Evening journal., 1898-05-14
WONDERFUL WILD WEST SHOW
BILL AND HIS RIDDRS
ENTERTAINED TWO ENORMOUS
AUDIENCES YESTERDAY.

+ Buffalo Bill and his wonderful show
has come and gone and There is a
mingled feeling Of JOY and SON. Ow in
the heart Of the small boy. He is glad
they were here and sorry that thsy are
gone. THE two performances were
Witnessed by Immense audiences, and
thousands saw the parade i'm the MORN
ing.
The performance is remarkable for thu
skill in horsemanship displayed. The
management has scOurced THE world to
find the most extraordinary types OF
rough riders, and has succeeded to a
marked degree. There are Indians,
Mexlcans, cowboys, Cossacks, Arabs
scouts, guides, GauchOs from South
America frOntie woven and detach
ments Of fully equipped regular sol
diers Of THE Wmies of THE United
States, England and Germany, and a
company Of Cuban cavalry.
Buffalo Bill, mounted en- a beautiful
sorrel charger, announced the appear
ance of his collection OF rough riders
The various troops, beginning with tIh
Indians and emding with THE Cubans
came tearing down THE fieId and halteo
facing THE centne CT The sami-circ.e
tent. Then came evolutiOns of the
most complicated and picturesque or
der. Then Miss Annie Ooal1ley gave
a wonderful exhibition of her power
Of workmanship She used rife dou-
b,e-barrel breech-Ioading gums and
pistols with equal deXterity.
Other events were a "ra.cs of hC-~ e.
between a cowboy. a Ccslsac.5, a M x
can, an Arab, a Gaucho and an Indian,
A Uni nr.ff1 l.arl 1rfrN htr 81
Grams from Captain ThOrpe's Battery ID.
fifth regiment ar,iLeTy; scene illus
trating a prairie Cmigranc train attack
ed by a band OF marauding Indians,
who are in turn repulsed by Buffalo
BIN and a troop Of cowboys: a qua
drilia on horseback; sceIcs from THE
Nfe Of a pony eXpressman; a group OF
Rlffian Arabian hOrsemen; battle of
Little Big Horn, or Clusters last rally,
which took place June %, 1876; girl
riders; JChnny Baker the celebrated
young Americn mnrksam; C0ssaIol1s;
Mexican lasso-throwers; bucking bron-
chO-rldeas: color guard Of Cuban vet
Grams; military musical drill by de-
tachments from Royal Irish Llncers
and the Imperial German Carde Cuiras
siers; calvary drill by veterans from
HNuL 'MgcAs dtldCk Ou ullt ItduWOUu
all coach by Indians; racing between
Indian boys ON bareback horses; Colo
mel w. f. Cody i'm feats of shalrpshOOt-
ing ait fun speed; buffalo hunt and final
assemblage of the riders.
The mOstremarSabief feature was prob
ably the riding of the United States
cavalrymen from Fort Myer BY their
astounding feats OF hCrsemanship they
proved to be true TO the statement made
recently THAT MO riders in THE world
professional or military, equal i'm dar-
ing their work
The ARTILLERY drill was also interest
ing n showed how quick the sol
diers could get into action and hcw
wen they cam drive the heavy cam
mons. making them go Through "a row
OF pegs without knocking one down.
Colonel Cody has offered his services
to the government in the persent war,
and is rcady to go to Cuba ait once.
He HAS also offered the use of all mis-
horses. He HAS made every arrange
ment to leave. and an THAT he is now
waiting for is word from General Miles
to join the army of invasion, and h9
will ltave at once for Tampa or Key
West.