The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-09-20
SPECIAL FEATURES
FOR THE GREAT FAIR
Some Very Strong Attrac-
tions Announced.
PROGRAM OF THE RACES

Hung Up For Runner--Horse show
and "Battles Of Oar Nation'' Other
Great 4 tt,nctions.
The Southern Inter State Fair, TO be
held at Atlanta this fall, Oct. 10 to %,
has arranged Tor the presentation Of
some very strong special attractions \
brief account OF some OF Tao principal
features Of the Fair in this line Will, 10
doubt. oe interesting TO our readers.
tlrsS and foremost ainoag the special
attractions should be placed the racing
program. Ten thousand dollars III purses
will be hung up for running, tro:ting
and pacing races. Four days will DO
devoted TO harness races and six TO run.
ming rnces. This will be one OF the
most extensive. and, the management
claims one OF the best, racing meets ever
held IN the southeastern states. The
racing will begin Oct II, aud will cen.
time until the close of the Fair.
AnoSher strong attraction will be the
BATTLES of Our Nation. This is a very
elaborate, historical and musical spec
tacle. Ii will be presente every night
during the Fair in front of the grand
stand, on large stage especially con.
structed for this purpose There will
be nearly 100 actors and actresses in the
spectacle.
The most interesting development of
modern science is the "War Balloon. "
This tremendous airship, rising high in
the mir, and enabling its operator 20
make photographs and drawings of the
enemy's stronghold, has fairly revolu-
tionized war methods. Nothing has
been so much discussed during the past
few years as the War Balloon. One OF
these marvellous airships will be OH OK.
hibition at the Southern Interstate
FAIR. 1t will carry passengers to a
height of 1000 feet, and, beyond ques-
ton, it will be one Of the most interest
ing features of the Fair
For the first time in the history of the
South there is to be high. class Horse
Show-not the parading of q few horses
in front of grand stand, but real, up
todate Horse Show, such an event, in
deed, as the Horse Show given in Madi.
son Square Garden, New York. A
mammoth tan bark arena has been con-
structed in the Coliseum. 1t measures
90x240 feet. The audience will be seated
In private boxes on tremendous grand
stand. Those who desire may walk
around the entire arena on the parade"
or walkway, 20 feet i'll width. The
Horse Show is to be n society event, and
Southern society will assemble to wit
ness the most elaborate exhibition of
splendid horse flesh ever brought to-
gether in the South. The show will
continue four nights--October 2Ard,
oath, 25th and Goth. The tremendous
building will be brilliantly lighted and
splendidly decorated The Horse Show
will be the social event of the year,
The best Midway combination in the
United States has been engaged for the
Fair this fall. This is the magnifi-
cent combination under the manage
ment Of Mr.. Frank @. Bostock. The
star feature of this combination is a
Trained Wild Animal Show, where
lions, leopardS, tigers and animals of all
kinds perform III a most marvellous man.
ner. Mr.. Bostock is known among
showmen as 1.-The Animal King" and
he is better equipped, in the matter of
trained wild animals, than any other
man on this side of the Atlantic. He is
the principal dealer In wild animals in
this country, and the best and most per-
trained as performers. Besides the An
imal Show, there will be the wonderful
moving Tjctures of the Fitzsimmons.
Ruhlin fight; the wonderful Mystery
OF Oega," the disappearing lady; the
Oriental Theater, where the famous
Mile. Fatema and Mile. Rosetta will
perform the weird dances of the east.
Besides these attractions, the Midway
will contain numerous other highly in
teresting features.
There will be numerous other special
features and attractions. Among them
two magnificent acts that will take place
i'll the Horse Show. One of these by the
famous French horseman, Gautier, who,
with his three highly trained horses, APP
peared for 300 successive nights, on a
specially constructed stage, at Roster 81
Biai's theatre, New York. There will
also be broad sword contest on horse
back between Xavier Orlefsky, cham.
pion Of the world, and Duncan Q. Ross,
or some other competitor of equal re.
nown.
The Management of the Fair seems
determined TO make the special attrac-
tions strong in every way, and all who
visit the Fair may depend upon finding
an abundance Of wholesome entertain.