Title: Untitled [The entertainment proper, which was yesterday]
Periodical: Brighton Examiner
Date: October 13, 1891
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The entertainment proper, which was yesterday afternoon witnessed by a very representative gathering, including the Mayor of Brighton (Mr Alderman S. H. Soper), The Chairman of the Hove Commissioners (Mr Woodruff), the Rev. Prebendary Peacey, Vicar of Hove, and other members of the Town Council and Hove Commissioners, is opened by the Cowboy Band, led by Mr William Sweeney, who played an overture which included the "Star Spangled Banner;" and Mr Clifford, upon whom devolved the duties of lecturer, mounted a rostrum in the centre of the arena and prepared to introduce the various celebrities and to add a few other explanatory comments, these being conveyed in a tone of voice distinctly audible to those present. The first item on the programme was a grand processional review, introducing the several groups of individuals of which the camp is composed, the fine, stalwart figure of Buffalo Bill bringing up the rear, his appearance being the signal for a very cordial outburst of applause. A horse race between a Cowboy, a Mexican, and an Indian, on Spanish-Mexican horses, followed; and Miss Annie Oakley, who was designated by the late Chief Sitting Bull as Little Sure Shot, then gave a remarkable exhibition of her dexterity in the use of fire arms. Miss Oakley is a born markswoman, shooting with her being a passion from childhood, and the unerring aim with which she struck the balls thrown up from traps in rapid succession and fired at other objects in all sorts of difficult positions evoked hearty recognition.
Title: Untitled [The entertainment proper, which was yesterday]
Periodical: Brighton Examiner
Source: McCracken Research Library
Date: October 13, 1891
Topics: Buffalo Bill's Wild West in Britain
Keywords: Cowboys American Indians American woman Band directors Bands (Music) Horse racing Indians of North America Mexicans Orator Sharpshooters Star-spangled banner (Song) Targets (Shooting) Traveling exhibitions
People: Clifford, Henry Marsh Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926 Sweeney, William, 1856-1917 Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
Places: Brighton (England) Hove (England)
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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