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[image]BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST
[image]COL. W. F. CODY
[image]PROGRAMME 1D
STAFFORD & CO.
NETHERFIELD
NOTT
BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST
AMERICA'S NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT.
ANIMATED ILLUSTRATIONS OF HISTORICAL FACTS AND SKETCHES.
| COL. W. F. CODY ("BUFFALO BILL") | President. |
| NATE SALSBURY | Vice-President and Director. |
| JOHN M. BURKE | General Manager. |
| ALBERT E. SHEIBLE | Business Representative. |
| CARTER COUTURIER | Advertising Agent. |
| JULE KEEN | Treasurer. |
| H. M. CLIFFORD | Orator. |
| LEW PARKER | Contracting Agent. |
| WILLIAM LANGAN | Supply Agent. |
| WILD WEST SCENERY BY W. GLOVER. |
PROGRAMME.
- OVERTURE "Star Spangled Banner" Wm. Sweeny, Leader. COWBOY BAND
- 1.—GRAND REVIEW and introduction of the Rough Riders of the World.
- 2.—MISS ANNIE OAKLEY, Celebrated Shot, who will illustrate her dexterity in the use of Fire-arms.
- 3.—HORSE RACE between a Cowboy, a Cossack, a Mexican, a Gaucho, and an Indian, on Spanish-Mexican, Broncho, Russian, and Indian Ponies.
- 4.—PONY EXPRESS. The Former Pony Post Rider will show how the Letters and Telegrams of the Republic were distributed across the immense Continent previous to the Railways and Telegraph.
- 5.—ILLUSTRATING A PRAIRIE EMIGRANT TRAIN CROSSING THE PLAINS. The Camp—Preparing the Meal—The Surprise by Indians—The Capture—Running the Gauntlet—Burning at the Stake—The Scalp Dance—Capture of Prairie Maiden—"BUFFALO BILL" and his Scouts to the Rescue. N.B.—The Wagons are the same as used 35 Years ago.
- 6.—CAPTAIN JACK BURTZ'S Lightning Drill.
- 7.—COWBOY FUN. Picking Objects from the Ground. Lassoing Wild Horses. Riding the Buckers.
- 8.—ACROSS COUNTRY, with Riders of all Nations.
- 9.—JOHNNY BAKER, Celebrated Young American Marksman.
- 10.—THE DESERTER. Lone Cowboy—Stealing the Horse—Capture of the Thief—Western Justice (Judge Lynch presiding)—Soldiers discover Deserter's body
- 11.—RUSSIAN COSSACKS, in Feats of Horsemanship, Native Dances, &c., &c.
- 12.—RACING BETWEEN PRAIRIE, SPANISH, AND INDIAN GIRLS.
- 13.—TROUPE OF GAUCHOS in Feats of Horsemanship, Throwing the Lasso, and the use of the Native Weapon, called the Bolas.
- 14.—CAPTURE OF THE DEADWOOD MAIL COACH BY THE INDIANS, which will be rescued by "BUFFALO BILL" and his Attendant Cowboys. N.B.—This is the identical old DEADWOOD COACH, called the Mail Coach, which is famous on account of having carried the great number of people who lost their lives on the road between DEADWOOD and Cheyenne 18 Years ago. Now the most Famed Vehicle extant.
- 15.—RACING BETWEEN INDIAN BOYS ON BAREBACK HORSES.
- 16.—LIFE CUSTOMS OF THE INDIANS. Indian Settlement on the Field and "Path."
- 17.—COL. W. F. CODY ("Buffalo Bill"), in his unique Feats of Sharpshooting.
- 18.—BUFFALO HUNT, as it is in the Far West of North America—"BUFFALO BILL" and Indians. The last of the only known Native Herd.
- 19.—ATTACK ON A SETTLER'S CABIN—Capture by the Indians—Rescue by "BUFFALO BILL" and the Cowboys.
- 20.—SALUTE.
- NATIONAL ANTHEM—CONCLUSION.
"BUFFALO BILL'S"
WILD WEST
Twice Daily, 3 & 8 p.m.
RAIN OR SHINE.
Note: Handwritten date: September 28, 1892, inscribed at top of page 1.
Title: Buffalo Bill's Wild West Brief Program, England
Publisher: Stafford & Co.
Source: James Wojtowicz Collection, McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, MS327
Date: 1892
Topics: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Britain
People: Clifford, Henry Marsh
Sponsor: This project is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Geraldine W. & Robert J. Dellenback Foundation.
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