The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-30

$ ing he announced the program for tn,
D night, and begged that the people would
be'r with the association In this their hour
OF trouble and need. He also offered ar
apology for Thursday nights performance
First On the program came the chariot
: race between the four Crews driven ry Mrs
j Hardin, and the four bays driven b, Mr.
Fargo. The result this time, however, was
: char G ID, Mrs. Hardin winning the rae
, Those who have seen this exhibition oil
sk.ll in horsemanship know full well how
/ 10 appreciate ii and thtss who have not
seen II should not fail to do so before The
fair is over.
Next'came the Wild West exhibition BY
the Indians ard cow BOYS. From the cheer
ing 1t was douot'ess APP sciated. 1t is 50
} near real that one en- hardly keep rom
believing that he has sGdienlr
dropped in where bate between
whl'e men ami srvsges Is going on.
Tlr ugh the kindness of MIR Fsrgc, the
BAZOo 5 ribe secured the names and rec; ri
OF the members OF the combination. Fir,J
cime CT ii Star, of the CbeyenI e., who
was frs To apply the torch TO he northern
citi-s where so many people lest their lives
and most everyone ,O,t their homes. This
ludian was also present at the death o.
Gen. Custer. He looks ; though be had
been through many a hard sCrimmage.
Tten came Young Sitting Bull, the son OF
tie u: n who led his braves against Gen.
Custer, and massacred hIm- He 5 said to
ne the very picture of his f,ther Hall
Moon, a man VINO fought the whites when
ever and wheI ever he met ihem, and who
h United ) ATS was compelled to buy off
Ten X ep bin from burning the country up.
Next cane Young Big Hons. This
Indian is not exhibit d for any great war
like de, d, which he has accomplished, but
because ne is the husband of fifteen wives
aud the father OF Ihirty-fve children, of
whom he seems to be very pre- I'D. Big
Knee, Sitting Bear, Bird Face and Two
Squirrels make up the rest of the lnGiaps.
Will they were once wild and relentless,
yet they are now grs a. friends TO the whites,
aud love and obey their white companions
as though they had never gone through
blood and strife or had the CORY scalp of
women or innocent babes dangling at their
belts. Some OF them speak EDg!i.h quite
huentlv and when conversed with
plainly show that thy would
make apt schol trs and learn re Oily. The
cowboys are eight in numbAr, under the
leadership of the redoubiable Mexico Bill.
character to the leoIle, as his daring deeds
ard skill as a scout have often before been
chrO1ic!ed in the press Throughout the
country, an I he is probably IS " II known
a, Buff ilO Bill or Texas Jack, and anyone |
that has not heard Of them has not heard |
OF very much, to say the least. Mexico |
Bill was for long time employed By the |
government as a scout, and 10 all his I'M
dertakings proved himself a man worthy
OF, and fully capable of performing, the |
imp o-tant duties entrusted TO him.
The guickness with which he |
and his complnio1s discharge /
their repeating rifles is truly marvellous.
The next introduced was Mr. John hewitt,
the veteran pony express rider. This gen.
tleman also is we'll known throughout the
ccuutry for his daring and hardwood. In
years gone bv, when the United States mail
was transported across the pl aims, the great
unknown ard savage infested west, Mr..
New was one OF The first to take the sad
die in the service of Uncle Sam, and be it
said 10 his credit, the confidence placed In
him was never b, trayed. Often was he
pursued by the indians and bandits who
infested the plains, and many a time was
he compelled to ruu the gauntlet CT death,
but never for moment did he
finch from the duty imposed upon
him. Mr.. hewitt is not only en-
excellent rider and a lightning horse
changer, but ia a,SO one of the finest scouts
in the country, and TO this accomplishment
he doubtless owes his life to-day. Last, but
by no means least, is Pill De Soto, the col
ored man who rides the buck ne bronc'O,
and probably the only man who can ride
him with any kind of succ 50. De Soto is part
Mexican. md as hard rs a rock. The horse
which throws him must indeed be a good
one. The one he is now riding, threw
him on one occasion, but only one, and De
Soto says he never will again.
The reporter found Mr.. Fargo an afable
gentleman, resdy and ling to
impsrt any information which might :
be d sired, end the sc ibe {
re urn his most sincere thar Ks to him {
for his kindness. G
The Wild West exhibition is both inter- l
estiug aud instructive, and invariably
passts off without a jar, urless some OF I
the fairer sex faint from excitement IL 9
alone is we'll worth the price of aimissiou. S
In the future, as in the past, may it prove Q
a success.
Next on the program came an exhibit 1
lion half-mile running race for two 2
year clds. There were two eutriss. Tie S
race was indeed exciting, and the bo' SIS 1
came under the wire neck and-necS. [
The last act was l00-yard foot race be- t
ween Indian John, c. A Bassatt, John q
TOmlinson and an unknown for 500 side !
Th re was considerable difficulty in get i
ing fair start, but they were finally got
off Ba.s-c passed over the scratch win c
ser of the race by about ten feet. Time, S
10 seconds. T
POSTPONED. y
There was no night exhibition on &C
count of the rain, and good thing was