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THE SUNDAY CHRONICLE,
JULY 24, 1887.

People are wondering at the marked interest taken in the Wild Westeries by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales. In fact, if Royal Patronage could make the show a success, Colonel Cody should not be uneasy for one moment. Very recently the Prince presented Buffalo Bill with a gold horse-shoe pin, set with diamonds and rubies. On Wednesday, at Wimbledon, he sent for Miss Annie Oakley, who had made a fairly good record at the "Shooting Der," shook hands with her, and congratulated her very warmly. Nothing surprises American visitors more than the patronage accorded the West Brompton Hippodrome by the cream of London fashionable society. Among the middle and lower classes little interest is evoked by the vagaries of the Red Man and the Cowboy.