The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-17
Management and Visitors All Delighted With Success of
 Annual Event
MOTOR RAGING FEATURE OF
 YESTERDAYS PROGRAM ME
Shows On the Curve Did Big Business Last Night and Today Parapher- N.nalia Will Be Packed Away
 for Transportation.

 end last night at midnight. The exposi- tion was the most successful in the his. tory of the association The entertain- ment was unanimously voted the best in years, and it is true that the fair was also successful from a financial stand point.
 There can be no doubt but that the fair, from an entertainment consider ation, was better than that of last year The vaudeville features were excellent. and there were none last year. The
 Cure" whereon were the shows Of the midway was good, and there was no Curve last year. lac exhibits were voted fuller, broader, and more general than last year, and furthermore there were more of them. The racing pro- gramme this year was generally consid- cred second to that of last.
 However, the fair was a rattling suc- cess in the opinion of the people who daily attended. Manager Barnes was well pleased in his statement last night
 Night of Carnival.
 The fair was terminated with night of carnival. Thousands wFe on the grounds last night, and everyone was out for a good time. There was a reck- lessness and an abandon on the part of the visitors which always pleases promoters. The shows on the Curve" were visited by hundreds in a body, and did a big business In front or the grandstand the free performances were rendered for the last time. Sunlin's bull made a deep obeisance when he made ms last retirement. The donkey of Clayton &s Co. prayed long and loud, as If thank ing the people for their weeks patronage. The boxing horses did their stunts excel- lently, better than ever before. The Weitzmans on the high wire were more daring than on any previous occasion The flying Dordens, in their daring and sensational trapeze work, were never more reckless, nor did they ever before go through their programme With as much grace and ease.
 The good natured throng had a big time. and sought their beds after mid night with the knowledge that they hao got their moneys worth
 Attendance Reached High Figures.
 Yesterday was big day with the fair management. The people seemed to re- alize that yesterday was the last oppor- t,,nitv and the attendance probably reached the 25,oOO mark. In the afternoon the feature was the automobile racing. The feature of this programme was the appearance of Louis Christie strang, who. as told in another column, estap- isbed a new automobile record for a mile on circular track. Be1ore the races the free performances were given in front of the grandstand, and 'Rube" Shields was the star announcer. It IS probable that no one man during the en- tire fair made more friends than Shields. He acted throughout as master or cere- monies On account of his excellent voice he served as announcer Tor all events. In addition he was clever humorist. and kept the audience, all the time. in a good frame of mind. In addi- tion his bicycle stunt was clever and mirth-provoking.
 The crowds arrived at. the fair grounds on the last day at the time when the morning gates were opened. In the morning the airship made flight, Ro- mola and Madame Romola ascended in the balloon, and made the double descent. The free performances were given in regular order.
 The shows on the midway did thriy- ing business, especially the Igorrotes vil- lage and the ostrich farm. People sell dom tired of seeing the great birds of plumage, tall enough to eat corn from the head of "a six-foot man, and strong enough to pull cart at rate of a mile in 2:2o. The animal show of Colonel Munday, too, was one of the features of the fair.
 This morning begins moving day. The business of packing up was begun last night after the closing hour, and by this afternoon the great field, where anima- ! ton reigned supreme TOT over a week, will be place deserted. There will be another fair next year. So pleased Is the association that the gentlemen would not care if it started next month.