New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-22

mower OF the horses the streaming colors and fash
ing steel-swordblade, helmet and breastpate. the
clanking scabbard and juggling. ringing spur-these
all intoxicate your brain and inname in you the
martial fire; but there IL great deal more than
this II you go ont and all these people on
the stage" watch them in their tents at their mess
in the stables look at them when they mount their
horses see them leap from the saddles and stroke
cleaning, dripping neck-for cavalry charges,
whether made In play or in deadly earnest. are an
exciting. wearing business-f you see all this. too.
and know how it is done how much effort Is ex-
pended and how much material needed for the
work. you Will find new interest in this little
army and will feel exharaton when you see
It displaying its power 10 charm your senses.
II you have the good fortune 20 know Major J. NJ.
Burke general manager OF the show. and II that
busy man has time to stop talking Sioux 20
painted chief. Cheyenne TO the ancient enemy OF
the warlke Sioux. German 10 a cuirasser, French
TO a bearer Of the tricolor. Mexican 10 vaquero.
and 10 leave the thousand and one details that be-
long 10 a show in which 100 men are employed. and
II you are. despite all this. presumng enough to
withdraw his attention from many and so varied
affairs you can spend whole day az Ambrose
Park AMI then wonder where the time has gone
But you Will learn in that time great deal that
you Will be glad 10 know.
While you at luncheon in the tent back %
Colonel Cody's you will get first lesson-an
particularly delightful one 1t is that Colonel
Cody's table with the wild West isn't Buffalo iills
camp fire the plains or in the mountains. when
scouting among hostile Indians. Win Colonel
Cody Mr.. Salisbury. his partner; Major Burke
and other ''pale-face' chiefs. you nni you are In
a Jolly company al lavish feast. Major Burke.
who would probably laugh and joke. because he
can't help laughing and Joking. while redskin
was scalping him. Will tell you dozen stories In
as many minutes Colonel Cody's manner is grave
and dignihed but he relates many Incidents o. great
interest with an easy manner. Mr.. Salisbury chats
trrt.,. es.er,-f ~
the big show from the immense grandsiands to n
tent stop You can pick ny LOT % Information 10y
asking few questions and then You begin 70 get
an idea OF the immensely Of the SHOW. There are
over people IN camp. az has been SAID go horS"S
are used by them. over In the tepees- You can see
them from the tent tight-closed and exclusive
looking. are 100 Indians-Siouxs. Cheyennes MACK
feet, Pawnees everything that viii fight ana scalp
when running wild" The grounds are big enough
for a Western metropolis. and II you annex 'e"
PASTURES corrals and fields. In the chicago way
YOU will have something Ike the Windy city for
the arena alone. with its grandstands. there are
eight ana one-hah acres To cover the STANDS 49,
900 feet OF corrugated iron used. In the grand
stand there l.265. 90 feet OF Georgia pine mat
low fence that runs along the roads In the ground
contains over 5000 square feet OF 2igauge steel
1t is considerably over a mile long
AN IMMENSE LIGHTING CAPACITY.
II takes a good deal OF electric Hight TO illuminate
the grounds and the plain at night In the "'e"'
there are forty-eight 4.O)o-candle power rehecuhs
lights two 80 0OO-candle power rejecting hgh'S' one
AZ cocandle power rejecting light. $50 incandescent
ughts and in the grounds and other structures be-
aides the stands eighty arc-lights ana so IN
candescent lights. The plant which furnishes inns
upht is one Of the largest in the world devoted 10
@ single enterprise.
Figures do not mean much 10 mo" WHO "'e nv
.xnerts but If YOU walk into a grandstand when
M one else ia there you feel Ike shouting Tor some
ono 70 come TO find you. Unless you have trained
owe YOU would not know that the arena proper the
Mace where the horsemen 20 through their ma
noeuyres is 525 feet in length and nearly as WHO.
Those figures may not express dehite idea 10 YOU
and YOU may not feel any more enlightened at the
Information that the course around g One-third OF
a mile But II you stand at one end and overlook
the plain when the horses are gone, and the grand
stand is empty. you will see that a horseman away
down there where the canon breaks Into the plain