The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-12


here next Saturday that has ever been
seen in the South. He waxed enthusiastic
as he spoke Of the daring feats in horse
manship TO be seen. He guarantees that
the Mexicans, cowboys, Indians, and the
entire outfit will be the best OF its kind
ever seen in Richmond.
Colonel Cody has had a great success
since he was here last notably in New
York, where, as a general Of Nebraska
militia on the STAFF OF General Dodge. he
was voted, in company with Chief Jo-
sephs the NeZ Perez Indian, the most pic
turesque figure in a procession containing
$1,000 men in the Grant monument parade.
His opening at Madison Square Garden
was probably the grandest tribute ever
paid to an individual in an arena. There
were present forty-fye generals. active
and retired, including the Secretary of
War, COmman ling General Miles, General
Merritt General Carr. General Dodge.
General Sumner. General stanton, Cen
eral Arson Mills, and many of the most
noted retired generals. such as O. Howard
and others, who all expressed themselves
as highly pleased with his presentation
OF the military interest TO the general
public. No finer endorsement of his pres
ent organization, and no better recon-
mendation Of them 10 the general public
than was the presence Of this military
combination in New York at the time OF
the Grant Memorial parade could be
imagined. In presenting the members of
the Sixth United States Cavalry and also
the Fifth United States regulars among
his new features. he also had the honor
Of Col. Sumner, commander Of the Sixth
Regiment. and Captain Thorpe. command
er OF the artillery. from which the men
were recruited, being present I'm boxes.
These Sixth United States cavalrvmen
are the great features of the Wild West
thls year, as they are without doubt
among the best representatives Of the
latter day cavalry exercises. The limited
States oavalryman has been making great
progress, especially the Seventh. sixth
and the Third troops Tho Sixth come
from Fort Meyer. and are the equal Of any
In their line. For years their new athletio
equestrianism has been in vogue by diff
terent army posts, and the Consequence
Is that the expert cavalryman Of to-day
is a revelation. They have been combin-
ing all the natural excellence for which
the army was formerly famed with the
cowboy agility the Cossack exercises.
etc. until Jack is now better than his
master" AS Colonel Cody has secured a
number of the expert young men. and has
with him some extraordinarily fine Cos
sacks and some OF the best cowboys and
Mexicans, this is a rare opportunity. the
first in history, OF seeing these experts
exercise in the same arena. The cavalry
men ride bareback, dismount, run along
Sue VI lHtlT nOfStSs ItinOult AT speed,
ride double speed standing riding back
wards and perform, in fact. feats Of
skill that dim forever the Once-famed
heroes of the circus ring. In fact as
Major Burke says. comparing them, "the
ancient Romans couldn't roam with these
fellows" The Boston Globe" says:
IF there are many men who can ride
as the veterans Of the Sixth United States
Cavalry do in this show why the Gov
eminent ought TO make its mounted sol
diers earn the living OF a standing army
by riding in circuses in times Of peace
AS l watched these fellows riding boldly
over the rough ground-a very different
thing from the tan OF an ordinary ring
without saddle l was reminded that the
fcats of the Roman youth in the circus
were not so wonderful after all. That one
feature OF the Wild West show a novel
one, was one of the most attractive and
graceful / ever saw. To see those young
fellows, I'm the trim frontier uniforms
riding in couples and shifting while at
rapid gallop from one horses back TO the
other without Stacking speed; TO see them
riding standing. on the bareback horses.
now riding one horse, now two. and now
three. or riding In couples on three horses.
gives one considerable respect for Ameri-
can horsemanship.
The other prominent new feature is the
introduction OF a light battery OF artii-