The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-06-25
OVER $4,000
DELIGHTED BY
BUFFALO BILL

Fully 5000 people welcomed Buffalo Bill
yesterday, on his first visit 10 providence
In Ave years, with show even greater In
quantity and better in quality than be-
fore. The grand old Indian ighter and
frontiersman sat as erect on his splendid
horse. as youthful In countenance and as
active in leading his cosmopolitan array
as when he first began 10 delight the
world with his realistic picture OF the life
Of the West In the days gone by. And
when. with eye as unerrlngi as on the day,
In 90. when he put an end 10 the career
OF the bad Indian, Toll Bear. at the ia
nous battle OF Summit Springs. he rode
at gallop about the arenae shooting at
glass balls with a Winchester repeating
rifle. and breaking every one as they were
thrown high in the air. the hearuness
and the sincerity OF the applause which
greeted him was unmistakable.
No show could be more free from any
thing like artihciahty or so much OF an
object lesson In history as Is this great
congress of rough riders OF the world.
Nothing that has ever been offered the
American people has ever been so closes
10 nature. as true picture OF the rough
and ready life OF a past age, as Is Col.
Cody's story In living pictures OF the
days when the West was really wild.
and in the tanning OF which he played
a part which has made a nation his
debtor.
Col. Cody insists that THE Wild West
Is not 'show'' but an object lesson in
history, the history OF a country. That II
is an object lesson. each individual in
those two great audiences was ready TO
admit yesterday. when. after two hours OF
thrilling incidents, varied with wonder
full exhibitions OF sharpshooting and
rough riding by the finest horsemen of
the world. Col. Cody, sitting on his spir-
ited white horse as IL he were a part OF
H. gallopcd TO the front OF the little
army which has been arrayed before
king and commoner In every civilized
land. and with flashing eyes and smiling
face swept off his sombrero In one final
salute.
The crowds were larger than any ever
seen here when the show appeared In
former years To say that they enjoy
ed themselves would be superfiuous. II
could not have been otherwise, for the
show Is unique and inirpitable. Where
else could be seen 100 fuil-blooded Indians.
representing Sioux. Cheyenne. Arapahoe,
Brule and many other nations? Who but
Col. Cody could gather together half
dozen OF the Oldest OF the chiefs. some OF
whom were his bitterest foes when with
his scouts he helped 20 push the aborfg-
ines farther and farther beyond the great
river? Who but one of the participants
in that bloody fray could place before the
people so vivid a partr9yal OF the san
culinary battle OF Summit Springs, where
Tall Bull great chieftain. fell before
the unerring rifle OF the veteran, then a
young man I'm his twenties7
AS everyone knows. there are represen-
tatives OF the greatest horsemen Of every
land. Besides the splendid United States
cavalry. which admits no equal In the
world, there are daring Cossacks trained
In horsemanship on the steppes OF Rus
sit: vaqueros from Mexico with their won
ierful skill IN the use of the lariat; men
from the Japanese cavalry, and last but
never least. the peers OF them all, the
American cowboys. The feats OF riding
performed by these men can be under
stood only when seen, for there are no
words TO tell of the splendid recklessness
Of their dashng horsemanship.
Johnny Baker still excites the admira-
ION OF all with his skill at all kinds OF
fancy shooting. the troupes OF Arabs and
Japanese are there to mystify those who
want a little acrobatic work OF novel
sort, while the races between representa-
hves OF the horsemen OF all nations. the
misunderstanding" with its many thrills
and the depletion OF incidents of the West
In the years gone by are all In the big
exhibition.
The features new 10 people here, the
battle OF Summit Springs and the train
hold-up. with rescue by the frontersmen,
were enthusiastically received.