The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-10-13

Opsnin9 Feature Of Buffalo
Bins Wild West Should
,.ls Not b. Missed.

Opening Feature Of Buffalo
Bill's Wild West Should
Not b. Missed.
The initial feature of thu p form
ances in Buffalo Bills Wild West
and Congress IF Rough Riders Ut
the World, which comes here on
October - 10 the grand interna-
tiOnal equestrian review. and every
body should be seated by O'Clock
a. it always opens sharp at those
hours. and to miss It, or any part
Of it, 10 to loose = magnificent.
ele ctrifying, enthralling, martial
!eye feast Of individual and cosmo-
politan horsemanship, even the re-
hottest furore and flavor of which
no description can possibly convey.
All the old-time, stereotyped, crawl
ing pageants and so. called ''grand
entrees" are but CARDBOARD and pup
lpet travesties when opposed to its
magnitude aud splendid ensemble
of glancing. glittering. flying,
laundering, overwhelming, fiery
freedom of daring and consummate
action. It has been recorded that
sit stirs the blood as no other
spectacle could, short of battle, \
shipwreck, or an earthquake" and
lit arouses the martial and chival
rous spirit to the very climax and
. l'exultant abandon of enthusiasm.
The dash, the FIRE, the glory and
, glamour of it all will transport you.
You will be immensely pleased with
yourself because your patriotism
has aroused you 50 and your blood
has leaped responsive in your veins.
. The flashing. dancing, prismatic
splendor of the show, the nerve and
adroisness of the riders, the speed,
power, nobility and intelligence OF
. the horses, the streaming colors and
! ringing. corruscating steel-lance,
swordblade, plumed helmet and
FURNISHED breastplate, the clankIng
+ scabbard and jingling, ringing spur
y these all intoxicate your brain and
lnflame in you the exultation OF
glorious war.
:. The stirring strains of the Cowboy
Band form the signal in response to
:, which a band of savage Sioux
;, horsemen appear at the far end oi
the vast enclosure. With shrii
e cries and straight and swift as ar
= |eagle-feathered arrow the barbara.
;. ally arrayed and fearsomely
painted braves shoot into the open,
through the sunlight, or under the
u almost equally bright electric rays
taking their hesdlong, bareback
n fight down the plain 10 wnere thu
r applause is swelling. With a swooI
the fierce cavalcade curves at tn
end, spreads like an opening fan
IS circles and is stretched across tn<
plain. motionless. Succeeding then
with splendid regulated sweep OF
:. swift rush come on the gallan
"Queen's Own" Lancers; the stall
- wart cavalry from the Emperor .
e Germany's Body guard; the famous
- horsemen of our own pet Sixth
d Cavalry, with their yellow brait
:, and plumes, Old Glory with them
e the 1.-THE and swarthy contingent O
SCARED Cuban patriots; wild Cos
sack light cavalrymen of the Volga
= whooping, daredevil Cowboys; tn
% Arabs with their quaint, long gun!
and streaming draperies; the Mex
leans with wide sombrero and flap
= ping trousers; the South American
B. Gauchos, whirling their deadl,
N bolas as they gallop on; and behine
them all rides Buffalo Bill, the man
re agerial spirit among all these Cen
IN taurs, bowling as his horse galloP
with long even stride, until he face
4 the vast and expectant throng
which, as he raises his hat abov
his head in graceful salutation, gree
him with a universal roar of vel
come.
te 1t is splendid picture then
IF rank after rank of horsemen from
,e all the nations stretching across tn
plain, shining with steel and aflam
with color; tossing names running
!" along the lines like wheat moving
ID under breeze; above them tn
Id plumes and the bright crests, an.
ID still higher, held in upstretche'
r arms, the white flashing sabers, un
% til at signal the ranks melt int
lg moving streams of color and light
the horsemen threading their wa
in and out past one another, cir
cling, hating, advancing, receding
m reforming by tours and skies
E, trailing out in single file, movin
G. ribbons of men and horses spangle
. with cleaning metal, until two lon
y lines gallop away evenly an
d, steadily and disappear whence the
came. Only one performance, afte'
noon a, 2 O'Clock.
No other pills can equal Dewitt
;<&1e r ria, R;serc f0r nromntneS.