, 1891-09-08
A LIVELY OUTLOOK.
Racing Prospects the Best Ever
Known in This City.
Cheyenne Club Cup Race on the Pro-
gramme for Today.
There Will be Three Balloon As
tensions This Week.

With the fair. the mining convention,
the rain doctor and a circus in town,
CHEYENNE presents a lively appearance
Between Furguson and Eddy streets on
Sixteenth four arc lights have been
placed BY the business men on either side,
and in front of the Tiyola a large electric
light in a red globe.
For the remainder of the week the fair
will be the main attraction. The manage
ment has expended over IS, 900 aud it
promises to be the most successful meet
ing ever held in Wyoming. There are
more novelties than there ever lave been
before and greater attractions. The pony
race with riders carrying umbrellas will be
a laughable feature. The polo races prom
ises to be exceedingly interesting. In the
race the riders must carry mallets with
which they knock The balls around the
track. Ono Of the great features will be
the
BALLOON AsCENsf0Ns.
The balloonists arrived yesterday. They
have an immense lot of paraphernalia.
There will be at least three ~ascensions.
Prof. Belden and Lady Grey will each 20
up and make a parachute leap and so will
Prof. Hastings if he is able. although he
was disabled at Colorado Springs Sunday.
As the balloon arose with the parachute
he was swung out so that he caught under
one of the guy ropes. He was held in
mid or for a momant cd thar tbo rono.
broke. letting him drop to the ground, a
distance of about fifty feet, head foremost.
A LEADER reporter met Lady Grey at
her apartments in the Metropolitan hotel
yesterday afternoon. She greeted the
reporter cordially and conversed freely of
her experiences as an %aeronaut. She Is a
tall, well formed and rather good looking
brunette Asked If ~ballooning was a dan
gerous business. she said that it was in
deed. She commenced making parachute
leaps last spring and has made about
thirty. She has had no serious mishaps.
but has been unfortunate in coming down
in lakes and rivers. This is especially
unfortunate. as she cannot swim. The
EShJ a ooSCuoiOu onc mhut SIG Cdme
down in the Platte river. Once or twice
she landed in the lake at Manhattan
beach, and Sunday she landed in the
lake at Colorado Springs. Once she
landed in deep water, but managed to
tread water until rescued. "You should
learn to SWIM suggested the reporter.
Il did intend to-" said Lady Grey, ''but
ever since landing in that deep lake /
have had a perfect dread of the water.
Last Sunday when l saw the parachute
was going toward the lake | experienced
all the horrible agonies of death until ]
saw Mr.. Belden standing on the shore
and then l was not afraid"
rs 1t not very dangerous to lard in
the neighborhood of trees2' she was
asked.
Not very. If l see the danger in
time it can be avoided to some extent. j
can swing myself perhaps fifty feet one
way on the other and can swing around a
tree, knocking off all the limbs, but not
seriously ~ipjuriug myself"
Races Today.
A number OF good horses arrived from
Denver yesterday morning and besides the
horses already On the ground mentioned
in Sundays paper. are the Hunter Bros
horses, including Serrel john and Country
Girl. The entries for today are as fol-
lows:
FIRST RACE.
Seven-eIghth mile dash, Wyoming
three-year-ol sweepstakes: The Rake,
A. W. Whitehouse; The Cannon, Percy
Hoyt; Lady Gay, T. w. Brooks.
sECOND RACE.
Quarter mile dash: Skip. A. L.
White; Blue Jay, John Mccormick;
Monte. @. G. Sutton; Kerry. AL Crump;
Kitty Taylor, Leslie Snow.
THIRD RACE
One-half mile dash: Quick Silver,
Percy Hoyt; Silver Tip. Z. V. 8. Pome-
roy; Natrona, Fred Hersi0; Jack Pot.
T. w. Brooks; Rowdy, @. G. Logan.
FOURTH RACE.
Ball and malIet; Palo Alto-St. John
Battersby; Spot-W. Ii. Weaver; Nibbs
Sam johnson; Deceitful-Geo. Mead;
Antelope-H. A. Champlin; Dick-C. s.
Logan; Rebel-Dan Hogan.
FIFTH RACE
Cheyenne Club Cup; The Cannon
T. w. Brooks; Morocco. j. Cairnes;
Fzzle-A. Fl. Stokes; Limerick-H.
K~uvkendall.
In the pools last evening Limerick and
Cannon ran a close race for iavorite.