The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-19
Col. Cody and His Wild
West in Town To-Day
Thrilling Scenes ofWays
of Yesteryear.

Yes. Buffalo Bill, the hero OF hun.
bred tights, the one who has been ad-
n1ired by young and old. has arrived
with more than one hundred Indians
and q congress OF rough riders. con-
sistlng OF more than ffteen dlnereht
nat!onalities. the great Wild west. me
only Wild West in the world which
has been honored by the presence OF
twenty retired generals OF the United
states army. is here. sixty-three cars
brought the canvas and the equipage.
with $50 employees here; the exhlbi-
ton was seen by moro than 10000
persons, and old Inhabitants there
who had the days Of forty years ago
recalled to their memories said that
they had never seen such crowds IN
Goldsboro before. 1t was more popular
than ever. and has become an American
institution in Just the same way as
CoIonal Cody has become national
tlgure. He was largely instrumental
In quelling tho Indian warriors, and
when they knew lla vas with an array
1T seemed like q bad omen to them.
So buffalo Bill won the battle, and
WHENEVER he saw the chance he went
out and fought single-handed duels
with the big chiefs. knowing that
once the leader was killed tho other
SOlQiCTs Ot l&lC 4pt3RNe we
down their arms.
Illustrating this period, Buffalo Bill
has reproduced u battle scene which
has been deemed by officers OF this
city as one OF tho most realistic
scenes of its kind that has ever been
put In the arena. Indians fall from
their horses as II shot. and white sol
dieys fall prone TO the ground with
even the expression of death agony
on their faces. An Indian camp Is
seen. With all the details OF Indian
life. which only buffalo Bill can give.
Indians chant their weird songs and
even great war dances arc sesp.,
Its I'LL like the days of old. when
such things were far more serious
than they seem at the present das,
ing nlassacred Instead Of hundreds
going to an exhibition, when children
saw their mothers and fathers MUIR
dered and sisters saw their brothers
carried off only to meet some terri
bio death. but there a Is q change to
tho show. and the horrible times Of
old are not dwelt on with horror, but
with interest. Colonel Cody has done
almost everything. man could do
who lived Houtsin the wild West, and
the exhibition Is Il practical history
OF the old scouts life., In the swift
going pony express 1T will be remenl-
pered that Buffalo Bill was ono Of
the first riders chosen Ito ride ana
miles and miles Of prairtes.
Ho was also one or theSflrst men to
conquer the fract!ous horses termed
''bucking bronchos," AT the time he
was the greatest shot on horseback,
and his eye Is Just asBtrue as 1T was
In the days OF yestcryear. ia soc
Colonel Cody riding on his picturesque
horse is an inspiring sight in itself,
and we'll worth going miles to see,
and to see him in the reproduction OF
the battle of Summit Springslis worth
@ Journey across the continent.
The features Of the Wild West are
legion and all seem filled to the brimI
with recklessness, 1t thrills the most
dyspeptic individual, and the child OF
four and the child Of forty sit trans-
aSed in their Seats. SO great is theirI
Interest. Both. are thinking what. their
fathers told them and both go for
each others sake / n the hrst place,
but END up by forgetting tho presence
ot any one around them. You have 70
rub Year eyes to see that It is only
q snow ana not q dream Of your child !
hood DAYS, wien you We're In a ter
rible battle. 81 ,s
To increase the interest In the eShir
billion Colonel Cody has added to his
show Abou Hammad's acrobats, and
their wonderful performances always
elicit great outbursts OF applause. III I
thralls to see the 8whirling deryish and /
wonder is expressed when hesturnaRa,
somersault after turning round anal
round for more than ten Minutes.
Then there are the wonderful feats /
Is the veterans the nltsd Slater