Accident at the "Wild West" | William F. Cody Archive

Title: Accident at the "Wild West"
Periodical: Globe
Date: May 31, 1892

ACCIDENT AT THE "WILD WEST."

Considerable excitement was caused at the "Wild West" Exhibition yesterday by a buck-jumping pony rearing on its hind legs and falling backwards. The man who was about to mount escaped unhurt, but the horse fractured its spine and died immediately.

Title: Accident at the "Wild West"
Periodical: Globe
Source: McCracken Research Library, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody Collection, MS6, MS6.3778.036.04 (1892 London)
Date: May 31, 1892
Topics: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Britain
Keywords: Equestrian accidents | Exhibitions | Scrapbooks | Traveling exhibitions | Wild horses
Places: Earl's Court (London, England) | London (England)
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