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BUFFALO BILL'S...

WILD WEST

AND

Congress of Rough Riders of the World.

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.

1 - OVERTURE, "Star Spangled Banner", . .COWBOY BAND, WM SWEENEY, LEADER.

2 - GRAND REVIEW, introducing the ROUGH RIDERS OF THE WORLD - Indians, Cowboys, Mexicans, Cossacks, Arabs, Scouts, Guides and detachments of fully equipped Regular Soldiers of Armies of America, England, Germany and Russia. Detachments from the contending forces in South Africa (wounded and invalided veterans); Canadian Mounted Rifles; Commando of Transvaal Boers; Canadian Strathcona Horse (Mounted Police), and a band of Baden-Powell's Defenders of Mafeking.

3 - MISS ANNIE OAKLEY, Celebrated Shot, who will illustrate her dexterity in the use of firearms.

4 - RACE OF RACES. Race between a Cowboy, a Cossack, a Mexican, an Arab, a Gaucho, and an Indian, on Spanish-Mexican, Bronco, Russian, Indian, and Arabian horses.

5 - U.S. ARTILLERY DRILL, by veterans from Capt. Thorpe's Battery D, Fifth Regiment, U.S. Artillery.

6 - ILLUSTRATING A PRAIRIE EMIGRANT TRAIN CROSSING THE PLAINS. It is attacked by marauding Indians, who are in turn repulsed by "Buffalo Bill" and a number of Scouts and Cowboys.

7 - PONY EXPRESS. A former Pony Post Rider will show how letters and telegrams of the Republic were distributed across our Continent previous to the building of railways and telegraph.

8 - A GROUP OF MEXICANS from Old Mexico will illustrate the use of the lasso and perform various feats of horsemanship.

9 - JOHNNY BAKER, Celebrated American Marksman.

10 - A GROUP OF RIFFIAN ARAB HORSEMEN will illustrate their style of horsemanship together with native sports and pastimes.

11 - LIFE-SAVING SERVICE DRILL. Illustrating the method of saving lives when a vessel is wrecked. This Drill will be executed by a full crew of veteran members of the Life-Saving Service of the United States from the stations on the New Jersey coast. Every man of this crew has a record for skill and daring in his hazardous profession.