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CODY'S WILD WEST.
First Performance GHven In Driving Rainstorm Yesterday.
Under the most unfavorable meteorological
conditions Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
gave its inaugural performance yesterday. A
large crowd, many of whom were the guests

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SOME WILD WEST TYPES.
of the famous ex-scout and frontiersman, were
present and the programme was carried
out in full, regardless of the fact that the
weather during the performance covered a
wide range, with a terrific deluge and gentle
spring sunshine as the extremes.
To those who were familiar with Cody's
Wild West Show the programme offered
seemed to far surpass anything that he has
ever before attempted. To those who had
never before seen the performance it was a
constant wonder from grand entree to
finale. At a signal from the master of ceremonies
a gate at the lower end of the arena
swung open and the first detachment of
Indians, headed by High Bear, dashed
half way around the ground, and took up
their position in front of the grand stand
center. Three other bands of Sioux followed,
riding in at a furious pace, many of the
braves being dressed merely in a breech-clout
and bright colored paint. After the four
bands of Indians had been lined up, a detachment
of the Sixth Cavalry, United States
army, galloped into the arena, and were received
with great entbhusiasm. They were
mounted on white horses, and presented a
fine appearance.
Following the Sixth Cavalrymen there
came a company of First Guard Uhlan Regiment
(Germany), popularly known as the
"Potsdammer Reds." There were followed
by a company of Frenoh Chasseurs, behind
which were a company from the Prince of
Wales' Regiment, and a company of Cossacks.
Colonel Cody was the last to enter, and as
he rode in on that fine chestnut eaddle horse,
upon which General Miles led the parades
last October, the rain became a deluge, Galloping
to the point opposite the grand stand
he took off his white sombrero and said something
that was lost in the storm, but everybody
cheered.
At the conclusion of his storm-drowned