Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-08-25
A TRIUMPHANT MARCH.

a IRlUmP HAM mAhOn.
Buffalo Biz Hailed by Thousands-His
Army as Large as at Chicago-SOO Men.
600 Horses, 81 Cars-Syracuse $3.50,
Rochester 39.4Ie, Buffalo 4I,5GO in One
Day
1t has been said that a prophet is not
appreciated in his own country. In the
case Of Buffalo Bill his march of triumph
through foreign lands is being eclipsed
by his tour this season at home. The
unrel.abiuty OF prophets may have been
Che cause of the Old saying. but the con-
HdeEce in Col. COdy's pronunciaementos
and their faithful fulfllment makes his
case an exception. The record in
amusement attendance has been
everywhere equalled and c0ntin-
u3Ly beaten this summer. No
ta5iy, Syracuse, Rochester and Buf-
talo last week. Why? Because Buffalo
BIZ announces as big q show as ne had
al Chicago and he gives it. The Buff
tl.0 Courier OF Tueday, August 20, says:
Buffalo BIZ himself is no stage hero
adorned with h.sJr.Onic trappings and
aided by the mimic environment Of
Sragecraft He IS himself and in him
self and by himself is the eXemplifica-
ton Of the peculiar phases of cOntempO-
rane0us history which he has helped 10
develop and which without such men as
he could not have been developed. He
is as much q part Of the history Of this
country in his own sphere of acton as
Jus greatest soldiers or its wisest states
men. Buffalo Bill is real. His enter
rainmenJ is worthy of acceptance be
cause 10 is true to nature, inasmuch as
&c is the real thing .tseI and all its de-
tails are real It is worthy because it
caches It's lessons with a direct and i'm
mediate effectiveness not possible by
any other conceivable method No pen
can dictate and no brush picture such
thrilling vivid. moving. living pictures
DIS those presented yesterday. The In
dams, the cowboys the C0ssacks and
the other fearless hOrsemen were real:
rs real rs Buffalo Bill himself The ola
DeadwO1d Coach was real and the spirit
and speed and energy OF the horses
which wh.rled their daring riders over
J,he turf of the enclosure was not stimu-
l3,ed, but as real as though those
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prairies or the Siberian steppes
And with an it's reality it is artistic
in the highest and best sense. l. ap-
peas o the artistic sentiment found in
the hearts Of all. rich and poor. high and
low. because Of the conviction of its
-hfulDess which comes to all, be they
ever so skepticll
Col. Cody does not excite admiration
and arouse enthusiasm simply because
he besJrides q horse with grace and
manly dignity. nor because of his skill
as an equestrian. but because OF the
era and because of the participation in
the events of that era in American his
tory which he represents. He is es-
teemed I'm the popular mind because he
is i'm every sense, physically and men
tally splendid American, the equal in
every attribute. save that of material
possession, of any pOtentate in the
world, and ruling over a kingdom of
hearts more pOpulous and more loyal
than any ruler on earth. The truth of
this may have been realized by but
few of the thousands who saw him yes
terday as Buffalo Bill. the Indian fiht-
err, scout, and frOntiersman; neverthe-
less his name and place in the history
of America are sure of last prominence.
In order to present this splendid and
complete entertainment it has not been
necessarily TO employ auXiliaries. nor
TO resort to any meretIiciOus methods.
q he public appreciation is obtained by
the verisimuitUde of every phase and
feature. and this of course has only
been made possible by the real charac-
ter of all the elemnts employed No
one can say that Col. Cody is not Buff
falO Bill, nor gainsay his remarkable
record as q hunter. scout and leader:
no one can question the nationality of
the Indians the MeXicans and the Cos
sacks who are seen with him. Their
appearance and what they do testify to
their genuiueneSs. No one can doubt
in that direction, although many may
fail to appreciate the entire truth and
inestimable value of the object lesson
i'm history set before them. and of the
practical impossibility. when its COM
pOnent parts shall have become disin-
tegrated, of that lesson ever being re-
peated.
When a tableau of Columbus landing
in America was produced before roy
atty in England the picture was most
enthusiastically admired. not because
of its artistic grouping and the truth
fitness Of scenic ensemble and correct
costuming, but because the Indians in
the picture were, not white men paint
ed TO represent savages. but the gen
uine article. some of Col. COdy's Sioux,
who looked what they We're. real In
dams with real copper colored skins,
and every other evidence of their iden-
tity.
Ii may be that the Wild West as an
entertainment will pass into Oblivion
Us rapidly as the scenes and modes of
life it depicts are becoming matters Of
history. and il may be that its central
figure may leave forever the arena he
now occupies; if so. those who have
looked upon its characters and imbibed
its lessons will rejoice at the opportu-
nifty embraced and those who have fail
ed to seize that opportunity Will have