The Washington herald., 1907-06-01

When Bu"alo Bill was making his first
big hit as a scout and the West was
really w.ld and woolly, the average pale
| face never enjoyed the opportunity Of wit
Messing a band Of hideously painted plains
Indians swooplng down upon a white
mans ranch house or village with murder
IN their hearts and much fire water tucked
aboard elsewhere. True. there were many
who had the opportunity, but few en-
joyed Il.
Such a demonstration on the part Of the
redskins was usually the cue for has'y
getaways into the long and fluffy, or the
application Of the emergency switch 90
the cyclone cellar portals.
In this soft and easy era Of ice cream
sodas and automobiles. IL is given 10 an
with the necessary price TO enjoy much
Of the thrill that must have rippled up
and down the vertebra cf the pIainsrOlk
when the significant cloud Of dust popped
up on the horizon, with none OF their
anxiety as 20 the security Of their back
hair The boy scout Of the corner lot. the
man who won't learn TO swim because il
might tempt him 20 go out on the river IN
a rowbo3t and get drowned. and the
woman who makes an aerial ascension
upon the appearance Of festive water
bug are now privileged 90 settle back IN a
hardwood seat, chew gum. and make
mental copies Of ueighb0ring hats while
before their vaze scores OF feet-coolng
redskiH braves engage IN noisy. if blood
less. warfare with facsimiles of their
fathers paIeface enemies.
Picturesque scout Cody.
Two great crowds Of Washingtoniaus
yesterday were transported 10 those good
old days i'm the far West through the
medium OF Scout Cody's Wild West Show
that Is making two days visit 10 Wash
I ington the first in i've years. on the
circus grounds. at Fifteenth and II
streets northeast. the throngs Of people
arrayed themselves upon The circus
benches and reyeled IN the historical
authropological. and diversified exhihi-
ton by the veteran scout. Indian fighter
and Snowman. and his aggregation Of
real. live Indians cowboys. soldiers.
and hr0nchos
Whte-haIed Scout Cody was, as usual
the most picturesque figure in the outfit
In his bgckskins and somhrero he gal
loped around the arena, putting glass
balls out Of existence with his "tTusty
rifle with the same dash. bTiIi.ancv. and
accuracy as of old. At his side rode an
Indian chief tossing the targets upward
. ga rapid succession. OF course there Is
always the pessimist 90 say that the rife
cartridges are loaded with a handful Of
bird shot instead OF single bullet but
the Grabbed individual who hclittles the
performance Of the old scout on that
score would probably have 70 have the
glass bail and a tack hammer handed him
on a plate in order 70 duplicate the de-
struction caused by Buffalo Bills trigger
f-Eer.
PHucity of Dead and Wounded.
The big new feature Of the old show
| IS a reproduction Of the battle of Summit
Mountain. an ngagement in which Scout
Cody and a handful OF United States
troops sent q village Of redskins 20 Their
happy hunting grounds. As produced in
the open air arena the battle lacks a
touch of realism In spite Of the Fourth
OF July celebration effect, there i1
palcity Of dead and injured left upon
the field that argues ID for the marks
mauehlp of the bell.gerents. Not one Of
the Indians falls from lis Sorse. although
each of the braves is fired upon sufi-
clentIy % puncture his epidermis beyond
repair
This detail Of stageCraft can be over
looked. however, in the beautifully creepy
realism Of the entrance and cncampmeHt
Of the Indians before the battle In the
fun pan0ply Of war the scores NJ demo
niacally decorated braves gather about
their teveps and execute their weird
fantastic war dances. There is an ele-
ment Of tragic pathos in this spectacle
remnants OF the once mightest OF say
age races mimicking the sacred ante
battle rites OF their terrible fathers for
the entertainment OF horde OF usurpgrE
of the land once owned and roamed AT
viii by the red children OF Man.tou
HrOnchO Busters Close Call.
Tie horsemauslip of the corps of cow
boys with the show has always been one
of its features and this year is no ex-
certion. Tho roping. throwing, saddling
and riding Of the "uabroken bronchos' is
perhaps the one part Of the performance
in which there is embodied an element OF
danger. That the "broncho busters"
working for Scout Cody are taking
chances at every performance was evil
denced yesterday afternoon when one Of
the riders had a narrow squeak for a
whole head" In trying to mount his
chad one" his spur became entangled I'm
the syirrup leather, and when the pony
made a lurCh 10 one side the buster
fell, dangling from one leg. The pony
-avorted about for several minutes be-
fore other cowboys ran 10 the rescue Of
their COmrade He was a little shaken.
but Unhurt, and was able TO mount his
animal and ride il buCking down the
arena.
Other features Of the programme are
Johnny Bakers crack fancy shooting. a
troop of CoSsaCk hOrsemen in daredevil
acts Of horsemanship. a fancy drill by
squad Of eX-United States cavalrymen,
acrobatlc acts by japanese and Arabian
.roupes and the familiar DeadwOod coach
Indian attack and repulse. There will be
two performances to-day, at > and S
O'Clock.
Among those who attended the after
noon performance Of Buffalo Bits Wild
West were the following.
Speaker Cannon and his secretary, Mr..
Busby; Representative Roberts, OF Mas
sachusetts, and Judge Mulowny, of the
District Police Court occupied the box
set aside for President Roosevelt Owing
20 the absence from the city Of the
President Col. Cody requested Speaker
Cannon to represent the administration.
Others present were Admiral SChley.
Admiral Casey, OF the navy, Gems Burt,
Hall. Mills. Sharp, Merritt Allen, Gordon.
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