodigal cxpen-
diturc OF blank cartridges. leaving the
HELD strCwn with the treacherOus red
skins, while the settlers gallon off
unframed
The Far East" part Of the show
is fun of variety and color. too. but
has not the appeal to the audience that
tho heroics of the Wild West will al
Ways have. There arc CingaIese Da-
homians Siamese. Bedouins. and lots
~ other queer fish that no one ever
heard Of before, hut all of which are
enumerated In the program. They