Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-14
Buffalo Bill"
Man 0fH0uc.
famous Border Character and Snowman Given Unusual
Honor at tabernacle and Accorded largest Crowd
That fyer Assembled in q Show Tent Here.

West shows on the circus grounds as
the special guests Of Col, Cody. There
was u big crowd present again today,
'and said the colonel to the News
Notwithstanding the fact that we play.
ed TO more than 10000 peoIie In our two
performances Of yesterday aud turned
hundreds away last night, big business
Is assured for the remainder Of our
show here. II simply proves what has
so often been said of Salt Lake. II Is
the greatest amusement center OF It's
size In the country"
THE WILD WEST SHOWS.
Like the majestic king Of the plains
from which Col. Cody takes his name.
the scenes and the men depicted In his
great show OF the wild west are fast
passing from actualities and becoming
dim even as memories. Buffalo BIZ
ls doing a great work In preserving
them in their entirety and giving them
TO us, not in writing or In pictures, but
H. living men who are what they pre-
tend 10 be and who do the things that
are done no more.
That was a great show last night
the wild west show out here In this
wild. Such an inspiring spectacle has
not been seen since the old days when
ambuscades were real and a clash with
Indians IN the paint and feathers OF
war was acid out in the open, and no
seats were sold This of last night
seemed real enough though, quite real
enough for the modern young man OF
the west whose greatest conflict Is
with a column OF figures or dress
shirt before dinner. II thrilled him and
made him gasp and send tickling shiv-
ers up his yertebrae.
Maidens' eyes shone with their ad-
mlratIon for fnanly strength and cour-
age-the admiration that has more OF
sincerity In Il than all the alleged Pla-
tonic affections that were ever ineubat-
ed to pale-corpusced conclusion.
Meanwhile thrills toyed with the spine
OF the neglected escort who, In the in
tense interest that the show aroused.
failed TO see that the girl was forget
ting him in her new discovery Of what
manly courage can be-and was,
The crowd was thoroughly In keep
Ing with the character Of the entertain
ment. The 10000 seats surrounding the
big arena were all filled, and there
was not room in the tent for another
soul. In addition to this, many hum
dreds Of people were turned away. This
was not exactly as some people had
predicted, 1t had been said that Buff
falo Bill would show to small crowds
because Of the fact that the Ringing
show had been here 50 recently and
~ got about everybody In town
Ti3lt not so. The only effect visible
from the visit Of the Ringlings was TO
drive people in the direction OF Eighth
South and Fourth West streets. And
there weren't places. for all of them.
They will have to go today or tonight,
when the same conditions will probably
prevail.
From the grand review until the final
salute there was a thrill for everybody
and plenty left over, Everything that
was done in the way of riding was the
best that is being done In the world
today. Most OF the people knew this,
and those who didn't know before they
came guessed II before the entertain
ment was over
Ii was a critical crowd which the men
rode to, and that the sincerest admira-
ton was expressed for their feats by
everyone makes the compliment all the
more valued In the crowd were many
men who had come in from the ranches
Of Utaa and Idaho TO see the riding,
men who themselves are clever on
hcrses OF b.opcho busting" And they
were unanimous In declaring that they
had never seen anything like II before.
AS one old rancher, whose heart was
wrapped W in his boy and who thought
that that boy was the best rider In ths
world. said taking Off his hat: Beats
my boy Caleb II does" This was the
highest comp lment he could give.
One fact was demonstrated to the
satisfaction OF the crowd, and that was
that, although the Cossacks are great
riders. there are none in the world that
are equal 10 the American cowboy, The
veterans from the Sixth cavalry, each
one Of them with medals for riding,
did things on horseback that the Co.'S
sack dill not CSen attempt.
Everything pleased the people. The
battle of san Juan. with its roar OF
Calling guns and its smell OF smoke
took their fancy as did the riding ana
the very clever drill OF the life-saving
corps.
And the climax came when Buffalo
Bill. row an old man with his hair
nearly white. broke glass balls as he
used to do when younger. The old man
still has his cunning.