The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-20
TIL USAuDS SEE
WILD WEST SHOW
Buffalo Bill" Welcomed Back to.
Richmond by Great 'fhrong
OF People.
THE SEASON is ENDED HERE.

gumalo Bits wild West chow made
Its last how TO an audience for the
season last night. for after the Con
gress of Rough Riders had sa!uted the
inImitable Colonel Cody, ana the band
had PLACED "tIome, Sweet Home tents
were struck. and the hundreds of men
women. Indians, Japsi Cossacks, Turks.
heather and lnfdels, along with many
carloads of horses and not a few crack
shots and tnmblers. wendell their way
to the train 10 begin their long trip
to Bridgeport, there to hibernate until
the spring.
Several long trains, each made up OF
score or more OF cars, We're on the
sidetraeks in the Richmond. frederickss-
burg and Pot-mac yards. and shortly
after midnight the show people. mao
departed. leaving the dust of their rect
behind. but carrying with them the
who applauded the matinee and night
performances.
Great Crowd There.
.sThe show was. as usual. the best o.
It's kind that has b~>.l seen in Rtchmond
this year. and while the acts are prac-
past years, each was excellent. and the
crowd, which filled every seat and oc-
cupied all the available standing room.
yelled Itself hoarse, and would naYs
L
inside the ropes but for the work Oh
the Richmond police force.
No other show has as great u num-
her of actors, both men ana ", Women J;
the opening grand review was alone
worth the trip to the srounls near
Byrd Park. Then followed the famiiis :.
acts, known as the "emisrant \, ram ~
tween the Indians and scouts, the cav Z.
aIry. drill, the artillery drill. the tralr
hold-up and the pony post. as wei ~ -
bucking ponies lasso ahrow wing s, aei
ing b.r Mr.. Johnny Baker.
Mr. Baker proved wonder, never
once falling. and the crowd In IT'S en-.
thusiasm yelled, You are al, LIZ rign -
Communications.
Colonel Cody, on the. usual gray,
horse. rode with great dignity around
the ring twice, firing at glass baiis
dating red man. Colonel Cody broke
seven out of eleven, and this seemed
to satisfy the gallery.
The familiar face and t, seal Iva eng gar
was missed from the show. ana hee
Before the big show commences ICE, !.
and after 1t had concluded, ssae esa ), :
those who. hike Oliver Twist, wantesi
more Gentlemen in plaid suits ana
sparkling diamonds sold peanuts, pop
corn. post cards and other circus neces {
sites throughout theevs1nnS; while !.
5leatt1er-lunged announcer did valiant
service In a secular pulpit
The show was a great success hEu
deserved the applause with which u
was greeted. The retirement OF Buffalo
Bill would be nothing short Of q ma
tional calamity, although, like Samson.
he Would fall from grace II ne we're
ever foolish enough to have his hair
cut.
Children See Show.
The Masonic Home orphans, under
escort Of Mrs. Barbour and her as
sistant teachers. We're guests OF Buffalo
Bits Wild West Show yesterday, as Il
compliment to Captain Allison Nailor,
Of Washington, q. c., who. as a friend
Of Colonel Cody ana an old Rich
1nonder, always has the children to at-
tend the exhibition on its many visits
Captain Nailor has just returned
from Europe. where, with Grand Mas
ter Richardson, of tho Southern Juris-
diction, he has been attending the FIRST
|International5M Masonic Conclaves In Bel
GUM and England, 1t is needless to
say tho children wero delighted. The
children from the Male Orphan AsSlum
were also attendants tof the exhibit