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Show 1 1 RAY THOMPSON'S TRAINED HORSES WITH ' . I lj j BUFPALO BiLL'S WILD WEST SHOW m -The extraordinary achievement attained at-tained by Ray Thompson In training a group of real Western range horses has created no end of comment among those who train equlues for the circus ring and like exhibitions. It is said that tliii Is tho first Instance wher the subduing of this class of animals has been accomplished. accom-plished. To Just what extent Mr. Thompson Thomp-son ha-s succeeded will bo shown when Buffalo Bill's Wild West comes to town, for they arc one of the features with that remark'a bio oxh lbl Hon. It will be an easy matter to compare these trained horses with the 'more rugged rug-ged type of Westerners, for there will be a" largo company of real bucking bronchos with the Wild West, and the spectator can readily contrast their actions ac-tions with Die grace, and dexterity of the Rav Thuiupson group. Descendants o: tho wild horses of the plains do not rend-ilv rend-ilv submit lo even the curb and saddle of the. cowbev, let alone the tireless patience pa-tience and energy which Is required to break Ihem to the high school feats of tho circus thoroughbred. But it Is said thai Mr. Thompson has i succeeded to a remarkable degree; In fact. Joe Bailey, the star at-tor in the bunch. Is said to be the best trained horse ever exhibited In nubile, lie performs per-forms every niunner. ol difficult feats with surpassing grace, and has been so thoroughly subdued that ho Is the host dlsposltlouod equine in the outfit. In the Rav Thompson group are several other hlg'hly-tralned Westerners, and their pel -forinanco as a whole Is one of the most engaging sections of the Buffalo Bill programme. pro-gramme. Although the Buffalo Bill Wild West is distinctively a "horse show." there will 1 be many other engaging features. The j Rattle of Summit Springs, a theatrical dlspluv of siivace warfare: the. Great Train" Hold-Up, which Is practically an j open-air melodrama of engaging Interest: A Holiday nt "T-E" Ranch, the Eml- ; grant Train, tho Dead wood Stage Coach i and many other Interesting features will be Introduced as a prominent part I of Buffalo Bill's famously historic e.- j hlbh. j Theje will ho rough riders fiom ail the equestrian nations of the world, present- ! lng styles of horsemanship as diversified as are the nations represented. The ; Cossacks. reckleFS renegades from tin- j sioppe.s of Russia; the Arabian rough rider with his native steed: the American 1 Indians with their little spotted ponlee tJm'l and hazardous feats nf horsemanship, and tvl our American cowboy with his bucking l3U bronchos and dare-devil sports in tho oSH saddle. Heading this cavalcade of horse- Sif men, superintending every performance fl iFll and appearing In the saddle at every itkfl exhibition, Col. William F. Cody, the orlg- lnal nnd only Buffalo Gill, ex-chlef of i&M scouts, plainsman, pioneer and Intrepid I &ljM equestrian, will form the center of Inior- est for all beholders. ' m The show will be seen' at the Fair $mt Grounds on September 9. $M' |