The morning times., 1895-10-03

Colonel William F. Cody, who is known
| throughout the world buffalo Bill"
arrived IN town yesterday with his Congress
of Rough Riders of the World, and pitched
his tents on the old circus grounds, on the
corner of North Capitol and n streets.
Two performances were given yesterday
and Will be repeated to-day. In every way
the entertainment proved the attraction
| TO both young anu old that had been antici-
pated. Thousands watched the Indians,
Mexicans, cowboys, Cossacks, and Arabs
| with the most absorbing interest.
The predominant impression produced.
| however, was tnat of the wild and woolly
West" The war-whoops OF the reai Dve
Indians, mingled with the calls of the cow
| boys, and tue snort or the buiIJlos set the
nerves OF the auuience tingiing with excite
ment, and when the OLD Deadwood Coach
came rattDng on the scene with a wild
lurr1h, The climax was reached and the
audience rose from their seats en- masse
and Ioared and shouted until they were
forced 10 malt from sheer exhaustion and
| lack of breath.
Everything brought on, including even
| the group OF RfIian Arabian hursemen,
| received its share OF the applause and was
| cheered to the echo, but IL was hot until
| Tue Bill
| that the cheers and applause broke all
! bounds, and it looked as /. the police would
| have to be called in to prevent the crowd
| from mobbing Col. Cooy in their efforts
| to do homage 10 the American hero of
! the plains.
o. TIE show is a first-class one in every
respect, and what adds to it's attractIveness
| is the fact that there is nothing advertised
| N the bills that does not come up to aud
| even exceed expectations.
THE GRAND REVIEW.
The performance opened with the "Star
| Spangled BanneT," which was beautifully
rendered by the cowboy band. Alter this
came the grand review and the crowd had
| chance to catch glimpse OF The hun
| dreds OF people that go to make up this
| great show. In addition 10 the cowboys,
| MeXicans, Gaucbos, Arabs, scouts. guides
| and American negroes THAT went 10 make
up the procession, there was a detachment
OF fully equipped soldiers OF America,
4 England, France Germany and Russia.
All these made a grand show as they
| slowly filed around the ring, and in the
| night exhibition it was made more i'm
| pressiye by the flash lights, which, when
| turned on the Giittefing uniforms or The
| soldiers, cast thousands of beams of light
! into the darkness OF the night.
Miss Annie Oakley, the celebrated shot,
was then introduced, and she did some
wonderful work with a rifle that was
| only equailed by the shooting of Johnnie
! ba ker and Buffalo Bill himself. Miss
! Oakley is easily the queen OF marks " omen,
and much of her shooting was marvellous.
Next to Buffalo Bill the Rffian Arab
hoTsemen easily n2d tue can in the public
favor. Their riding was not only of the
hair raising description, but their feats
OF strength and tumbling were q very inter
esting part of the performance. They built
nat
high, tumDled, turned handsprings, flip
flaps. forward and back, and turned cart
wheels with tw..ts in them that fairly
took ones breath away.
4 group of MeSicans gave a wonderful
exhibition of the use of the lasso. They
appeared TO be able TO place the iarl,u
anywhere they wished by merely sim
pie twist or the wrist" They thought moth
ing OF picking out left hind foot and
placing the moose over 1T, or taking a
backward turn with the lasso and picking
cowboy oaI of his saddle.
ATTACKED THE COACH.
The attack on the old original Dead
wood Coach" was one of the special
features OF the evening, and was watched
with great interest The old coach was
ushered on the scene, drawn by SIX mules,
and there was certainly no question as to
its antiquity. 1t looked as If ii had gone
through the revolution, the rebellion, and
countless Indian wars, and then put Into
service as coal cart. The windows were
all right, only that they were very much IN
evidence. In fact the whole shake
- wn appea red 10 be made up of windows,
and the wonder was that it held together.
1t must have been made in the times
when they made things to last" as it
seemed to be as solid as a rock, and stood
no end OF Jolting ard bo.ncing when the
Lrdians poured out of the tent in the hack
ground, and with blood cIrdiing yells,
swept down upon Ii and the fourapparenuy
helpless and innocent-looking individuals
who occupied 1t.
These Individuals came TO life very sud-
denly. however, and with the help of
Buffalo Biil's cowboys, who, by the way,
must have been waiting around the corner
for something TO come off, fought back the
red men and completely routed them.
After Buffalo BiI had done some wonderful
shooting at glass balls from horseback, a
buffalo hunt occurred. The herd, which
is the only one in the country, was chased
around the inciosurc, and enough blank
cartridges pumped into them to send ten
times the number to the happy hunting
grounds"
The show wound up with a realistic
attack on settlers cabin by a baud of
Indians. Buffalo Bill again stepped in, and,
with the assistance OF his cowboys and
scouts, routed the red men and left the
settler safe IN the possession OF. his home.
After a parting salute from the entire
company the crowd filed out, and one was
sure that Buffalo Bill was the king of
scouts and his show the best aggregation
that could possibly be brought together.
Col. Cody was given a reception yesterday
afternoon at the Army and Navy Club, by
the officers of tie army who had kno wn him
in former years. The affair was entirely
informal and the renewal of old
acquaintance and forma tion Of new friend
ships was exceedingly enjoyable.
Two performances will be given to-day
From here the combination viii work its
way down to Atlanta, where its success
at the Exposition promises to equal, If cot
exceed, the triumph that it had at the
Chicago Worlds Fair.