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*slt; WALTER L. MAIN CIRCUS AND THE CODY RANCH WILD WEST SHOW COMBINED TO APPEAR HERE FRIDAY, SEPT. 23, 1932ed1-B-1-;ed1-sryThis is a well known hip showand is known as the “World Toured shows/’ having1 played every civilized country on the face of the globe, hut strange to say it has never visited Quanah he-fore, although this show has been a on the road since 1879. The *n Main Circus is the largest inde-y*! pendently owned show on the road ajthis season. The amalgamation of y the Main Circus and the Cody in | Ranch Wild West Show has en-! joyed a remarkable season through ^ j the East, traveling as far as I” j Portland, Maine. There are seats ^ for 10,000 people, three rings, j huge hippodrome course, a gild ganlic menagerie and many rare re; animals.Some of the features of the menagerie are a baby camel, two Albino baby lions, the only ones ever born in captivity. Also a laughing hyena from Africa’sdarkest depths. Capt. Walker presents his Nubian lion act with 20 forest bred male and femalekings of beasts.U! The feature of the entire per-u formance is the first appearance with any circus of the famous n | moving picture star, Bill Cody, a grand-son of the noted Buffalo Bill. Cody has been makingfeature Westerns for Pathe, Universal and Monogram and he left (picture making to organize histjbig Cody Ranch Wild West. Cody “Imakes at every performance a per-e sonal appearance and presentsscenes from his latest releases with a full acting company and three of his favorite horses and special cameramen. The audience has an opportunity of seeing at close hand just how pictures arej shot at Hollywood and also appearing in some of the scenes. Cody is also an all round wild west performer and takes part in that portion of the program. He has with him several noted wild west stars. Bulldoggers. ropers, riders, bronco busters and Australian whip crackers.The big show opens with the children’s favorite spectacle,“Mother Goose in Fairyland/9 and the bgi show closes with a spectacular pageant “America/’At exactly 12:30 p. m. daily, on the circus grounds there will be a grand, novel free exhibition given.J^ie big show will give two! performances, afternoon and night, and the admission will be reduced for this day and date only to 50c and 25c, which includes admission to the menagerie and a comfortable seat.tr
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Quanah Tribune Chief
Quanah, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 22, 1932
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