The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-16
BUFFALO BILL IS
 IN TOWN TODAY I Small Boys" Visited Show Grounds Yesterday ARE MANY NEW ACTS Colonel Cody and Major Little Mak- ing the Last Tour of Country. Some Things That Are to
 Be Seen Today


 The grizzled old veteran of the plains, Col William F. Cody, known to almost every man, woman and child in the United States as Buffalo Bll," is in Bir- mingham on his farewet our with his famous show. N4
 Smiths park yesterday was converted into veritable fairyland, speaking from the small boys viewpoint. Tents were raised and scattered all over the spa cious lot. Indians, cowboys and all classes of people were there in abund- ance. Every nationality on earth was to be seen. The missing figures from the grounds were Colonel Cody and Major Lillie Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill, re- spectively. The former was going over business matters with his mining part ner. Major Getchell, at the Birmingham hotel, while the latter was "seein' thuh. sights" at the close of Alabama's great State Fair.
 Birmingham was well represented at the show grounds yesterday afternoon. There were fully a thousand people out there and it is safe to say that three fourths of the small boys in Birming- ham were there. They can tell more now about Buffalo Bills show than any of tho men who have travelled with 1t for years. They investigated everything. They saw every species of animal car ried in the great aggregation Of relics of the long, but not forgotten, past. The Indians alone were immune from the onslaughts of Birmingham's small boys. Some of the more intrepid attempted to interview the true Americans, but were greeted only with a grunt, which might have been construed to mean most any thing.
 This morning everything is in shape for the afternoons performance. The tents have been erected and everything has received the finishing touches.
 Striking Assemblage
 The exhibition this year is striking 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, Colo nel Cody has included a troupe of Rus sian dancers. Singalese, Dahomeyians and representatives from every cline in the Far East, which makes the programme far more interesting and entertaining than it has ever been before in the his- tory of the organization.
 Promptly at ? o'clock this afternoon and again at o'clock this evening group after group will gather toward the front and the entire arena will be filled with horsemen. They will gallop out into the sawdust space in front of the mammoth scenic background repre- senting western landscapes.
 Colonel Cody, mounted on his white Arabian horse and wearing the buck skin coat and sombrero of long ago, will dash into the arena and take his place at the head of the aggregation for the last time, as far as this city is concerned. After he has introduced the Congress of the Rough Riders of the World" the exhibition will com mence 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
 
 across the country, in the first act. An artillery drill, participated in by veterans of the United States army, IS the next feature, followed by a buf- fa1o hunt in which Colonel Cody par ticipates, and introducing one of the few herds of buffalo left in the United States With the Mexican troupe are some of the finest lasso throwers the world has ever known. Catching horses by any of their four feet or even by the tail When it comes to horse- manship, there is nothing that sur passes or even equals the act of Ray Thompson on Joe Bailey" and Mrs Thompson on 'Ira G." horse which she rides without a briddle. Rhoda Royal also has a number of high school horses. in fact, the largest aggrega- tion known.
 The Far East
 Now comes the far east. In this part of the exhibition are people gathered from all parts of the world, Arabian numbers. Nubians and Bedouins and Bossis elephants, with four pretty young girls. who make the huge pacyderms go through all sorts of ac- tions. and finally play brass musical in struments, conclude this act of the pro- gramme. To see women turning hand springs on the backs of elephants well, you have got to see the show to realize its importance.
 The old Deadwood coach will be pur- sued by Indians and rescued from their depredations, Devlin's Zouaves, a squad of militiamen who work with machine like precision and scale wall with lightning rapidity, are also a part of the show Then comes the football game on horseback, between the Indians and the cowboys. the ball being almost six feet in diameter
 American frontiersmen will never forget the battle of Summit Springs. That is the next part of the programme and in it Colonel Cody plays a most in teresting part. he being the scout who led General Carr through the battle, In reality, many years ago. Members of the Sixth United States cavalry will then give some of the movements which are expected of them by Uncle Sam. One of these riders even etraddles four equines standing.
 The great musical ride, under the direction of Johnnie Baker, including all the important nations and the Red Cross society. is a sight to be remem. hered. Seldom has anything of it's kind ever been attempted and never ac- complished. What the cowboys will do with the real wild horses is left to your horse does not eyist that these dare devils cannot mount and stick to.
 With the cowboy band playing Aud 1 Lang Syne," the entire company will again gather in the arena for a final salute and Colonel Cody, as he bows