Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-22
WILD WEST SHOW
 PLEASED BIG CROWDS. Rare Hersemanship Was Shown by the Cowboys and cowgirls, Corsacks and fndians-Miss OakIey's Shoot ing Feature.

The buoyant atmosphere of the Western plains and foothills was pres ent Monday afternoon at the Fair grounds as the cowboy rough riders ana Indians of Taxas, Oklahoma and Montana performed their feats of skill and daring, while graceful cow girls and .,taiwart Cossacks from the Russian stepps gave equally thrilling exhibitions of horsemanship as they raced their spirited mounts around the areana In all it's features the Young Buffalo Wild West. Vernon c. Seaver's Hippodrome and Col. Cum min'S Far East proved to be a produc- tion that merited the approval of the big crowds that filled almost to capac- ity the big enclosure. The critics united in granting that 1t was one of the cleanest cut and best organized and conducted shows that Norwich has seen in years
 From the grand procession with which the afternoons show started to the final roundup of cowboys, the whole programme bristled with inter esting events. The various stars were introduced by the announcer in real western fashion, and then there began riot of racing, laSsoing stunts shoot ing, which gave everyone for a few minutes the ambition to be a plains man. The famous old Deadwood stage coach was captured once more by the band of hfghwaymen and rescued by 5.
 took all sorts of risks in their plunges around the arena, and the roping exht- bitions of Colorado Cotton and his fel- low cowboys were distinctly worth
 watching. Miss Annie Oakley sus- tained her reputation with the rife and shotgun. Two feats that were partic-
 ularly hard were shooting an object in
 back of her with the aid of mirror, {; and the climax shot, smashing ten balls
 to bits in eight seconds, during which time she changed guns three times. The original 20 OK team appeared as slick as any cattle ever looked. and the trained elephants, pony and dog
 made clever numbers. The feminine ! military company went smoothly through a series of intricate maneu- 1 Vres.
 The blaze of brilliant color whieh i is linked with the name of Wild West i was provided in the gorgeous pageant 1 of all nations and finally the cowboys | showed the approved methods of be- [ striding bucking horses and staying there. There were a couple of real i thrills in this part of the performance.
 One of the Indians was thrown off the back of a steer and received q gash over his cheek bone. The cow
 boy who then took the same mount rode his bucling steed down the field i to the exit gate. where the steer graZeu i by the pole on the side. To save hiDi- i self the cowboy grabbed the pole, while the steer ran on and the man rolled 1 in the dust.
 ! The side show attractions provided amusement for those who went in and many visitors found things of interest around the eating and animal tents. i Before the show the cowboys gave rides to many of the children who were 1 on the grounds and this was an unex i pected feature which pleased the lit tie folks.
 1 At the evening performance there i was another big crowd and at both shows gave the trolley company all
 the business it could handl" during
 the rush on the West Side line. Af- ter the evening show string of 20 1 cars brought the crowd in.
 1 The parade in the morning was an attraction for thousands of people
 who lined the streets and it was mar
 red by only a couple of minor acci- dents One of the tall wagons pulled
 down an electric arc lamp in front
 of Sevin's drug store on Main street : and on the brick pavement near Broadway one of the horses slipped
 and went down, but was not injured 1 The steam calIiope came into the city again about o'clock Monday evening land dispensed a variety of melodies No disorder or trouble of any Kind occurred at the Playground to mar the ! reputation of the combined shows in l Norwich and most people who saw
 them thought that 1t was remarkably clean set of men. They pulled stakes, i packed and left for New London at
 320 o'clock.