The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-09
The Wild
WEST IN
TOWN.
Big Crowd Witnesses This A.
ternoOn'S Performance in Spite
Of Crippled Car Service.

Buffalo Bill and his incompatible
Wild West show arrived in this city yes
terday, and during the hours OF and 10
today the city streets were thronged
with anxious ones who anticipated the
usual big procession Owing 10 the strike
OF the employees of the Union Railroad
company, however. the police commits
sioners deemed IL inadvisable TO allow
the parade and consequently thcusa nds
OF disappointed men and women and
children wended their way homeward.
The first performance. however. which
was given In the big tent Just off Paw
tucket avenue. at o'clock this afternoon.
was attended by great throng OF peo-
pie who found as much to delight and
charm as in previous years.
Buffalo Bill, whose name and person
allty have been familiar for more than
a generation, rode his horse with the
ease and grace that seems TO make him
a part OF the animal. The cJwooys
clung to the bucking bronchos rs they
tore up and down the field. until IL
seemed as though their heads would bo
shaken off
The Cossacks from Russia raced around
the oblong track In seemingly Impossible
positions, at times with their heads near
the ground and feet pointing skyward.
Then there were Indians. painted and
befeathered. whooping and riding like
mad around the track, a veritable band
of the ''red devils" of the plains. There
were United States. German and Brit
ish cavalrymen. Mexicans and Cubns,
Western girl riders and South American
horsemen.
The performance was practically the
same as In years past. though there were
some new features. The storming OF
Tien Tsin has taken the place of the
oh Ga Itta nj 10
ling performance. British. German, Rus
sian and American forces dashed across
the field amid the rip, rip of a rapid
fire gunsand the spiteful snap of rifles.
After a steady advance came the final
rush. The Chinese" were driven from
the wall and victors and vanquished
disappeared in a burst OF applause and
a cloud Of smoke that obscured the tenn
porary battle field.
The exhibition by the life saving crew
was remarkable for its quick work. and
the instructive demonstration OF the use
OF the means and methods employed,
including the lyle gun and the breeches
buoy
There were glimpses OF the old from
tier life--the wagon train winding its
way slowly across the plains, the camp
at night, and the horse quadrille and
then the rush and attack by Indians,
with the rescue in the nick OF time by
the ever present and daring cowboy.
A settlers cabin was attacked by In
dians and the redskins were dispersed
by yelling cowboys. The ld-time stage
coach numbered around the field. its oc
cupants, both afternoon and evening,
being from the audience. They wanted
10 smell powder and were given the op-
portunity for again the Indians swooped
down In their nercest manner, shooting
and yelling like so many demons. The
inmates defended their lives galantly
and after a fierce battle all were res
cued by the cowboys.
Johnny Baker pleased all with his ex-
pert shooting. as did Colonel Cody. The
races were exciting and the different
drills interesting. But when the seven
poor old buffalos almost the last OF a
mighty family. trotted over the plain
and were yelled at and shot at by a
band OF screechlng red men, there were
those who thought OF the days when
millions OF those noble beasts roamed
the prairies, and OF their wanton slangh-
ter and almost complete destruction as
a race
The performance will undoubtedly at
tract thousands OF people notwithstand-
ing the strike and the consequently les
sened number OF cars Where there's
a will there's a way" and people will
assuredly find a way 20 reach Buffalo
Bits Wild West show.