{"id":3386,"date":"2022-11-18T09:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T09:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2022-11-17T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T14:30:13","slug":"the-wild-west-comes-to-dorchester-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/2022\/11\/18\/the-wild-west-comes-to-dorchester-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wild West Comes to Dorchester! (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In two previous blogs we looked at the excitement surrounding Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Dorchester in 1904 before it arrived<\/a>; and then how the day of the show unfolded<\/a>. As seen in the previous two blogs the Dorset County Chronicle reported extensively on the show, detailing its arrival, the show itself and its departure; but records held at the Dorset History Centre can add just a little bit more detail to the story.<\/p>\n

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In the report on the show in the Dorset County Chronicle on 9th<\/sup> June 1904 it was reported that:<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the bareback horse race by Indians two of the red-skinned riders had the misfortune to fall from their horses. They were taken to the County Hospital where it was discovered both had fractured their collar bones. A woman, from among the audience, had also to be conveyed to the hospital on a stretcher, having fallen down in the field in an epileptic fit through excitement\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Amongst the archives we hold are the Admission Registers for Dorset County Hospital that cover 4th<\/sup> June 1904. Looking at the admission register there were just three admissions recorded for that date as shown below:<\/p>\n

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Admission No: 18399 is the local lady from Tolpuddle, called Mary Teach, aged 32 who was obviously was the woman conveyed to hospital,<\/p>\n

\u2018having fallen down in the field in an epileptic fit through excitement\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She was discharged as cured on the 9th<\/sup> June 1904.<\/p>\n

The following two admissions, No. 18400 and 18401, are obviously the<\/p>\n

\u2018two of the red-skinned riders [who] had the misfortune to fall from their horses. They were taken to the County Hospital where it was discovered both had fractured their collar bones\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first is named as Henry Kettle, aged 26 and the second is Jas Redhouse, aged 24. Both have the occupation of \u2018Rough Rider\u2019 with their parish listed as \u2018Wild West\u2019 and in the column \u2018Disease\u2019 both are recorded as having fractured Clavicle\u2019s (collarbone\u2019s). No other information regarding their treatment is available but they were discharged from hospital on 13th<\/sup> June 1904.<\/p>\n

No doubt they, like the show, moved on! We wonder where the show went next and how quickly Kettle and Redhouse were back in the saddle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In two previous blogs we looked at the excitement surrounding Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in Dorchester in 1904 before it arrived; and then how the day of the show unfolded. As seen in the previous two blogs the Dorset County Chronicle reported extensively on the show, detailing its arrival, the show itself and its… Read more The Wild West Comes to Dorchester! (Part 3)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1892,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[82,442,495,109,443],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3389,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions\/3389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}