New-York tribune., 1902-04-21
"BUFFALo Bills SHOW OPENS TONIGHT.
THE PRESENT APPEARANCE WILL BE THE LAST
HERE FOR FIVE YEARS

THE PRESENT APPEARANCE WILL BE THE LAST
HERE FOR FIVE YEARS.
Buffalo BIS" Wild West and Congress Of Rough
Riders OF the World Will for two weeks. beginning
tonight, reign supreme Madison Square Garden.
When they leave the Garden it viii be a long time
before they viii foot in II again for on NoYen-
ber l. 1902 they Will so Europe to stay five years
This years show is better, grander and moro
spectacular than previous This assertion
may cause considerable surprise. as the depletion
Of the Wild West in the old days formerly given
by Buffalo Bill" and his troupe OF cowboys Ind
fans and others has been considered TO be beyond
improvement. II has, however been improved by
introducing wilder bucking bronchos than ever be-
fore. These buckng horses are almost fresh from
the plains Of the West. and a more fiery herd Of
horses than this il is thought. cannot be found.
These the horses that the COW punchers" Of
the show viii begin tame in real earnest to-
night and the cow punchers" said yesterday
after everything had been got in readiness for the
opening performance, that they aching 10
feel the spring boards on the horses backs
The star cowpuncher Of the show is Martin
sowders. He won the championship belt at the
cowpunchers' tournament held at Denver last fall,
and this is his first appearance here. He takes to
riding bucking broncos like duck takes 10 water.
He is happiest when the back of a bronco that
would be more dreaded by the average cowboy
than Kansas tornado His skill and his grace in
riding such horses have delighted every cowboy on
the plains of the West who saw him His fellow
riders in the show say he has solved aerial naviga-
ton without the Of dirigible balloons they
have not Yet obtained his secret They think that
he places bits Of iron in the hair of his head and
powerful magnet in his hat. When the horse under
him tries to form various colicky figures whirls
his hat over his head they say. and the magnet
draws him gracefully out of the stirrups. and with
another whrl of the cap the force of MAGNET is
broken letting him easily alght on the animal
again. which meanwhile had straightened its hack
thinking II had thrown its master off
Scwders. when asked yesterday what he thought
OF this city. said i don't like il; too thick This
was his wsy OF saying that he would like to see
large open fields here and there than buildings al
every hand
Another leading feature of the show this wear is
the battle OF San Juan Hill Then. the worlds
mounted warriors. comprising mounted soldiers
from nearly all the nations Of The earth. will be
again, together with Buffalo Bill Johnny
Baker, members of the United States Life Saving
Service, in their exhibition showing how persons
are saved from a sinking ship a vessel in dis
tress; acrohatic troUpes, Mexican lasso throwers
Indian squaws and others. More than twelve hun
dred men and horses vii take part the perform
The street parade of the show will be held this
morning. IL viii start at $50 o'clock from Madircr,
Square Garden. thence the route viii be through
Twenty -sixth-st 10 Lexngton-ave., to Sixtieth-sf
TO FIfth-ave 20 Waverley Place. to Grove-st to
Hudson-st, TO Eighth-ave-. to Twenty-sixth-st and
back TO the Garden. ~