The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-01
SHOW DAY HERE.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West in
Topeka.
Battle of San Juan Hill WIN Be
Fought Over Tonight.

Buffalo Bills Wild West show and Con-
gress Of Rough Riders Of the World came
into Topeka from Concordia Sunday
morning. All of last week through the
rain and wetness the show struggled
through western Kansas towns, but
spirits. equipments and faces have recov-
cred entirely their wonted brightness, and
coming in here dry shod the transfer from
train TO show grounds was accomplished
quietly and speedily
Crowds of people visited the grounds
during the day and roamed about at will
to see the sights. They fondled the can
non, peeked at the Indians and strange
Oriental peoples, Arabs. Cossacks and
Turks gazed at the buffalo and admired
the horses, of which the show has very
fine lot, that always come in for generous
vided. The real artists were at the up
town hotels and even some OF the side
This morning the show grounds livened
I'D as it came time for the parade TO get
under way. me small boy wno mas sssl
there the major portion or MS waklng
hours ever since the sh low i arrived was
You won't get in the show, Jimmy,
said one why wasn't y round %
Won't thought .,,, in tone Of the tn, ut
names down on a paper, and he'll cross
en- off, an wen &c, right into the side
In the parade that passed through the
main thoroughfares between 10 and II
o'clock the worlds representative sols
diery and wild riders were given splendid
display. From the United States army
drum corps, that led the line, to that bat
terry of artillery that brought up the rear,
the cavalcade was watched on Kansas
avenue by an average crowd. Sharing the
seat in his spider phaeton with Colonel
Cody himself Buffalo Jones was con-
spicuous figure as a guest of honor. COM
pleting a brace Of pioneers that is not
often shown hereabout of late years.
Frank A. Root, who was once an Over
land Express messenger, rode on the old
DeadWood coach with the driver. The
cowboy band, mounted on white horses,
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lish, German, French and United States
cavalry, Cubans, COSsackS Arabs, cow
boys, Mexicans and Indians in ornate uni
forms and variegated costumes gave much
life and color to the pageant.
The courage and daring of all these rep
resentatives of martial, civilian and saw
age life were given vivid portrayal at the
performance this afternoon. Cowboys
WED with one another in reckless feats of
daring horsemanship, rode fierce bronchos
boys in blue" Colonel Cody, Johnnie
Baker and Annie Oakley gave exhibitions
of their skill with firearms. Mexicans
We're seen IN lasso contests and the bar
barian Arabs and daring Cossacks COM
peted in reckless riding.
The Battle of San Juan hill,' which
concludes the long and varied programme
brings into the arena the whole big COM
pany and furnishes a realistic conception
Of that famous charge in the Spanish
American war. Some of the rough riders
that participated in the real charge now
thunder up the imaginary slope with an
ardor that gives much naturalness to the
scene. This feature of the bill is given
added effect at the night performance,
when the bivouac fires CLEAN out bright
~, the warriors loom up out of the shad-
OWS gradually and the illumination grows
and brightens bringing out every figure in
the most realistic relief in their move
ments and attitudes
OF the Doutfitt tract and are reached by
the Polk street entrance.