The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-03
THOUSANDS GREET WORLD CHAMP IN
 WILD WEST SHOW
Jess Willard Is Great Attrac- tion- Show Plays to Big
 Business.

T Thousands of persons attended the exhibition given yesterday afternoon and evening by the Miller Brothers S Arhngton's "101 Ranch Wild West and departed last nignr amidst q downpour- that mad e work about the sodden canvas ar effort and drove the belated spectator to cover in hos- of waiting jitneys and trolley cars that competed for the business.
 That the wild west show is as much a feature today as it was when first originated is attested by the hor1es of people who locked to the Fairfield avenue grounds yesterday afternoon and evening. It is estimated that between 10000 and +, ,0Oo persons att tended each performance and enuhu- siasn was the keynote from the be- ginning of the program untia the con , clusdon when Jess Willard, world s heayyWedght champion, appeared for the second time to illustrate with Wal ter Monaghan soR3er of5 &haF puRches which aided in defeating Jack John son, the former holder of the title. He had appeared previously during the main show to ride a cavorang western miring thousands.
 The exploits Of the daring cow girls, and cowboys, in feats of rope throwing. riding, COW punching and tab1eaux of frontier days evoked great enthusiasm.
 Two accidents Inarred the day for the performers but added to the ex- .citement of the audience when dur ing the afternoon and evening per- { forrnances bucking horse riders were thrown one of whom was dragged around the arena and severely kicked before the spectators realized that if was not part Of the scheduled rou- tine.
 It was an un1ucky day for the 1o1 outfit yesterday as veteran riders were unseated and injured by their
 mounts, a, buffalo victously attacked l one of the younger cowboys and q cowgirl was attacked with appendi
 citis.
 I One of the most spectacular acci-
 broncIo riders since the death of Otto l Kline at the Barnun show in New l York occurred before the eyes oi
 thousands of spectators last night I when Amos Clayton. of Bliss, Okla ] failed to release one foot from the 4 saddle as the bucking horse overbal
 anced and fell upon him, afterwards l dragging him halfway about the are
 na before comrades rode to his rescue l Clayton, taken to his berth for r1edi. l cal treatment, was pron ounced no l seriously injured. Though kicked ant severely bruised, he will recover in 6 short while.
 I During the morning, Harold Lang
 don, aged 28, of Oklahoma City, wa. l butted by a buffalo and required medi lscal attention. Mrs. G. Binder, agec
 24. of Mason City, Neb., was stricker l witA appendicitis and had to be re
 moved to St. Vincent's hospital for ar
 operation. During the afternoon per
 formance another cowboy was s1ightI, injured while riding a fracttous horse I The rain which had threatened dur. ing the afternoon and early evenins held off until the close of the perform. anee. It was not until the concert had 1 closed and the fans had feasted theil eyes on Willard to their hearts con. tent that the heavy rain began to pat. ter down. The greater proportion 0. I the parade floats had been safel, 1l slowed away on the cars under tar. IpauIns and even the many side show.
 which reaped a rich harvest during the earlier hours had been hauled awag
 before the circus lot became a stick, mass of mud and the wrath of the can vasmen descended with the rain upos performer and louuger alike