New Britain herald., 1916-07-01
"BUFFALO BILL IS
 WITH US ONCE MORE

Colonel William F. Cody, former chief of scouts, Indian fighter, dead shot, traveller, raconter and pictur- esoue snowman, known to at least two generations as "Buffalo Bill' is re- ported to be again tin the saddle" this season, and his visit to New Britain with the newly combined Buffalo
 Bnl-1O1 Ranch shows on Wednesday, July 12. will revive many memories of
 the career of this noted national
 character.
 The history of the Borderland would
 rot be complete if the name of Colonel
 Cody was eliminated. While still
 young man his nerve" and cool
 headed judgment was so generally
 recognized that time after time he
 was employed to rid the tough
 towns of Kansas and Nebraska of
 their undesirable citizens, and when
 he undertookk the job he never failed.
 The border outlaws learned to have
 very wholesome respect for Mar
 sbaI COdv" He made an early study
 of the Indians and their methods of
 hunting and making war; and when
 ever there was danger of an Indian outbreak his services were in de- mand. As a scout the Indians recog- nized the fact that he was equal or su- perior to themselves, and they were always afraid of him. As buffalo hunter, in the days when the bison stampeded in great herds across the western plains, and especially in the ,alleys of the upper Missouri, he ac- quired a reputation that has remained with him throughout the years.
 Colonel Cody originated the Wild West show as it is known in the United States, and through his ex- hibition he gave the people of the East their first glimpse of the real life of the great prairies. Up to that time, the cowboy, the cowgirl and the plains Indian were almost mythical chara cters along the Atlantic seaboard and even in the Middle West. Naturally, the realism of the show created a sensation, and this sensa- ton was more than duplicated when Colonel Cody took his great exhibition to Europe. In England and on the Continent Buffalo Bill was taken up by royalty and the nobility; he was a personal friend of the late King Ed ward, when he was the Prince oI Wales; he knew the Kaiser intimately hen he was the Grown Prince, and was entertained by many distinguished Europeans, both military men and members of the learned professions.
 Many well known artists sought the privilege of painting the picturesque looking plainsman, and among them was Rosa Bonheur, the famous animal rainter. The original of the Bonheur picture is in Paris, but Colonel Cody has a small copy of it made and pre- sented to him by the artist, and 1t IS one of his most prized possessions. It shows the Colonel astride mag nificent Kentucky-bred horse, pre- sented to him on the eve of hls flrst departure for Europe by officer friends in the United States army. The artist was infatuated with the American horses, and spent several weeks With the show sketching and painting them, as; well as in making pencil sketches of Colonel Cody. While working he dressed in the brooches and smock of q peasant farmer. Colonel Cody mas been in Paris several times since the death of the great Bonheur, and never tails to lay a wreath on her tomb at Pere la Chaise
 Colonel Cody, in a recent interview, expressed himself as being delighted to get back into the Wild West arena, where he has spent so many years of his long and adventurous life. The Preparedness" spectacle, Whlch is being featured by the Buffalo Bill 101 Ranch shows, also, he declared, appealed to him, because it aHorded him an opportunity to make direct, and at the same time picturesque, appeal to his countrymen to prepare to defend the honor of the country against all aggressors. The soldiers utilized in the display have been fur by the United States war de- Tartme ent for the purpose, and this in itself is grateful tribute to Colonel Cody and an official recognition Of his former services in the interest of the army.
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