The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-24
ABUFFALO BILL" TODAY
THE WILD WEST SHOW HERE IN
ALL ITS DASH AND DARING.
Parade Today at o;so--Feriormanees at
4 2 and p. m.--coionsi Cody Donates
$50 to Dick Downing Monument.

excuse my ignorance" said handsome
stranger, who called at The Post editorial
rooms last night, "but who is Dick Downing
and who is Phil FAN"
rhe stranger was Mr.. Dexter Fellows,
representative Of Colonel William Cody,
"Bunaio Bill" who had teiegraphed him
10 hand Phil Fail 500 for Dick Bowling
1t was readily safinsed that Colonel Phil
Fail had been giving Colonel Cody tip on
the Dick Bowling monument and tn gem
crous plainsman, With az exceeding fenduess
Tor the heroic, had telegr1phed Mr. Fellows
e do the needful. The fost received tAe
money.
The show will be here todoy-indec1, "a
tere now, n no accident happened, arriving
from Galveston IN a special train 81 forty
nine cara at an early hour this morning.
rhc parade Will move owe; the principal
streets at $50 and performances win be
given at and s p m.
Mr.. Fellows says the attraction was
never played TO such business anu has
never more deserved the success It is meet
Rahdio Bits show has been before the
public for two decades. Almost tweuty
ssnrs ago was presented TO the homes OF
the East the first picture groups ~ western
characters, horses, prairie wagons, stage
coaches, buffalo, clk ana via nluslahss;
respected ae Buffalo BILL the nriuy scout
aided aud aOettcd by Nate salisbury lhrh
noted comedian The Interest nnN cNclte'
ment ;aeft created was most inicuSe. us
heretofore tile deuizcns 81 Che East were de-
pendent upon the Cutius, Bayart Iurlolt
prmy reports and travelled journalists iol
descriptions " tile frontier, aud q tlc ro'
iganrtr the Mayue Relds Feniuiora CnUpeI
and the Ned Buutines for the romantic and
picturesque depictlon o. tue TselDie
scenes. Incidents ana atmosphere OF pioneer
life. IL was revelation 70 sec au lh9iau
on horseback, properly equipped, COWBOY
then mythical parsonage, often cgutblud
ed with the bandit or the rustler' the
sturdy little mustang; the hardy spanish.
arab, known as the brOucho, with his wild
antics, his vicious tricks requiring aA phh
ity Ia the rider SO great mat the description
et the TIVE ~ contest ~ Mark Twain
ceivable and 90 grCtcslue that the gfcui
hb,nOrist WIS credited with aa elastic imag
lnntlon that drew this funniest u imposss
So much was this thc csse that he found
II necessary go publicly Announce lu Ia,
managfineuts behalf thlt bis description
was 3 fact. that tho horses were The gem
uiue article, sud their umprus eousucs3 %
disposition ara reculellgaat traits wee
painfully true as hr Aad personally ridden
6u enc ~ the equine devils Once Tor nearly
1aI q minute, aud thgu had realized tlD
stability ~ terra hrmU. It is Just MS
truc ~ ife TODAY ns 81 WIS thru, but more
exceptional rs the grand march ~ agi.
cultural settlement aud general progress
have Invaded what WAS once the great
vacuum 40 tho plains, tllt nrccsstatpd the
strenuous lfe depleted until the Wiid
AQf,stfs repraserfH,f,.g srD aJpour tho inst
~ their Nud For 30. the famiilaritI 81
nlIIiy. which age brings, should not in me
unthinhng breed Contempt but 90 ia.
verse ratio should cEbaire the respect %,
TIE mature. alfi create renewed Interest," iH
tAe yauuc and be .ureea population in the
picturesque presentation Of an American
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