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Tribune June 18
IT has been suggested that the cowboy race from Chadron to Chicago can be broken up by starting dog fights at stated points along the route, but this plan is open to the obvious objection that the officers of the humane societies would interfere in behalf of the dogs.
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Herald June 18.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West entertainment, at Sixty-third street and Stony Island avenue, continues to draw the multitudes at each performance. From the shooting of Colonel Cody. Annie Oakley and Johnny Baker to the whirling dervish, the military evolutions and the attack on the old Deadwood stage coach, every act is interesting and keeps the attention of the spectators. The grounds are picturesque, cool and dry, and every detail looking to the comfort of the public has been attended to. A stroll through the camp, watching and studying the different nationalities there represented, adds much to the pleasure of an afternoon spent at the big show. The transportation facilities are excellent, and the entertainment is doubtless the best ever offered by Colonel Cody.
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Herald June 18
62d and 63d Sts. - Opp. World's Fair.
The Coolest and Cleanest of All Resorts! Camped in a Shady Forest. Auditors Covered from Sun and Rain, Open Air and Lake Breezes, Still Under Cover!
Now Open - Twice To-day.
EVERY DAY, RAIN OR SHINE,
(Sundays included), at 3 and 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 1 p. m. and 6:30 p. m.
THE (KEY) TO ALL. ALL ROADS LEAD TO
BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST
AND CONGRESS OF ROUGH RIDERS OF THE WORLD.
VOTED A WORLD-BEATER.
All Races Represented in One Combined Entertainment, Reproducing Scene, Incidents, etc., In the Life of
Genuine Russian Cossacks form the Caucasus.
(The first Russian Cossacks ever brought from the Caucasus joined Buffalo Bill in London in May, 1892.)
Genuine Arabs from the Desert. Indians (Sioux, Comanche, Pawnee, Blackfeet,) American Cowboys, Mexican Vaqueros, Rio Grande Cabeliero, Mexican Ruralie, and Others.
GRAND INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL DRILL BY UNITED STATES ENGLISH FRENCH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS.
Our Gauntlet to Creation!
18,000 Seats, Covered Grand Stand, Herds of Buffalo. Wild Steers and Bucking Bronchos. Alley L. Illinois Central Suburban, Grip, Electric and Horse Cars all stop at the entrance. Illinois Central Through World's Fair Trains from Van Buren-st. reach the grounds in 20 minutes Caterer furnishes good square meal for 50 cents.
We Bear That Banner with the Strange Device, "EXCELSIOR!"
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Globe June 18.
THE COWBOY RACE.
Buffalo Bill's Sturdy Struggle in Favor of Humane Measures.
Hon. W. F. Cody, who is known to fame as Buffalo Bill, has taken quite an interest in the cowboy race from Chadron, Neb., to the World's Fair. In fact so great was his interest that the boys asked permission to end their race in the grounds of the Wild West instead of the World's Columbian Exposition as a general and direct compilment to the great scout.
The permission was not so readily granted as one might suppose. Buffalo Bill is one of the most humane men in the country, and at the outset said plainly that he would have nothing to do with the race if it was conducted after the style of the German army officers' race from Berlin to Vienna. The ten hour stretch was accordingly agreed upon and everything looked lovely.
At this time certain papers made a great amount of trouble about the inhumanity of the entire affair. There was but one reason for all this trouble and that was ignorance. Had they been posted they would have known that a cowboy's best friend is his horse; that for days and nights at a time the horse is the rough rider's only companion. In the west the cowboy thinks more of his horse than of a human being. They hang a man in the western country for horse stealing where they would not for murder.
It was ignorance, then, that prompted these papers to antagonize the race. It was the same ignorance that prompted certain branches of the humane society to offer a reward for the detention of the riders. Eastern papers took up the case and unkind remarks were made about the entire affair and the backers and originators of the idea.
Col. Cody came in for his share simply because the race was to end in his grounds. At his suggestion, officials of the society were detailed to accompany the racers, and when they arrived on the scene, were among the most enthusiastic of the throng that cheered the plainsmen.
Buffalo Bill is a life member of the Humane society and was among the warmest friends of Dr. Burge. He was the man who suggested clay pigeons as a substitute for live birds, and thus put a stop to the awful slaughter of the feathered innocents.
When these facts become known-- the plainsman's love for his steed and Hon. W. F. Cody's steadfast belief in the protection of dumb animals -- the last vestige of opprobrium will be removed from the feats of daring horsemen, and those who have opposed the race will be at the finish to join the multitude that greats the victor at the end of the contest.
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Times June 18.
CALLED APACHE GEORGE
A STRANGE MAN WITH A MOST ROMANTIC LIFE HISTORY IS HE.
George Ran Off as a Boy, Was Captured by Indians, Lived with Them for Years, and Finally Escaped- His Experience with a Wild-West Show in Germany-Tracking Jesse James-His Feats with Lariat, Lasso, and Black-Snake Whip-A Man xwith the Hair of Samson.
"Apache George" is the man who led Buffalo Bill's cowboys in their memorable fight with Dr. Carver's cavalcade at Hamburg, Germany, five years ago.
He is the one who trailed Frank and Jesse James to the moonshiners' camp in the mountains of Georgia and was with the outlaws
[IMAGE] APACHE GEORGE POSING.
when they fought and whipped Pinkerton's detectives; the man who is acknowledged by the cowboys of America to be without a peer in handling the rope and whip.
He is here among us, and is daily showing his skill to wondering hundreds on the water front, says the San Francisco Call.
The day was when Apache George wore diamonds, but his love for the nomadic life of a plainsman broke him, and he works now for a salary as "the attraction" for a patent medicine peddler.
George still sticks to his greasy buckskin jumper and chapparajos and wears his hair.
(DRAWING) HOW THE COWBOY WOUND UP THE REPORTER.
[IMAGE] HOW THE COWBOY WOUND UP THE REPORTER.