The San Francisco call., 1913-08-17
WILD WEST SHOW
COMING THURSDAY
San Francisco Will Look
Like Headquarters of Cat
tie Roundup for 4 Days
Hundreds of Picturesque
Characters With the Okla
hona Ranch Company

San Francisco viii look like the
headquarters of an enormous cattle
roundup for the four days beginning
Thursday. August 21. for on that day
the Oklahoma Ranch Wild West show
comes to this city for performances on
the showgrounds al Market and Eighth
. streets, both afternoon and evening on
Zach of those dates. and with its hum
dreds of cowboys, cowgirls, Indians,
.broncho busters sharpshooters and
lariat throwers, gay in their pietur-
esque attire and dashing about town
in the intervals between performances
on their prancing ponies. they are
bound TO be the center of interest on
every thoroughfare.
The usual features of this extra or
dinary exhibition will be augmented by
a progressive series of competitions for
heavy purses of gold. open to any cow
boy or cowgirl in the world and for
which many heroes and heroines of the
Calgary and Winnipeg stampedes.
Pendleton roundup and the recent Sa-
linas rodeo will enter.
FAMOUS COWBOYS
IHeTC VIII DN COWBOYS from SQltiS u
she most famous western ranches, with
champions from many other great Wild
West gatherings. There will be more
than so cowgirls.. every one of them
daring rider of wild horses from child
hood. There Will be scores of Indians,
m all the panoply of war bonnets, gay
blankets and beaded ornamentation, ac-
companied by their squaws and pa
pooses. There will be reckless riders
from Cossacke land, bull fighters and
.ariat throwers. from Mexico and more
other strange and curious people than
@ nave ever before, it is declared, been
seen in a single street display.
With all this there will be an unusu-
ally notable exhibition of fine horses
in the gorgeous tableauX section
which serves. TO illustrate in series of
siiying pictures scenes and incidents lin
. tho stirring days of the pioneers.
Ten kinds of music will enliven the
Thursday morning street parade, and
The Oldest genuine stage coach IN ex-
-jster1ce VIII be driven ~ one of the
:. most famous of the old time overland
mail drivers.
FSRADE As PRELIMINARY
!. The. parade will be preliminary TO
what is expected to prove one of the
most interesting and complete Wild
West exhibitions even seen in this city,
a performance OF infinite variety is
III OlnAcSO- SOIOu6t <dCh MUlidl1. the
fsmons Oklahoma rancher and founder
: Of the town OF Mullfall, and his equally
F.. famous daughters, Lucille and Georgie
VIII give a series of remarkable exhi-s
bftions with the lariat and illustrate
= in an exciting way the. ranch method
ef controlling wild horses.
A big band of cowboys and cowgirls
will give a genuine roundup with
Texas steers, and incidentally con-
= tribute a few exhjlarating experiments
in bronco busting. There will be
:: border dramas. in which the Indians
will be picturesquely utilized and Mex
.icans and Cossacks viii contribute to
1.-The general strenuousness of the big
show. AS an extra feature of sensa-
E: tiona1 effectiveness there is an auto
polo game, with four racing machines
and expert players.
:. The afternoon and evening perform
.ancess Will begin at and s. o'clock
: Tickets, on show days, may be pur-
chased at s. ~. Wood & Co.'S store al
Market. and Fourth streets at the same
price as on the show grounds