Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-22
THE MAN WHO ROPED
LIONS IS N Tulsa
-hIBROSE MEANS COMES TO DRY
FARMING CONGRESS-IS
WITH BUFFALO JONES.
WAS RAISED NEAR TULSA
1n"nt His Boyhood Days In the Indian
Tcrritory-Mill go 10 Africa 10
Capture Gorilla.

- Ambrose Means, worlds champion
cowboy, and the only man who ever
ropcd wild American animals. return.
ed TO Tulsa yesterday TO view the
scenes Of his boyhood days and Incl
deHtally take part In Doc Pardce's
congress Of cowboys and cowgrls one
Of the big amusement attractions at
the dry-farming congress
Means was accompanied by Buffalo
Jones, one OF the few living surylv-
ors OF the old frontier days and the
man who headed the famous African
expedition Of which Means was a lead
Ing member
Tulsa looks lot different now
than IT did when | lived here" said
Means last night as he twirled In his
fingers gold-mounted pair Of the
claws Of some jungle denizen that
had long since passed to It's raward
when | was here as boy" con-
tnued this courageous Westerner,
there were only a few little frame
buildings in the town. The Frisco
railroad ended at Sapulpa, Bob By.
mum and old Man Hall both ran
stores here then. Later on worked
for Mr.. Yargce on his ranch at Red
Fork. My father lives at Red Fork. "
Means was born I'm Arkansas bu.
when he was two years old his parents
moved to the Usage country For
many years Means lived near Paw
huska, Tulsa and Catoosa. It was IN
this part Of the United states that he
got his training as a cowboy He has
appeared of late years with Buffalo
Bnl's Woild west show and many other
Similar aggregations His wife Is an
accomplished rider and roper, also,
aud she VIII appear with Mr.. Means
fl roman riding, bull doggng' and
o.her feats at the wild west show on
the Tulsa exposition grounds.
When Buffalo Jones decided to fol-
low Theodore Roosevelt through
Darkest Africa and ropo wild animals
alive he selected Ambrose Means as a
member Of his party, as Means was
recognized as one OF the most capable
cowboys in America, They success
fully roped lions, lionesses rhinos,
lcOpards e'c. In each instance, save
one they again released the animals,
gust to teach the world lesson as
buffalo Jones puts It, one lioness
they retained and brought back to
America with them. She ls now In
the New York ZOO Moving pictures
Of the expedition were made ana the
films have been showed in many
PARTS of the United states. Buffalo
Jones delivers an interesting lecture
In conjunction with the moving pic
lures He IS making arrangements to
SHOW his films at a Tulsa theatre on
Thursday and Friday Of his week.
Buffalo Jones is now preparing for
another trip to Africa. He will take
with his Ambrose Means and this
time their mission will be to capture
Gorilla alive. This feat has never
lcen accomplished and they have been
offered a quarter Of million dollars
To bring a live grown Gorilla back to
the United States.
"It is harder to capture a lioness
than a steer" Means was asked
"Not near as hard he replied in
matter -or-fact tone" A lioness is not
nearly so powerful as a Texas steer
aud once you've got the rope around
his neck he's goner When we first
arrived i'm Africa the Englishmen
there almost laughed at us. They