New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-17
THE WILD AND WHOOPING WEST.
ITS BEAUTIES SHOWN BY "BUFFALo BILL" Al

THE POLO GROUNDs-COwB0Ys AND IND lANs."
lawn tennis shirt and large, white sombrer9
hat with cord twisted round the crown, seemed
to be part of the correct costume at tne roo
Ground Yesterday Buckskin trousers were also
the latest things in summer sutlngi Two or tnt9e
thousand persons were watching toF {ne
appearance OF Buffalo Bill and ms
band of braves. In the meantime those
of the wild COWBOYS whom contact Win eds'tFn n
efiete "tenderfoOt" without emphasizing their he,
marks with bowie-knife or six-shooter, moved
about the crowd clad in the regulation far western
garb and rendered things pleasant Tor the visitors
with true occidental pOiteness. AT 2:3O O'Clock
tall. handsome man, with long, CURING mar, anu
clad in pair Of dOeskin trousers and Dark SILK
shirt embroidered daintiIy down the 'front.'
rode into the enclosure, which looked little changed
from its usual aspect except that III the centre WaS
a door. The hoTseman, who was William r. Cody,
better known as Buffalo Bill was followed by
eR ans @'i@H Wingsh SH Major Frank North
the Pilot Of the D. Prairie pio5sar
mR y IVA TAYLOR king Of the Cowboys"
Con Groner, the cowboy Sheriff of the Platte" TO
Of quote frontier fie% woPhes ong as to hair and
sunbumed and go0d-humored as to face. hen De-
gan series of scenes winch, as one OF the sun,
brerocd persons remarked. "shOw We more n yed
see during twenty year Oh the plains, by thunder
The remark was incontrovertble. for few OF the
spectators had an intimate acquaintance WIN
There were pony races. lassoings whooping and
firing of Winchester rifles without numper NE
most striking incident was the portrayal OF an at
tack on a stage-coach. stage was drawn by SIX
mules in front of the grand stand. Some passen-
gers drawn from the audience, one Of whom, at
least, is a weli-known figure on the race track.
| went on board. The bearded "Yuba BIZ
cracked his whip, the trucuient-lookl
the rickety conveyance and round the grounds they
went. Soon a blood curdling yell was heard aud a
band of ferocious looking Indians galloped from N
the upper part of the grounds and gave chase 10
the coach, firing OFT their reyolveIS ana re-
ceiying back the fire, Of the G gnqmTd
driven OFF by band of cowboys, chief among whom
was the redoubtable Bill" himself firing his rifle
with ease and agility. After this there was pictured
| an attack on the lOg-cabn, i'll which the blood
| thirsty red men again succumbed to the cowboys;
Then an unfortunate steer was ,iassoed ana q
held down and until despS his fefccous plunge
ing and kicking rode him CALAMITY into
camp. Then Bogardus and his boys, Edward, Pe-
ter and Henry did some surprising things IN the
way of shooting imitation pigeons ana glass Dals'
BRUTALLY ATTACKED IN CENTRAL PARK
Louis Adderhalden, of No us East Eighty-hfth-
ST., who WAS assaulted in Central PaTh on SATURDAY
terday in Liberty-st. a TRIBUNE reporter saw MIN
at his home. His head was covered with Pandages
He is fine looking man OF sixty years, thOugh he
looks TO be not over fifty. He told this story
~ have been walking over the same path every sum
mer morning for four years On Saturday morning as
passed under the arch near the Obesk met man who
looked hard at we passed. When reached the
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bushes and struck me in the head with stone len
stunned He threw second stone as was lying on the
ground again striking me in the head In moment l
was blinded with blood, which flowed down my
face and neck and saturated t my c slTin9E
s scgonndre with my umbrella must have scared him
for he turned and ran. He the same man who met
me under the arch and think he has been watching me
for some time l walked quarter of mile and met
cartman WHO called a policeman. with whom went home
The man must been robber and an inexperienced
highwaynan He rough clothing and had no beard
on his badlookng face should know HIM II saw MIN
again"
Captain Beatty of the Central Park Police, said
nave been for eighteen years, and TINS Is tne
first case OF this kind that has come to my knowledge
We have 1875 men on the Park police force. They are
scattered IN all the parks from the Battery 10 High
Bridge. Central Park has ninety men. The Commits
souers asked for appropriation 10 increase inc
force think ought 10 have twenty-five more men
Our men are on the alert all the time and there are lew
complaints"
UNWILLING BOLIVARS STATUE.
The following order of exercises will be car
ried ont at the dedication of Bollvars Statue
in Central Park, to-day: lnitiatory address
by General Egbert l. viele, president OF the
Department of Public Works address of presentac
ton, by General Guzman Blanco, ex-President OF
Venezuela unwilling of the statue, by A. Nj. Sote-
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