The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-29
order Of specially performances and a change in
the fireworks display for the sake of novelty.)
THURSDAY, SEPT. ALIVE STOCK AND
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Mofn10R-COntlnueQ demonstrations OF ROAD
making the grounds; 10 o'clock, session of the
convention of postmasters Of Minnesota.
Afternoon O'Clock. at the grand stand
No. IL, 2;1s class, pacing 81 900; No II, 2:S5
class, trotting; No. 13, running race, ~ mile
novelty, $3.50; No. II, running race two-mile
hurdle, for 3-year-olds and upward, $500; bal
loon ascension; band concert; the great Schreyer,
aerial cycist and flying dive act; aerial special
ties; high wire act; hippodrome races; o'clock,
auction sale Of cattle in large tents; o'clock.
of postmasters Of Minnesota. in In
stitute hall; continued demonstrations of road
making.
Evenings O'clock at the grand stand. (The
evening programs are substantially the same
during the entire fair The variations will consist
only In slightly different arrangement OF the
order of specially performances and a change In
the fireworks display for the sake of novelty)
FRIDAY, SEPT. 5.-MINNEAPOLIS DAY.
Morning. o'clock, session Of convention Of
postmasters Of Minnesota; continued demonstra-
tions Of road making.
Live stock parade; No. Is. 2:21 class, trotting,
1000 minneapolis purse. guaranteen by Min
neapolis business men); No. 16, running race,
South st. Paul Derby, half-nlile heats 5000;
cowboy parade by live stock firms of South St.
Paul; balloon ascension; band concert; the great
schreyer. aerial cyclist and diving act; sreial
specialties; high wire act; hippodrome races;
continued demonstrations of road making.
Evenings! o'clock, at the grand stand. (The
evening programs are substantially the same
during the entire fair. The variations will consist
order Of speciality performances and a change in
the fireworks display for the sake of novelty.)
SATURDAY, SEPT. e.-TWIN CITY DAY.
Morning-Continued demonstrations of road
making. '....
Afternoon O'clock at the grand stand: No.
class, pacing. 81 900; No. 19. running race, one
mile dash, 5000; No. 20, running race, Ia mile
hurdle, for 3-year-olds and upwards. $3.50; bal
loon ascension; band concert; the great Schreyer,
aerial cyc1fSt and fyiDp dive act. aerial sDecia1-
ties; high wire act; hippodrome races; continued
demonstrations of road making.
Evenings o'clock, at the grand stand. (The
evening programs are substantially the same
during the entire fair The variations will consist
only in slightly different arrangement of the
order of specially performances and change In
the fireworks display for the sake Of novelty.)
Schreyer's Sensational Feat.
Sensational, but family describes the
thrilling performance of A. M. Schreyer,
taking ride down the chute and dive
through space into a shallow tank OF
water will be exploited for the first time
in this part Of the country at the Mime
sofa State Fair during the first week in
September.
Nothing to equal 1t for daring has ever
been witnessed here. The chute Is q
skeleton like framework three feet In
width, 103 feet above the surface at Its
heighest point and descending at an angle
of 70 degrees, to point where 1t suddenly
ends, fifty feet above the ground. Eighty
feet away is basin filled with three feet
of water. Schreyer attired in a costume
not unlike an ordinary bathing suit
mounts to the chute and with critical eye
measures the distance from its lower END
high in the air, to the tank down below
and then with measured steps, as Il
counting the distance. walks to the start
ing point so high above the spectators
that they fairly gasp as he mounts his
wheel. From here Schreyer can see moth
ing of the tank where he is to fall.
Suddenly the fearless cycler is seen tt
he coming down the chute. Faster ant
faster goes his wheel and it is going at {
terrific rate when wheel and man spir
out upon the up-curved foot Of the frame
still fifty feet above the surface Of tn,
park.
| When exactly eight feet from the end, o.
the narrow track Schreyer springs clea
of his pedals and seat-upward, outward
and downward a body flashing through
space for full eighty feet. The bicycl
goes over the brink and falls a wrecked
mass of steel just an instant after tn
splash of water full into the very rniddl
of the tank.
| The Vadls Sisters.
| Almost at the last moment the manage
! ment OF the state fair has been successfu
in obtaining another speciality attraction
which adds very materially to the pro
> gram Of amusements for the coming fair
| The prize which has been secured is n
less than the Vaidis sisters-two aeria
| performers Of worldwide reputation; ant
when the word "world-wide'' is used, /
! is meant just as it is written. The Vaidi
| sisters have travelled all over Europe an.
| have been received with the greatest sat
| isfaction In the leading playhouses on tw,
| continents. The sisters are twins an
work together in concerted acts with tn
| greatest success. They have invented an,
! introduced a revolving trapeze which /
one of the greatest novelties of aerial pe,'
| formance. One of the greatest acts pre-
sented is wonderful dive by Lizzie Val
dis from a tower 100 feet high. So con
Fservative a paper as the Boston Heral,
says of them:
| No wonder the clever ladies attract large audi
| ences wherever they go, for more daring an,
at the same time graceful performance thai
| that they give the trapeze it is impossible t
conceive. There is nothing coarse about it
nothing to shock the proprieties, but all is dis
| tinguished by neatness and artistic finish. TIL
revolving apparatus on which they go throug
| their most wonderful feats is q novel featur
for they little in stature, pose themselve
| in attitudes which artists might study with ad
vantage. Even when thy tie themselves int
knots there is not an ugly angle in their bodies
but curves most pleasant to the eye. They hav
| also a crtain "chic" and "go'' which distin
guishes them from other female gymnasts, an
| at the same time their entertainments create n
| sensation Of dread for their safety. Their de
| scent Of the silken cord may be specially cite
! for the grace with which 1t is executed, and tn
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