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Germany's representatives are a part of the Potsdamer Reds of the First guard uhlan. This is the emperor's body guard, and is under command of Lieut. V. Richter. The uniform consists of a dark blue coat trimmed with narrow red braid, red trousers, high top boots, and an immense red cloth breastplate, whence the company derives its name. The helmet is red and black, with a white horsetail pompom.

The Cossacks, all wiry-looking, bearded fellows, left their home in the Caucasus mountains March 9, and have been constantly on their journey since. Prince Ivan Rostomow Macheradsc is in command. Their undress uniform, which they all wore yesterday, consists of a high, round cap, top boots, and long blouse reaching to the knees, gathered at the waist by a girdle. They are not warlike in appearance, but each man wears on his breast a row of little tubes filled with powder, thrust into tight-fitting pockets.

The American soldiers are in command of Sergt. Maj. Edward Polk and Sergt. Southmayd. They will do Uncle Sam great credit, as they are said to be the finest riders in the service.

"The labor of getting these soldiers together has occupied my time for two years," said Mr. Salsbury. "When in London Mr. Cody and myself determined to get this feature for the world's fair and show the best representative soldiers of the leading nations of the world. How well we have succeeded you can judge better after you have seen their evolutions, which will be a daily feature of our performances. We will give an exhibition of the finest equestrianism the world has ever seen. Everybody knows what magnificent horseman cavalrymen are, but not everyone has seen the wonderful feats performed by Cossacks in the saddle. As for rough riding, our Mexicans, who arrived from Chihuahua a few days ago, and our cowboys are experts beyond competition. The Indians, too, must not be overlooked. We will have 400 mounted men in the arena at one time."

The amphitheater which has been erected for this exhibition is an immense affair, capable of seating 22,000 persons, and is located within a stone's throw of the Woodlawn station. Like Nate Salsbury's stories it is truly great. But Salsbury is modest like all men in the show business, and claims no special degree of Munchausenism for his stories. "Wait till Burke comes," he says Burke is the press representative of the aggregation, and his fame has gone abroad as the champion tall talker of his profession. The first performance will be given one week from next Sunday, and the program will be repeated twice daily until the season closes. When the Indians arrive Monday all the members of the company will be on the ground. The Mexicans and cowboys were amusing themselves yesterday by exercising their ponies, breaking refractory mustangs, and practicing lariat throwing. Whatever be the value of the wild west as an educational factor of the world's fair, "ethnological section" and all, it is certain to be a Mecca for thousands, and Col. Cody and his following will have a repetition of their golden harvest in foreign lands.

Germany's representatives are a part of the Potsdamer Reds of the First guard uhlan. This is the emperor's body guard, and is under command of Lieut. V. Richter. The uniform consists of a dark blue coat trimmed with narrow red braid, red trousers, high top boots, and an immense red cloth breastplate, whence the company derives its name. The helmet is red and black, with a white horsetail pompom.

The Cossacks, all wiry-looking, bearded fellows, left their home in the Caucasus mountains March 9, and have been constantly on their journey since. Prince Ivan Rostomow Macheradsc is in command. Their undress uniform, which they all wore yesterday, consists of a high, round cap, top boots, and long blouse reaching to the knees, gathered at the waist by a girdle. They are not warlike in appearance, but each man wears on his breast a row of little tubes filled with powder, thrust into tight-fitting pockets.

The American soldiers are in command of Sergt. Maj. Edward Polk and Sergt. Southmayd. They will do Uncle Sam great credit, as they are said to be the finest riders in the service.

"The labor of getting these soldiers together has occupied my time for two years," said Mr. Salsbury. "When in London Mr. Cody and myself determined to get this feature for the world's fair and show the best representative soldiers of the leading nations of the world. How well we have succeeded you can judge better after you have seen their evolutions, which will be a daily feature of our performances. We will give an exhibition of the finest equestrianism the world has ever seen. Everybody knows what magnificent horseman cavalrymen are, but not everyone has seen the wonderful feats performed by Cossacks in the saddle. As for rough riding, our Mexicans, who arrived from Chihuahua a few days ago, and our cowboys are experts beyond competition. The Indians, too, must not be overlooked. We will have 400 mounted men in the arena at one time."

The amphitheater which has been erected for this exhibition is an immense affair, capable of seating 22,000 persons, and is located within a stone's throw of the Woodlawn station. Like Nate Salsbury's stories it is truly great. But Salsbury is modest like all men in the show business, and claims no special degree of Munchausenism for his stories. "Wait till Burke comes," he says Burke is the press representative of the aggregation, and his fame has gone abroad as the champion tall talker of his profession. The first performance will be given one week from next Sunday, and the program will be repeated twice daily until the season closes. When the Indians arrive Monday all the members of the company will be on the ground. The Mexicans and cowboys were amusing themselves yesterday by exercising their ponies, breaking refractory mustangs, and practicing lariat throwing. Whatever be the value of the wild west as an educational factor of the world's fair, "ethnological section" and all, it is certain to be a Mecca for thousands, and Col. Cody and his following will have a repetition of their golden harvest in foreign lands.