The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-16
PICTURES OF THE WILD WEST.
savannah TO Have the Great Exhibit
tiOn Of Frontier Life Tomorrow.


tiOn Of Frontier Life Tomorrow.
The Wild West and Buffalo BIZ will
have a large part of Savannah to-mor-
row. The show is in Charleston to-day
and will reach here tomorrow morning
on three special trains Of fifty-four cars.
The street parade will take place in the
forenoon and will wind up at the exhibit
ton grounds in the base ball park east
Of the Savannah. Florida and Western
railway. Two exhibitions will be given,
one at o'clock in the afternoon and the
otner at o'clock at night. The street
exhibition Will consist of only detach-
ments OF the company. unembeIlished
with gliding or tinsel, and in light march
ing order. There are 100 people and 500
horses in the wild west, besides the herds
of buffalos and wild cattle The route
Of the cavalcade will be announced in
the Morning News tomorrow morning.
has always deprecated the circus reputa-
ton that has inevitably attached to his
show, and now that it is soon to be dis
banded he looks upon 1t more than ever
as practical means of educating the peo-
pie in one phase of the country's develop
ment and history that they are never
likely to see for themselves.
Since the return of the Wild West from
Europe, where 1t captured a whole con-
unent at single sweep, there has been
added 70 1t an International feature. that
of the congress of rough riders OF the
world Strange as it may seem to the
general public, this may be an important
factor tn the future establishment Of an
International peace congress.
The picture presented by the Wild West
In its present form is one of the most
brilliant ever seen in show arena OF
any sort. The loo Indians alone in paint
and feathers make a pageant of color.
Added to them the uniforms Of the mill
tary detachments. the white and silver
Of the German Hussars, the blue and
crimson of the French Chasseurs. the
orange and blue of the United States cav
airy and the red. blue and green of the
irish LaneeIs, together with the pied
trappings of the Arabs, Cossacks and
cowboys. make a combination such as
has never before been seen, and possibly
never will be again.
II is of interest to know that all of the
military display, as well as all the rest
of the show is genuine. All of the sol
diers are enlisted men on special furlough
rymen are from details of the Second and
SeNanth. and have among them two
medals of honor for distinguished bravery.
The old sergeant of the Irish Lancers has
enlis lment papers dating back to 1850, and
all the other detachments were drawn
direct from the services they represent.
What each party does in exhibition is
only what they have been trained to do
in their own service. Two weeks after
the Cossacks Joined the show the cow
boys were emulating and equaling a. their
tricks and maneuVers, but that was not
the object Of the exhibition, which is an
object lesson, and not a competition, SO
IN public the riders are restricted 10 dis
playing their own accomplishments.
ono Of the features of the show is that
II is given in all kinds of weather. While
the performance is in the open air. the
spectators are protected by the canvas
in the show, cowboys, soldiers, Indians
and natives of the great west in its I'M
tanned state, are not people to mind
rain storm, and at night the performance
is under a brilliant electric light furnish
ed from plant carried by the show.