The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-13
THE WILD VESTS VISIT.
Seven Hundred People and 500
Horses In IL.

seven hundred People and 500
Horses In IL.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West will make it's
first appearance in Savannah Thursday
afternoon and night. savannahians who
have seen the show elsewhere in the last
few years will be surprised to see the
extent to which it has been developed.
Originally designed to illustrate only
scenes and actualities in the early his
tory of that great region of our country
which has ceased to be the home Of the
Indian and the buffalo to become an in
tegral part of our civilized domain, the
exhibition has grown, year by year, to a
magnitude that must be seen to be ap-
preciated. Readers doubtless will re-
member the Juror the Wild West created
In England, even among the extraordi-
nary displays incident to the celebration
of the queens jubilee; and how, also, II
subsequently rivaled in attractiveness
the great worlds fair in Paris. Its scope
and proportions then were considered
wonderful, but they were enlarged until
the great exhibition was created that
won such fame during the Columbian fair
in Chicago. Last year still further addl-
tions were made for the marVelously sue
cessful season in New York, and this sea-
son the entertainment is of even greater
The question how to take ION the road.
with all the effects obtained in Chicago
men and horses, was one difficult to solve;
and so Mr.. James A. Bailey, long famous
as the partner OF P. T. Barnum, and for
several years the sole proprietor and man
ager of the Barnum- Bailey show. was
called in to aid with his experience ana
skill Col. Cody and Mr.. Salisbury. This
triumvirate has solved the problem, ana
they will bring to Savannah, in railroad
cars, 800 people and 600 horses to partici-
pate in the performance.
In addition to the original features of
the wild west a congress of the rough
riders Of the world has been organized De-
tachments of picked cavalrymen of the
American, English, German and French
armies, in their distinctive uniforms and
superbly mounted, will illustrate the equi-
tation of their different services. Indians
from the far west, Cossacks from Russia,
Arabs from the great desert of Sahara,
Gauchos from the South American plains,
Rprales, from Mexico. and other rough
ship. These people are not circus riders
made up in fancy dress; they are, with
out exception, what they are announced
TO be, and their genuinenesS is Vouched
for by the sympathetic Endorsement OF
eight governments, which have given their
official countenance to the bringing Of
their subjects together by Messrs. Cody
& Salisbury.
Everything about the enterprise is pre-
sented on an even greater scale than ever
before-nOt under canvas, but in open-air
arena, the size Of which has never been
equaled by any occupied by an entertain
ment of any sort.
ne LOT lne COHlOTN
convenience of audiences witnessing this
mammoth carnival of equestrianism are
perfect.A complete grand stand, shaped like
a horseshoe, is carried with the organiza-
ton. 1t will seat 5000 people, not one of
whom will be obliged to occupy bleach
ers," for the entire stand is rooted over.
Thus, no matter what the weather while
the entertainment is given with all the
open-air effects so essential to its success,
the spectators are afforded complete pro-
lection from both sun and rain. To IL
Illuminate the arena Is provided an cleo
trio plant of $4,000 candle power, by
which the whole vast scene is made as
dazzlingly brilliant as the stage of a the
alter during the production of a spectacle.