Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-28
The Wild West.

! Hamilton Park Converted Into a Dakota PlaIn-Exciting Scenes.
 Messrs. Cody and Carver with their great
 Indian entertainment were greeted by a \ crowd at Hamilton Park yesterday afternoon
 that would have done justice to Barnums circus. There were upwards of 5000 per sons on the grounds. and some estimated
 that there were l, ,oOO carriages on the ground. The morning parade with it's array of buffa- loes, mustangs cowboys and Indians attract. l ed the people and proved e temptation too | strong to be resisted The camp near the
 entrance to the park, consisting of about
 thirty tents pitched in true aboriginal style,
 first attracted the attention of the spectators
 who peered about, lifting up the tent cloth
 and gazing in perfectly regardless of the domestic privacy of the "big Injun chiefs"
 and their stolid squaws. They were true Indians without doubt their flat, dull
 faces, coarse black hair and their unintelligi-
 ble jargon whenever they conversed attested their real nature The exhibition opened about o'clock with grand introductory march" to slow music, introducing all the heroes, braves, papooses, Texas steers and the famous Deadwood coach. The multitude gazed to their hearts, content at this wonder 4uA EASAt3 anu AdO bCdEc01J I6COV61Su rom their paralysis of wonder when the Indians of three tribes burst down the race course in bareback pony race. This was very ex- citing and the crowd cheered heartily as the horses came to the finish. The way of car rying dispatches on the plains before the days of telegraph and telegraph strikes was well illustrated by dashiDg rider who made the mile in two minutes, although he had to stop and change horses after the first half
 The Deadwood coach then jolted up to the stand behind six mules. The cry was given,
 'tAll aboard for Deadwood, i" and several men
 clambered in. The coach was attacked by Indians and finely rescued by scouts and cowboys. One passenger was killed in the melee and was taken out tenderly by sym pathizing companions, amid the sighs and "Ohs' of the children. The illusion was broken moment later by the man coming back for his coat. A hundred yards dash between an Indian on foot and one on horse
 back was won by the latter. Captain A. H. Bogardus then gave fine exhibition shoot | Glass balls constituted the game, and they were hit every time. Dr. Carver and Hon. W. E. Cody gave exhibitions of shooting on ! foot and on horseback, which was very in teresting. The rest of the entertainment con- sisted in racing and plucky riding by the cowboys, lassoing and riding the wild steers
 and bisons, and grand hunt on the plains
 with capture, torture and death of 8. scout and rescue of his body by the cowboys. The shew was concluded at o'clock, and all things considered it affords more solid amuse- ment to the square inch than any entertain ment that has visited New Haven for a long time. It is novel, exciting and especially
 interests the children. The exhibition will
 be repeated this afternoon
 The actual cash receipts yesterday in New Haven were $4 200 and in Hartford the day before $6, 400 was taken.
 Spotted Tail was quiet yesterday.
 The show this afternoon will be, if pleasant, greater success than yesterdays
 The Wild West company leave tonight for
 New York on the steamer Lenox, engaged of the Starin line.
 Mir. John M. Burke, the accomplished gen. eral manager for the Wild West company, was Buffalo Bills manager for his first seven years of show life and was Bartley Campbell's first manager for the Galley Slave and Mr. D. Curtis first manager for Sam1 Posen.