Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-26


hypochrondria on record.
Maj. Burke is Wilmingtonian, and
though the city of his birth has had
only heeting glimpses of him for the
past 80 years, he still has heart warm
for the home of his childhood. He was
wild to see his many old friends, Friday
night, but the stern demands of his
profession kept him on the move, and
though he arrived only in the early
evening, the midnight express whirled
him on to Washington, there to pro-
mote the object that brought him TO
Wilmington, and has taken him to
almost every corner of the civilized
globo--to spread the fame of that
greatest of all aggregations ever formed
for the instruction, elevation and
amusement of MISUNDERSTANDING Bills
Wild West.
Maj. Burke is Buffalo Bills general
issimo. He precedes the great show,
and sees that every thing is made
smooth for those who follow to attend
to the details of the performances. He
is a diplomat of the cleanest cut he
is the prince of good fellows. His
CHEEKY presence melts even the reserve
with which royalty doth hedge itself, "
and kings, queens, princes, ambassa-
| doris, lord bishops and statesmen of
high degree have called him friend.
And more than that, they have flocked
with tho multitudes to see the great
show, and afterwards joined in the
universal appreciation of its merits
The great Wild West aggregation will
| be in Wilmington next Saturday, and
will display its unrivalled splendors at
the Front and Union streets grounds,
afternoon and evening. Mai. Burke,
although continually on the wing,
hopes to be in Wilmington on that
day. 1t is a joy, he says, to which he
has looked forward for years-to be on
hand in his own handsome and genial
person, and see the great show with
which he is identified display its amaz-
ing attractions to the people of his
native city.
Buffalo Bills Wild West is not tent
show, but an al fresco entertainment.
The performance is in the open, on the
hard turf. The spectators, however,
are shelter ed from sun or storm under
the canopy that covers the IL, 600 seats
that form part of the complement of
this colossal aggregation. Such an ar
rangement gives all the effect of reality
to the scenes that are enacted, and
|
with the Cossacks, on the sands of the
desert with the Arabs, or in the noun
tain Businesses of the far West when
the American Indians and that modern
Centaur, the American cowboy, perform
their thrilling roles.
The dominating, figure Of the exhibit
ton is, of course, Col. W. F. Cody
buffalo Bill He is the Murat of
the present day, and to see him.
superb, in the saddle, suggests what
he might have been in the Napoleonic
era, leading its cohort in victorious
charge. He is as straight as an arrow
and his aim is as steady as of yore,
sthough his long, flowing hair is few
shades whittier than when he last ap-
peared here. His exhibition is the
closing scene of an era in the West of
which he was central figure, and his
cowboys and Indians will soon be as
rare as the buffalo, of which his little
herd is one of the last remnants
There is certainly nothing within the
limits of peaceful civilization to equal
the mastery horsemanship of his
"congress" of the worlds rough riders.
He has brought together in an instruc-
tive, pleasing exhibition the best rep
rescntatives of the countries famous
for equestrianism. The opening scene
of the equestrian drama is picturesque,
daring and thrilling. In the marvellous
riding the Cossacks are great, while
Cody's dashiug cavalrymeu, Indians
and cowboys are unexcelled.
The feats of the Arabian acrobat.
form strong feature of the show ane
relieve it of the excitement which be
comes tiresome. The battle with thu