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Tribune May 21

Success of the Wild West.

Buffalo Bill appears to be undergoing again
the experience he met with m London. The
big arena at Sixty-fourth street and Stony
Island avenue, where his hordes of Indians
and Tartars and bands of soldiers are giving
what is undoubtedly the best and most exciting
exhibitions of rough riding, marksmanship
and other feats of wildlife, is overflowed
with spectators twice daily, notwithstanding
the fact that there is seating capacity under
the ample roofs for 18,000 people. There is a
spirit of recklessness that pervades the entire
performance which affords an absorbing
interest for all kinds of people. The
arena is situated at a point where all means of
transportation to the World's Fair come to a
common center, so there is but little more
difficulty in reaching the place than if it was
located downtown. Not the least interesting
part of the Wild West is the camp of the
Indian and Asiatic riders, and the lines of
tents and tepees are visited daily by hundreds
of sightseers.