The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-10-11
FESTIVAL NOW PREPARED
TO-NIGHT's TEST OF LAMENTATIONS
WILL FINISH WORK.
Horses Coming from All Directions
for the Opening Programme-The
Opening Parade Monday.

Indianapolis will be the Mecca OF horse
show enthusiasts this week. To-day there
are coming from all directions and from
many parts of the country car loads OF
horses and vehicles for display at the In
dianapolis horse show. The success OF the
first venture Of the city in this direction
has spread rapidly among the owners or
high bred stock, and many who will come
will have no interest except as spectators.
Last night the Ashbrook and Pepper sta
bles were shipped from Nashville, and the
Palmer stables from Lexington. Ball
Brothers group of great sadie horses will
leave Versailles, KY, to-day in a special
car. The other stables, those OF Connolly
Brothers, OF Madison, Ind, G. B. Cham
berlain. Of Kansas City, Thomas Bass, OF
Mexico, Mo-, A. r. Hopper, of London,
Eng, the T. w. Lawson string and host
of others will start for the city from the
places where they have been since the
Louisville show. Tomorrow it is likely
the stalls at the horse show grounds will
be filled with fancy animals and vehicles
Inquiries made by T. w. Lawson's man.
ayers leads to belief that he will come to
see the performance of his stallion, Cor
geous whirling Prince. in the high school
Belle, Columbus, American Beauty and
others in the high school championship
class. Lawson has not seen his Western
horses perform this year.
MONDAYS EVENTS.
The programme for Monday has been so
arranged that all the big stables must be
here in order to participate in the classes
on the programme. These classes mean
much to the exhibitors and at the same
time they form probably the best pro-
gramme Of the week. The classes are such
that such exhibitors as Palmer, Ashbrook
White, Sims and Batonyi must appear in
several different costumes, as the cond-
tons requiring complete appointments re-
quire. The variety of performances will be
equaled by the variety of vehicles called
for, so that the evening will be instructive
to those who are not up in horse show
niceties. The programme will include all
the pomp and ceremony incidental to a
high grade show.
While the field and arena do not open to
the public until Monday night, festival
week opens with the ceremonial parade
Monday afternoon. This parade will in
clude many attractive features. The four
floats provided by the committee will be
drawn by four big draught horses each,
and will mark equal periods in the parade.
One of these floats represents "Indianap-
oils" another 1.-THE Horse Show" the third
THE Festival Queen" and the fourth Fri
vohty. They are pictures and tableaux
of much beauty. Another beautiful float
will be the floral display of Berterman
Brothers, on as large scale as the as
Other features of the parade will be the
ire departments entries In the municipal
class at the horse show, a long line of
Festival Field, the broncho-riding cowboys
and many others. The parade will start
at 2 O'Clock from Washington street, west
of the railroad. moving east to Illinois
street, north to Ohio east to Pennsylvania,
south to Market, east to Alabama south
TO Washington and west in Washington
to Capitol avenue, where 1t will disband.
TEST LIGHTS TONIGHT.
Festival Field and the horse show arena
will be done tonight, in the practical
sense. Between 1880 and o'clock the entire
illumination system will be tested and
President Bliss thinks this will be a good
time for the public to get an idea of the
beautiful spectacle the entertainments will
be every night. Tomorrow visitors will
be permitted to insect the field and arena
except at such places as work may be 60
ing on. For the past week there have
been thousands OF visitors, who expressed
their delight with the extensive arrange
ments.
Downtown decorations are continuous in
! the business streets. The beauty of the
/ streets mas Deen increased Dy the addlt1On-
al lines Of small gonfalons parallel with the
! sidewalks between the side poles of the
/ street-railway company. Every 100 feet
| guide posts. indicating the direction to
| Festival Field and the horse show, have
been put up.
CANARY'S CYCLE ACT.
Dan Canary is at Festival Field superin-
| tending the erection of his three-act cycle
whirl. AS this is the first time Canary has
| attempted the act in public, there is much
| interest in his work. The aerial cycle
dazzle is an invention of Canary's and was
| evolved by him while he was training al
Coney Island for the loop-the-loop act Ir
| training he was hurt by fall, after havins
| successfully performed the act. The dan
ger in Canary's act is when he leaves the
cup track, only fifteen feet in diameter
! at high speed and passes 70 the open plat
form only three feet wide and eight fee
long and plunges down the stairway. tt
| successfully return to the upright position
| from the horizontal one required in tn,
whirl, is what prevented Canary from do
| ing the act sooner, but months practic,
| has given him absolute confidence. Tn,
accuracy with which he strikes the onl,
| path that he may safely follow is tn,
| secret of success. This act will be the lead
ing free attraction and will be performe,
twice daily in the plaza in Festival Field