The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-20
RACING AT SELMA
ED GEERs WILL VISIT CENTRAL
 CITY
silent Men is We'll Known Tn Alabama Where He Trained for Hamlin stables for
 Many Years.
Advertiser Bureau.


 Many Years.
 Advertiser Bureau. Selma. Oct. 19 principle features of the second an- nual exhibition of the Central Alabama Fair Association which opens up here October 30. there Is no doubt. That which will De closely followed by the live stock exhibits which will be ono of the finest displays that will ever be seen in the South. ,, the best and the program for each day , will prove a most successful drawing card. While harness races will pre-. the events will all be good ones and will be worth the time taken up to see them. Besides the races that are of the southern Fair Association there for races in this city. One of the most notable features TOT l the week will be again the appearance l of the celebrated old campaigner. Ed l Geers. upon the Selma track Geers | is today the most noted driver on the ] as the "silent Man of the Turf" HA | will arrive in Selma towards the latter part of next week with a string of
 horses which during the past summer meets in the Grand Circuit.
 During the past season with his l string of horses Geers has once again
 season sea has won with his string over $37, 900 in purses at Detroit, Glenn Eau. Charter Oak Park and other places In
 the Grand Circuit. He will not or,nE ,i, come with about seven or eight Of ms
 fastest and most promising pacers and trotters.
 l Another Grand Circuit campaigner Il and who is we'll known to the race Il horse world reached Selma yesterday | with a string of twelve horses. many
 of which will be entered m the races Mcdonald and during the past season has been most successful in the Grand Circuit races. Mr. Mcdonald will win
 where @ the fair will he held and will leave Selma early next spring with his string of horses for the big races In
 still another well known race horse man. Ben Renicke. with string or trotters and pacers. will reach Selma
 next week and will take part in M the
 Renicke winters here with string or fast, ones every year and the racing event of the week will be managed
 Besides the many race horses which will be here during that week the , Fair Association today received Wor1
 that SrGurh ce Stock farm of  Lafayette. Ind. would have on exni- , bition here during the fair quite nun. Der of their large imported Cerman
 coach horses. This latter exhibition
 will prove quite an attractive feature
 to the many raisers of live stock ka } Central Alabama. , ] will spend the week in this city with several of the best hoses in his stable will prove welcome news to Seimiahs. 5. B For several winters Geers came to th,s ns rrytt , horses which he trained here for the When he had charge of the Hamlin, stable he brought to ohsr. selma sdSn EantSsy we l The Monk. Dare Devil and many others i. which have since proven their racing aSnss l ability of the rack; Durihg ,rie,d. 'hoss sn | Selma and when he arrives next week he will be warmly welcomed by these old friends.
 Pistol Shot Caused . Commotion.
 At the Academy of Music there ap- 3 peared company last night grvlnK < , performance of "A Millionaire Tramp, nnan playing for the week has reoertoire . of dime novel plays which they have
 been rendering. and In wnich ne eacn
 pany have been killed. The crack or
 the pistol in these plays have been of
 ten, and the audience to certain ex- l tent naO ROCten uSeu tO tHS"
 There was no pistol used in the com
 pany which played here for one per formance list night. But just as the
 curtain was about to be rung down on the close of the performance. those in
 the theatre were deafened by the re- 1 port of a pistol in the parquette down
 near the orchestra.
 | At first no attention was paid to the l shot but suddenly 1t dawned upon the | audience that the shot was an act that | was not in the lines of the piece and then there was some commotion among | those in the theatre during which a | number made a hurried exit from the
 building.
 l Investigation of the cause of the lone | shot led to the arrest of J. l.. Bennett. | who holds the position of master me l chanic at the Estele Cotton Mil S. MT 1 Bennett was occupying q seat in the l paruuet near the orchestra. and as he l was preparing to leave the theatre, the
 weapon was dropped and exploded Fortunately the stray bullet did no fur | ther harm than to cause several splln- l ters from the floor to fly in as many | directions
 MT. Bennett was arrested by the no licc and carried to police headquarters. and this morning in police court an | swered to a warrant charging him with discharging fire arms in the city limits. To the satisfaction of the court he l proved that the discharge of the pistol 1 was accidental. and the case againss | him was dismissed