Arizona republican., 1906-11-05

Gatcomb who was surprised at the
break as Audubon Boy is not given TO
such conduct. and in leaving the crowd
missed the show of the day. Mr. Cat
comb took the horse back TO the
stable and made a thorough eXamina-
ton seeking to learn the cause of the
break. He discovered a slight cut on
one of his hind legs, just a breaking of
the skin. but nothing of any serious
moment The wound looked as though
it might have been made by a pebble
or some little missed thrown up by ii
front foot just enough of a hurt 20
make the horse finch and break. Mr.
Gatcomb then hitched him up again
for another speeding and his time
he went round the track in 2.04%, the
best mile ever made in Arizona, and "A
fraction of second better than the
time of the preceding Sunday.
WHY NOT SHOW AT THE FAIR
Miss Anna RidenOur VINO IS connected
with the Phoenix Indian school. is one
of thirteen children, all living. who
are planning TO hold a family reunion
at Tempe. Arizona. early in November
says the Native American. Seven OF
the thirteen children were born in
Ohio. the remaining six in Kansas.
Their mother died in 1887, their father
III 1880 Bul tlic tlllilICil liOl W AlllSlelltl-
ing their numbering thirteen, have all
lived to become useful members of so
ciety in the communities where they
live With their families they are now
gathering from Illinois, Missouri, Kan
sas and California to meet those re
siding in Arizona. The twelve sisters
each of whom has one brother who
viii be present comprise one genera
ton, twenty-five children a second
generation, and two a third generation
who will form this remarkable family
party.
DAVIS ON THE ROAD-Newspap-
ers from down Texas way, bring the
information that Charles a. Davis. the
veteran advance agent, who has been
living at Tucson for his health for
number of years and who has visited
Phoenix frequently, has sufficiently
recovered to again take to the road.
Mr.. Davis has had a varied career
having represented as an agent OF pub
aetty, almost every kind of an attrac
tion from a Chautauqua lecturer to the
greatest circus aggregations on earth.
But chiefly the circus has been his
hobby. his faVorite employment. Davis
would rather write stories of the cir
Gus and of circus men than to publish
volumes on morals or philosophy 0r
spellbind the multitudes seeking for
political truth. These are all right in
their place but so is the circus and
Davis is all right in his place and his
place is talking about the big shows.
He knows all about them and he loves
them and what man knows about
and loves he can best write about. His
career runs down from the early Bar
mum and Bailey days clear TO the NOV
ing pictures and the dare devil acts
in defiance of nature that mark the
modern spectacular aggregations. Just
now he is smoothing out the rough
places in the Texas trail for the Sells
and FlotO tented aggregation and get
ting column write-ups for Davis in
the meantime. He has grasped the
idea that people are tired of reading
the monotonOus details of big shows
which after all have a remarkable sim
ilarity and the best way TO advertise
an attraction is to write about some
thing else that Will interest and hold
the attention of the reader. then ar
the psychological moment incidentally
slip in the poison that impresses the
reader with the main fact and when
the big show comes along there is
nothing for the ticket seller to do but
shake down the public as it lines up
before him.