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Show MAY WINTER WILD WEST IN OGDEN The two performances of the 101 Ranch Wild West, given at the fair grounds Monday afternoon and evening even-ing were well attended and the frontier fron-tier day exhibition met with the hearty approval of all. The day has arrived whes Miller Brothers '&. Arlington's show ranks first In attractions, If not In size, when compared with other amusement enterprises of Its kind Jo better western acts can bo scoured scour-ed than those that are featured by the 101 Ranch. One of the finest exhibitions of skill in tho show was the bull wrestling wrest-ling contest. The wrestler threw the bull In short order and there were no harrowing Incidents In connection with the contest, either. Princess Wenona, the Indian girl who shot a knot off a masthead of a flagstaff at Venice, Cal , last winter, with a 22 caliber riflo, did some remarkable re-markable rifle work at both performances perform-ances Monday Her work ranks ivltu that of Annie Oakley, who is the star 'of the Buffalo Bill show. Vern Tant-Hngor Tant-Hngor surprised the public by his exhibition ex-hibition of accuracy in long-distance boomerang throwing, Miss Baldwin, tho winner of all bucklng'broncho prizes at the frontier celebration in Cheyenne two years ago, gave two magnificent exhibitions exhibi-tions of rough riding. Once she was thrown a distance of several feet, but she picked herself up and climbed into in-to the saddle again, where she stuck until her mount had pitched and reared the. entire length of the arena, and then she slipped from the saddle and was caught by a cowboy, who rode alongside and took hold of hor arm Tho wild west acts In the show were all up-to-date- and creditable. From Osden the 101 Ranch Wild West show went direct to Salt Lake, where It was booked to give two performances per-formances today From Salt Lake It goes north to Butto. Joe Miller, the head of the show, 6tated yesterday that he might winter win-ter in Ogden at the end of the season. |