Evening star., 1909-06-01
DARING FEATS ON HORSEBACK
BRoNCHo BUSTERS AND COW
BOYS DELIGHT AUDIENCE.
of Riders, Rifemen and
Acrobats With Buffalo Bill and
Pawnee Bill Perform.

Broncho-pusterS, bloodthirsty Indians,
crack rif1emen of the western plains,
Arabs on feet-footed horses, acrobatic
Japanese and men of other nations. with
a large equipment Of horses. camels and
elephants. invaded Washington yester-
day. camped at 18th and Fl streets
northeast, and made two wild sorties
yesterday afternoon apd last night. The
expedition captured the hearts of sew
eral thousand boys and girls of the cap
ital, besides numerous fathers and moth
ers and uncles. to say nothing OF grand
fathers and grandmothers.
This successful expedition is under the
general command of Buffalo Bill. and Is
known as Buffalo Bilrs and Pawnee
Bills Shows Formerly Buffalo Bill and
Pawnee Bill secuted for trade with sep
arate expeditions, but they have COM
bined forces and the large aggregation
yesterday proved very successful in tax
ing captives.
unique customs. Its day includes two
performances, and each Of the two per-
formances is divided into eighteen cpl
sodes. Each episode is different from
every other. and victory-over hearts-is
assured at the close of each of those
periods.
Attack on Deadwood Coach.
Take one OF the episodes yesterday.
1t is the Deadwood stage coach. dear to
the heart of every full-bloooded boy In
the land. Its human freight consists
of six srandsons of Gen. E. w. Whitaker
of this city, who is a close friend OF
Col. Buffalo Bill Cody. They are Ed
ward w. Bell. John F. Bell, jr., Elmer
Seibold and Louis E. Seibold. AS the
driver cracks his whip the stage begins
to roll through the dangerous passes.
Suddenly a band Of Indians appears
True to the picture in the mind of every
boy. the redskins creep slowly upon the
stage coach. A shot rings out. then an
other and the coach is the target for a
fusillade of bullets. But just as it
seems that the boys will fall into the
hands of the Indians and be killed. the
brave boys waving the Star Spangled
Banner. rush on the scene and the
Indians are soon. put to fight. AS pre-
sented by the Buffalo Bill Wild West
Show yesterday. there wasn't thrill
left out.
During another episode Col. Buffalo Bill
Cody was the center of attention, and he
demonstrated again that with a gun Col.
Cody's eye has lost none of Its clearness
and his hand none of its cunning. The
famous Indian fighters hair is whitening
rapidly, but he sits his horse with his
shoulders erect and his back as straight
as score of years ago.
Another episode was rush ball match
between team of cowboys and one of
Indians. With a ball ten feet in diameter.
the opposing men sat on their horses and
rolled the ball back and forth up and
down the field. But no appointments
were in store for that vast audience and
the cowboys finally pushed the ball over
the goal.
Feats of the Broncho Busters.
But the breathing Of those in the au-
dience practically stopped for several
minutes when the broncho-busters made
their appearance. 1t is safe bet that not
few clothes lines will be captured by
the youth of the family who saw the
show last evening and will be used as a
lasso. And such riding Of wild steeds
has never before been seen by the ma
jority of the audience.
And the other episodes were fully as
much enjoyed as these main ones. Joe
Bailey the trained equine. interested
the lovers of horseflesh, and his antics in
walking on three legs. bowling to the au-
dience and standing on a pedestal were
applauded. Then the exhibitions Of the
men of the far east who performed
many stunts that won admiration. were
an addition to the Wild West from the
Pawnee Bill expedition. and the episode
scenes of Deadwood and the 1O1 ranch.
At last nights performance Gen. Nelson
A. Miles, longtime friend of Buffalo
Bill. was an interested spectator. Col.
Cody had taken dinner at the home Of
Gen. Miles earlier and they walked to-
gether into the show inclosure to the
great delight Of the audience.