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BUFFALO BILL'S
(Col. W. F. CODY.)
WEST WEST
AND CONGRESS OF ROUGH RIDERS OF THE WORLD.
HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND PROGRAMME.
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BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST
AND
CONGRESS OF ROUGH RIDERS OF THE WORLD.
COL. W. F. CODY
BUFFALO BILL
GREATER NEW YORK, 1899.
STAFF OF "BUFFALO BILL'S" WILD WEST COMPANY.
COL. W. F. CODY ("BUFFALO BILL") PRESIDENT NATE SALSBURY, VICE-PRESIDENT AND MANAGER
JOHN M. BURKE. . . . . GENERAL MANAGER JULE KEEN. . Business Manager and Treasurer
JOHNNIE BAKER, . . . . . Arenic Director WM. McCUNE, . . . . Officer of the Day
GEORGE BURCH, . . . . . Chief of Cavalry WM. SWEENEY, . . . . Leader of Cow-boy Band
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BUFFALO BILL'S ...
Wild West
AND
Congress of Rough Riders of the World.
W.F. CODY
NATE SALSBURY
Official Programme.
1-OVERTURE. "Star Spangled Banner," . . COW-BOY BAND, WM/ SWEENEY, Leader
2- GRAND REVIEW, introducing the ROUGH RIDERS OF THE WORLD- Indians, Cow-boys, Mexicans, Cossacks, Gauchos, Arabs, Scouts, Guides, and detachments of fully equipped Regular Soldiers of the Armies of America, England, Germany and Russia, a Color Guard of Cuban Veterans and a squad of Hawaiian, Porto Rican and Filipino Rough Riders.
3- MISS ANNIE OAKLEY, Celebrated Shot, who will illustrate her dexterity in the use of firearms.
4- U. S. ARTILLERY DRILL, by veterans from Capt. Thrope's Battery D. Fifth Regiment, U. S. Artillery.
5- U. S. ARTILLERY DRILL, by veterans from Capt. Thrope'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 Cow-boys.
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- THE BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HILL. Introducing detachments from Roosevelt's Rough Riders, Twenty-fourth Infantry, Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, Crimes' Battery, Garcia's Cuban Scouts, Pack Train, Etc. Etc.
SCENE 1- A HALT ON THE ROAD TO SAN JUAN.
(Several hours are supposed to elapse before the opening of the second scene.)
SCENE 2- STORMING OF THE HILL
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10- A GROUP OF RIFFAN ARAB HORSEMEN will illustrate their style of horsemanship, together with native sports and pastimes.
11- JOHNNY BAKER, Celebrated Young American Marksman.
12 COSSACKS, from the Caucasus of Russia, in feats of horsemanship, native dances, etc.
13- GYMKANA RACE. Riders gallop, dismount, turn coat inside out, remount, gallop. dismount slight cigar, put up umbrella, mount and come in with umbrella up and cigar lighted.
14- COW-BOY FUN. Picking objects from the ground, lassoing wild horses, riding the buckets, etc.
15- INDIANS from the Sioux, Arapahoe, Brule and Cheyenne tribes will illustrate the Indian mode of fighting, war-dances and games.
16-MILITARY MUSICAL DRILL, by a detachment from the 16th Lancers (Queen's own). British Army, and a detachment from the Garde-Kitrassiers of His Majesty Kaiser Wilhelm II.
17- SIXTH UNITED STATES CAVALRY. Veterans from Col. Summer's celebrated regiment at Ft. Meyer, Va. in military exercises, and exhibition of athletic sports and horsemanship.
NOTE- The men will wear the uniforms adopted by the U. S. Army on the frontier. The horses are Western range horses, used in this manner for the first time in history. The Army and National Guard use the "American" horse.
18- ATTACK ON THE DEADWOOD MAIL-COACH BY INDIANS, Repulse of the Indians and rescue of the stage, passengers and mail, by "Buffalo Bill" and his attendant Cow-boys.
19- RACING BY INDIAN BOYS ON BAREBACK HORSES.
20- THREE MINUTES WITH THE ROUGH RIDERS OF THE WORLD.
21- COL. W. F. CODY ("Buffalo Bill") in his unique feats of sharpshooting while riding at full speed.
22- BUFFALO HUNT, as it was in the Far West of North America, by "Buffalo Bill" and Indians, exhibiting the last of the only known native herd of buffalo.
23 ATTACK ON SETTLERS CABIN and rescue by "Buffalo Bill" and a band of Cow-boys, Scouts, and Frontiersmen.
24-SALUTE, by the entire company.
N. B.- The Management reserves the right to change Programme according to circumstances, occasion, or accident.
NOTICE- In order not to disturb the audience all persons are earnestly requested to remain seated until the end.
Any discourtesy on the part of the Ushers or other employees should be at once reported to the Manager. All articles found will be sent to the Manager's Office.
The Old Coach used in Buffalo Bill's Wild West was manufactured by Abbot=Downing Co., of Concord, N.H., in 1863.
COL. CODY uses Winchester Rifles and Winchester Ammunition exclusively in all his exhibitions.