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Show SOMETHING GOOD AB0UIH0RSES In these days of the on coming automobile it is sometimes interesting interest-ing to pause to consider the horsr, that noble animal) whirh has been characterized as "man's best friend," His important position among the nations of the earth is easily demon stinted and this fact is best made known in Uuffalo Bill's Wild West, where ho cuts a inosc essential fig-' ure. Tho Hough Hider contingent with Col. Cody's exhibition comprises com-prises equestrian experts from all nations, arrayed in native costumes and performing horseback feats according ac-cording to their individual methods as employed In their own countries. To witness all these horsemen on their native heath one would be compelled to 'travel the world over, for thero are Cossacks from RusMa, Cavalrymen from Japan, Guachos from South America, Bedouin Araba, Koyal English Dragons, Irish Lancers, German Cuirassiers, Mexican Yaqueros and our own native ludian cowboyB and Western girls. Each of theso nationalities have saddle methods of their own. They range from the reckless dar- j ing of tho Cossack to the stately grace of the English Cavalryman. The Cossack is tho most, reckless of all riders. What seems ulmopt a circus performance is to him merely a drill. The wild-looking fellows stand up in their stirrups, stand on their saddles, stand on their should-ders, should-ders, stand on their heads their horses galloping madly the while and whirl their swords until they look like buzz-saws. Contrasted with this exhibition tho military bearing of the German, English and American cavalryman may seem tamo, but it all adds to the composite com-posite picture of horsemanship which has as its chief exponent that knight of tho saddle, Buffalo Dill, who twico daily, rain or shine, leads his cavalcades through the most remarkable re-markable performance ever presented present-ed in public. |