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animal does not always win the spars. In the performances of the bucking broncos and their cowboy riders it will be noticed that, among all the quadrupedal concentrations of chain lightning no two resort the same tactics of defense. One will permit himself to be saddled and mounted before letting out the pent-up devilry with which his hide is stuffed. Another will quietly submit to be saddled, but that is his limit of sufferance. To still another the very sight of a saddle is a signal of war. This one will start off humping his back like a mad cat, and landing stiffly on all fours with the force of a pile-driver. That one will lie down and stubbornly refuse to budge. Still another will rear and fall backwards with such reckless fury as to sometimes beat out his brains. A fourth will kick, strike or bite, or all this and more too, with a savage viciousness rendering him more dangerous to a tyro than would be a hungry lion. And these are but sample illustrations among innumerable insane efforts to escape the ignomy of bearing burdens. It some instances it will be noted that the bucker seems intent upon injuring his rider only; in others, that he aims to disable himself as well, and, again, that he is frantically bent upon commiting suicide. He is a great natural actor in an equine and equestrian specialty, so full of fiery and furious vim that it is well worth seeing a score of times, and never loses intense interest.

THE VAQUERO OF THE SOUTHWEST.

Between the "cow-boy" and the "vaquero" there is only a slight line of demarcation. The one is usually an American, injured from boyhood to the excitements and hardships of his life, and the other represents in his blood the stock of the Mexican, or it may be of the half-breed.

In their work, the methods of the two are similar, and to a certain extent the name is true of their associations. Your genuine vaquero, however, is generally, when off duty, more of a dandy in the style and get-up of his attire than his careless and impetuous compeer. He is fond of gaudy clothes, and when you see him riding well mounted into a frontier town, the first thought of an average man is that a circus has broken loose in the neighborhood, and this is one of the performers. The familiar broad-brimmed sombrero covers his head; a rich jacket, embroidered by his sweetheart, perhaps envelopes his shapely shoulders; a sash of blue or red silk is wrapped around his waist, from which protrude a pair of revolvers; and buckskin trousers, slit from the knee to the foot, and ornamented with rows of brass or silver buttons, complete his attire, save that enormous spurs, with jingling pendants, are fastened to the boots, and announce in no uncertain sound the presence of the beau ideal vaquero in full dress.

His saddle is of the pure Mexican type, with high pommel, whereon hangs the inevitable lariat, which in his hands is almost as certain as a rifle shot.

Ordinarily he is a peaceful young fellow, but when the whiskey is present in undue proportions he is a good individual to avoid. Like the cow-boy, he is brave, nimble, careless of his own life, and reckless when occassion requires, of those of other people. At heart he is not bad. The dependance on himself which his calling demands, the dangers to which he is not slow in exhibiting the fact that he possesses it, in a sufficient degree at least for his own protection. True types of this peculiar class, seen nowhere else than on the plains, will be among the attractions of the show; and the men will illustrate the methods of their lives in connection with the pursuit and catching of animals, together, with the superb horsemanship which his characteristic of their training.

MEXICAN LASSOO THROWER.

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PROF. SWEENEY AND HIS FAMOUS COWBOY BAND.

"A MERITORIOUS MUSICAL FEATURE." --London Times.

Not the least interesting and popular adjunct of the Wild West entertainment is the music furnished by the famous Cow-boy Band. This band has always taken a prominent place with the organization, and has received the highest praise from educated musicians, as well as the public, in all parts of the world. It consists of thirty-six cow-boy musicians, each of whom would be considered a soloist on his own instrument, and when combined and playing together under the capable direction of Mr. William Sweeney, their leader, they make music that compels the admiration of the masses. They give a concert before each performance, and incidental music that is a source of pleasure to all who hear it, and are daily greeted with rounds of applause. This band has been the recipient of commendations from nearly all the musical connoisseurs and leaders and members of the finest bands in Europe, Lieut. Dan Godfrey, the leader of the famous Grenadier Guards Band, having presented Mr. Sweeney, after a six months' engagement, in the gardens connected with the Wild West in London, with a solid gold cornet, at the same time saying that the thirty-six members of the Cow-boy Band would produce more good music than any band he had ever heard with even double the number of musicians. For thirty minutes prior to the entertainment this band will give selections of both classical and popular music.

SOUTH AMERICAN GAUCHOS AT THE "WILD WEST."

The latest addition to BUFFALO BILL'S "Wild West" makes the sixth delegation to the "Congress of the Rough Riders of the World," which MESSRS CODY and SALSBURY have orgnized in order to present the different schools of horsemanship the world.

Having seen the performances of the Cow-boy, the Indian, the Vaquero, and, lastly of the Cossacks of the Caucasian line, our appetites are considerable whetted at the prospect of seeing how the wild life on the South American pampas contrasts with theirs.

To the student of human progress, of racial peculiarities, of national characteristics, the Gauchos are a subject of investigation as remarkable as anything modern history has to show.

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animal does not always win the spars. In the performances of the bucking broncos and their cowboy riders it will be noticed that, among all the quadrupedal concentrations of chain lightning no two resort the same tactics of defense. One will permit himself to be saddled and mounted before letting out the pent-up devilry with which his hide is stuffed. Another will quietly submit to be saddled, but that is his limit of sufferance. To still another the very sight of a saddle is a signal of war. This one will start off humping his back like a mad cat, and landing stiffly on all fours with the force of a pile-driver. That one will lie down and stubbornly refuse to budge. Still another will rear and fall backwards with such reckless fury as to sometimes beat out his brains. A fourth will kick, strike or bite, or all this and more too, with a savage viciousness rendering him more dangerous to a tyro than would be a hungry lion. And these are but sample illustrations among innumerable insane efforts to escape the ignomy of bearing burdens. It some instances it will be noted that the bucker seems intent upon injuring his rider only; in others, that he aims to disable himself as well, and, again, that he is frantically bent upon commiting suicide. He is a great natural actor in an equine and equestrian specialty, so full of fiery and furious vim that it is well worth seeing a score of times, and never loses intense interest.

THE VAQUERO OF THE SOUTHWEST.

Between the "cow-boy" and the "vaquero" there is only a slight line of demarcation. The one is usually an American, injured from boyhood to the excitements and hardships of his life, and the other represents in his blood the stock of the Mexican, or it may be of the half-breed.

In their work, the methods of the two are similar, and to a certain extent the name is true of their associations. Your genuine vaquero, however, is generally, when off duty, more of a dandy in the style and get-up of his attire than his careless and impetuous compeer. He is fond of gaudy clothes, and when you see him riding well mounted into a frontier town, the first thought of an average man is that a circus has broken loose in the neighborhood, and this is one of the performers. The familiar broad-brimmed sombrero covers his head; a rich jacket, embroidered by his sweetheart, perhaps envelopes his shapely shoulders; a sash of blue or red silk is wrapped around his waist, from which protrude a pair of revolvers; and buckskin trousers, slit from the knee to the foot, and ornamented with rows of brass or silver buttons, complete his attire, save that enormous spurs, with jingling pendants, are fastened to the boots, and announce in no uncertain sound the presence of the beau ideal vaquero in full dress.

His saddle is of the pure Mexican type, with high pommel, whereon hangs the inevitable lariat, which in his hands is almost as certain as a rifle shot.

Ordinarily he is a peaceful young fellow, but when the whiskey is present in undue proportions he is a good individual to avoid. Like the cow-boy, he is brave, nimble, careless of his own life, and reckless when occassion requires, of those of other people. At heart he is not bad. The dependance on himself which his calling demands, the dangers to which he is not slow in exhibiting the fact that he possesses it, in a sufficient degree at least for his own protection. True types of this peculiar class, seen nowhere else than on the plains, will be among the attractions of the show; and the men will illustrate the methods of their lives in connection with the pursuit and catching of animals, together, with the superb horsemanship which his characteristic of their training.

MEXICAN LASSOO THROWER.

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PROF. SWEENEY AND HIS FAMOUS COWBOY BAND.

"A MERITORIOUS MUSICAL FEATURE." --London Times.

Not the least interesting and popular adjunct of the Wild West entertainment is the music furnished by the famous Cow-boy Band. This band has always taken a prominent place with the organization, and has received the highest praise from educated musicians, as well as the public, in all parts of the world. It consists of thirty-six cow-boy musicians, each of whom would be considered a soloist on his own instrument, and when combined and playing together under the capable direction of Mr. William Sweeney, their leader, they make music that compels the admiration of the masses. They give a concert before each performance, and incidental music that is a source of pleasure to all who hear it, and are daily greeted with rounds of applause. This band has been the recipient of commendations from nearly all the musical connoisseurs and leaders and members of the finest bands in Europe, Lieut. Dan Godfrey, the leader of the famous Grenadier Guards Band, having presented Mr. Sweeney, after a six months' engagement, in the gardens connected with the Wild West in London, with a solid gold cornet, at the same time saying that the thirty-six members of the Cow-boy Band would produce more good music than any band he had ever heard with even double the number of musicians. For thirty minutes prior to the entertainment this band will give selections of both classical and popular music.

SOUTH AMERICAN GAUCHOS AT THE "WILD WEST."

The latest addition to BUFFALO BILL'S "Wild West" makes the sixth delegation to the "Congress of the Rough Riders of the World," which MESSRS CODY and SALSBURY have orgnized in order to present the different schools of horsemanship the world.

Having seen the performances of the Cow-boy, the Indian, the Vaquero, and, lastly of the Cossacks of the Caucasian line, our appetites are considerable whetted at the prospect of seeing how the wild life on the South American pampas contrasts with theirs.

To the student of human progress, of racial peculiarities, of national characteristics, the Gauchos are a subject of investigation as remarkable as anything modern history has to show.