The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-01
All the Old Thrills, and
Then Some, at Buffalo
Bills Exhibition.
TIMES NEWSBOYS
GUESTS OF PAPER
Youngsters Turned Loose and
Whoop Things Up in
Big Tent.

With all the thrills OF former years
and some additional ones. Buffalo Bits
Wild West and Pawnee Bins Far East
shows captivated another immense
gathering last night out at Fifteenth and
II streets northeast. the tent being as
fully crowded as during the afternoon
performance. The advance sale for this
afternoon and tonight indicates that the
amaIgamated shows viii do the biggest
business in their history in Washington.
The big show is divided into seven
teen episodes and il would be difficult TO
single out any one OF them as being
moro thrilling than the others. There
IS something doing from the moment
that Col. William r Cody Buffalo
Bill. rides out in the rear OF the
mammoth pageant of Occidental and
Oriental wonders and salUtes the
crowds, until the last gun is fired and
the small boys disconsolately start
homeward.
Indians. rough riders from many ma
tons. cowboys. sharpshoOters, iariat
throwers, Oriental magicians and dan
GERS, boomerang throwers and similar
Wonder-workers followed one another in
rapid succession for nearly three hours.
Colonel Cody cid some marvellous shoot
ing while riding horseback and later
Johnny Baker, an old faV9rite, gave his
exhibition OF sharpshooting feats.
Rough Riders On Scene.
No sooner had the echoes of the rapid
fire rifles died away than there was q
diversity in the program and the rough
riders would gailcp on the scene. Cos
sacks. veteran members of the United
States cavalry, cowboys and Indians
kept the audience excited throughout by
their reckless riding About the only
riders Who dlduI perform fe2tS Of dar-
ing were those astride the meek eamels
ana the numbering elephants. The ele-
phantss by the way were unsteady
trained and joined in, though rather dis
eordantly, with the Cowboy Band at
times.
BuffaIo Bill has with him number OF
used-and they rode and yelled and shot
Just the same as their male companions.
an OF their leats making hit with the
folks around the big tent.
II wouldn't be right 10 overlook
Mexican Joe" and his bunch of lariat
throwers, nor doe Bailey. billed as
the most wonderfully trained horse in
the world, who waltzeds two-stepped,
and did a familiar Oriental dance in
truly realistic manner.
Play Push-BaI.
A game OF push-ban between soldiers
and the Indians. all horseback, resulted
in a victory for the pale faces, much TO
the qualification OF the American young
sters present
PaWnee Bills Far East aggregation
was well represented by number Of
Australian boomerang thrOwers. dancers
from various countries who went
through strange movements to the
music of stranger instruments; aero
bats and strong men and mock re-
liglous ceremonies.
As in former years. Colonel Cody was
h. Al ~.F 2
Der of the grown-ups as we'll He re-
ceived an ovation each time he gailOpsd
around the rOped of arena. and when
he shot up things in the miniature battle
Of Summit Springs and chased a herd
OF buffalo over the show ground he
made himself d0Ubly solid. Train rob
berries, stage hoid-Ups. encounters be-
tween cowboys and Indians. all having
their place in real life in former days
were faithfully depicted last night BY
the Buffalo Bill actors.
Zouaves Drill.
Devlin's Zouaves went through
number OF perfect maneuvers, and af-
lterward scaled a high wall Just to show
their versatility.
Altogether the advance man didn't
''higger and better than ever, and
everybody came away satisfied.
Colonel Cody dined with Gen. Nelson
a Miles Yesterday, and in the evening
A.
Colonel COdy's commander during the
Indian wars. witnessed the performance,
and were just as pleased as the other
folks.
NeVsboys On Hand.
Ffv6shundTed neWsboys, as critical a
bunch as ever watched the cavortings Of
a lot of cowboys, attended the Buffalo
Bill Wild West Show as the guest of
The Washington Times last night The
''news.es'' had a section reserved 81 to
themselves. and there wasn't dull mo-
ment IN that part Of the tent during
the performance.
AS before remarked, Il was a most
critical lot. just so long as the red
skins, the daredevil riders and the
various performers performed their
manifold feats without a hitch Just so
long was All the honor theirs-ln the
neWsboys' row. But several times II
appears, an Indian brave didn't carry
himself just as he might on horseback.
or he missed FIRE, or something Of the
kind, and ne was bombarded with a
back TO the woods. redslxin," or "a tent
an fshin pole for yours. Yer can't
ride ner shoot"
Whoop Things Up.
The boys also seemed TO think the
Indians might have whooped up things