The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-02
ETERNAL GOOD-BY
TOL|FE IN SADDLE
Buffalo Bill in Richmond Ap-
pears for Last Time Before
Public.
BIDS EMPLOYEES FAREWELL
Famous Snowman Seen by
Thousands-Lcaves City
at Once.

Surrounded by his beloved tribesmcn
from hundred fields and before an
audience which could not be counted
Buffalo Bill Colonel William L. Cody)
swept through the arena last night.
and with a sweep OF his wide brimmed
shake. babe good-by to his audience
and thirty seven years Of work done
before audiences the world over. II
was his last performance in the saddle.
his last work before the public, anu
though there WAS laughter in tho
mouths OF the gazing thousands anu d
smile on the lips of Bunalo Sill as lie
Salloped through the exit, 1T was With
real tears that he looked back upor
the sawdust and shook in farewell tn,
hands OF his followers oil many years
FIRST an Indian tighter on the west.
ern plains and then Il soldier iu the
Federal Army ana in many Other
ways. Buffalo Bill has acnleved uis,
tinction for himself His name Is
household word. He was a pioneer In
depicting in circus panorama the pio-
neer days of the West. He surrounded
himself first with Indians, sons uI
those against whom he had once
fought and the real cowbodys of tho
West--a type now rapidly disappearing
and then he gathered into his forces
performers from every wild end native
field in the West and the East He
searched through the Orient and Occi-
dent for his people, and they became
his own. and that is why he wcpt real
tears when he badc Sood-by TO Ele
ring last night. His life has been III
the saddle. in the Held or III the ring
He has ridden hundrcd miles day
without stop, and no man better loved
or knew horse than he. So 1t was
that after his stirring days of wal
We're done and his country no longer
actually needed him, he conceived the
idea of beginning circus which shouh
portray the pioneer days OF the West
and the life he knew so we'll.
World Wide Fame.
Buffalo Bill has amused and received
plaudits from countless thousands in
every country where the circus ring in
known. lie is known as we'll to-day
in England and on the continent as in
his own native land, and II must have
been with u sigh OF sorrow that these
same thousands, fathers. sons. mothers
and daughters. learned that he was to
leave the sawdust ring forever. His
long hair and beard have grown gray.
and he sighed for the lesser respon-
sibilities of life. AS he left the ring
last night his performers crowded
around him in his dressing rooms He
remained inside but II few minutes.
ami then emerged 10 catch train.
They chcered him again. and pressed
forward to grasp his hand. With a
bow and "a sweep Of his hat he jumped
into "a waiting carriage. and was
whirled rapidly away to the railway
station.
In "A few words ne said last night
that he was sorry to bid the old life
goodbye, but that he needed a we'll
earned rest. He goes TO his mines in
connection with the Wild West shoS;.
for he will still remain as one Of the
directors and have in it financial
interest.
The Inst show.
The show last night--thc last i'll
which Buffalo Bill Will ever appear
was witnessed by thousands and WAS
one OF the best ever given by the two
removed Bills" OF the circus ring
Indians, Cossacks, Japanese and tribes
men from every plain whore horsemen
are born and reared swept UP tna
down the wide arena behind their
leader. executing every movement
known to Workmanship. Cavalry SOL
diers from the United States Army
and other expert enuestrans rode
their mounts in every style. and De--
formed feats that thrilled tho hearts
of all. Life on the plains was wnll
more OF the hardy life of the easy
West. There was. of course, the hgnt
between the indians and the pale faces.
and then came, in turn. a true de-
pIction Of the hold:up of the caravan.
Other equally stirring features came.
and then. at the close, with all has
men behind him. Buffalo Bill galloped
around the course, waved his good
bye and swept into the obscurity of
private life.