The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-01
GET FINAL LOOK
At BUFFALO BILL
Veteran Snowman in Richmond
To-Day to Quit Ring for
All Time.

Giving absolutely his last public per
Torrance i'll the saddle, Colonel William
j.. Cody. known the world over as
Buffalo Bill, Will close his Season III
Richnond tonight. He will be seen
twice to-day. matinees and night, and
then he will guilt the ring for all time
There will be no street parade.
Long before the last tent is down the
performers will be scattering in all
directions. y special train consisting
of eight cars will leave the city early
Tomorrow morning for New York. and
then special cars. attached to regulaI
trains, VIII leave for the West. One
car Will go through direct to San Fran
cisco, with the Japunese aboard; others
will take the Indians back to North
Dakota. and others still will take the
cowboys to the plains again. There
may be Wild West shows hereafter,
but none will have Buffalo Bill at the,
helm.
This Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill aggre-
CATION. uniting The Far West and the
Far East, is truly Il remarkable bunch
OF men. women. Indians and horses.
There will be many pathetic moments
tonight when Colonel Cody says good
by to those who have worked and
travelled and performed with him for
years. but the old man is ready to quit
and he cannot be induced TO extend
his activities over another season
Real. u Mig Performances.
This afternoon Colonel Cody Will
assemble his forces. and the perform
ance given will be all exact counterpart
OF that given at Madison Square Gar
den for three weeks, where thousands
of people were turned away.
The exhibition this year Is a strik-
ing assemblage of the horsemen from
all parts of the world, and as far as
is possible indicates the habits of the
red men and the cowboys OF the Wild
West. In conjunction with Pawnee
Bill, Colonel Cody has included a
troupe of Russian dancers. Singalese,
Dahomeyians and representatives from
every cline in tho Far East. which
makes the program far more interest
ing and entertaining than 1t has ever
been before in the history Of the or
ganization.
Promptly at 2 this afternoon and
again at S this evening. group after
group will gather toward the front.
and the entire arena will be filed with
horsemen. They will gallop out into
the sawduat space in front of the mann
moth scenic background representing
a Western landscape. Colonel Cody,
mounted on his white Arabian horse
and wearing the buckskin coat and
sombrero OF long ago, will dash into
the arena and take his place ut the
head of the aggregation for the last
time. After he has introduced the
Congress of the Rough Riders OF the
World" the exhibition will commence
and from then on there will not be
an idle moment for three hours.
The pony express, illustrating how
the mails were carried in the early
days, using a relay of horses to speed
across the country, is the first act. An
artillery drill. participated in by vet
Grams of the United States Army, is
the next feature, followed by buffalo
hunt, In which Colonel Cody partic'
pates, and introducing one of the few
herds of buffalos left in the United
States. With the Mexican troupe ~.
some of the finest lasso throwers the
world has ever known, catching horses
by any of their four feet or even by
the tall When 1t comes to horseman-
ship, there is nothing that surpasses
or even equals the act of Ray Thomp-
son, on Joe Bailey, and Mrs. Thomp-
son, on Irma c.. a horse which she
rides without a bride. Rhoda Royal
also has number of high school horses
lin fact, the largest aggregation
known.
From the Far East.
Now comes the Far East. In this
part of the exhibition are people gath
ered from all parts of the world
Russian dancers, Siamese fre-eater5
Japanese jugglers and balancers, Ara.
bian tumblers, Nubians and Bedouins
and Bossi's elephants with four pref.
ty young girls, who make the hugh
pachyderms go through all sorts of ac-
tions. and finally play brass musical in
struments. conclude this act of the
program. To see women turning hand-
springs on the backs of elephants
WELL you have got to SEQ tho show to
realize It's Importance. r.
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