The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-24
BUFFALO BILL AT HOME.
What He Knows Of the Prince Of Wales and
EogIish society.
Tuferview In New YORK Uo~lS

What He Knows Of the Prince Of Wales and
EogIish society.
Interview In New York World.
You saw . good deal of the Prince of Walesl,
Yes. did. 1t was Jubilee Year. you see.
which was in itself . very fortunate thing for
rs, and the Prince of Wales sent wcrd every
week or 90 that he would b present at such and
such . performance and with some one or moro
of the visiting crowned heads. / drove four kings
once in the Dead wood coach, with the Prince Of
Wales on the box beside me. He remarked on
the fact OF the four kings himself. ! told him
that / bad had four kings before, but never
with the royal joker at the same time. The
Prince of Wales 10 one Of the simplest and jol-
lest fellows / ever met. He came down to SEQ
us very often. personally. would talk with the
Indians, give them cigarettes and appeared to
enjoy himself immensely. His popularity
Ia England 10 unbounded- II there were Q
general election for the kineship l believe
he would receive . unanimous vote. Ny
experience was that the higher you got up the
more simple and unaffected the people were.
The Princess of Wales came to the exhibition
one day and saw her sitting in the general
audience, although there was . royal box. She
afterwards came to my tent and drank . cup Of
tea On another occasion / drove her and her
sons and daughters and the Duke Michael Of
Russia 10 the Deadwood coach, nine people in
all. never felt SO nervous in all my life. If
that coach had tipped over I don't suppose /
would have ever come out of the grounds alive.
Tho Princess of Wales has the affection of the
English people to q wonderful degree. When /
finally drew rein and the royal party alighted
and there had been no accident, I drew . long
breath Of relief"
ibid you see a good deal of English society
generallyf'
II can scarcely speak of my social e~xpsrien-
ces without appearing egotistical. but may say
l was invited everywhere, and everybody was
invited to meet me-. They called me the lion
OF the London season. / went to some house or
other for breakfast about IL or i o'clock. came
back for the afternoon exhibition. went to q
getting TO bed at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning,
by which time it was daylight As q result Of
my frontier life. 1 cannot sleep after 6 or z
o'clock in the morning. so that did not get
much sleep. At 8 o'clock I was at work with
my secretary answering letters. and at 10
o'clock came the morning exhibition ! kept
this mp about five times . week
stout on it. l was weighed on the scales in the
corridor downstairs before l sailed and tipped
100 pounds. Tonight / weigh ZIG. q gain Of
twenty-six pounds. We went to Manchester for
the winter and had . very pleasant and profit
able season. They put up an immense building
at Stafford. near Manchester, by the race track.
especially for the exhibition, and we gave the
The building seated IL, 600 people. Just before
we came away We gave them the outdoor show
on the race track. and We could not accommo-
date the people. One of the features of the last
day was a race between our Indian ponies and
English thoroughbreds, ten miles, changing
animals every half-mile. Our ponies won it in
t~wenty-one minutes and . half. Our ponies are
very fast for short distances. and our people
can change more quickly than English riders.
The Manchester people are very fond Of racing,
but they said it was the most exciting sport
they had ever seen.