The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

ofSanzauon IS well known III the world Of music.
 Racing Programme.
 The racing programme this year will include some of the fastest horses of the southern circuits. Arrangements had been made for about 200 trotters and pacers. but it now looks like considerably more than this number will contest for the rich purses hung up by the fair management. A feature will be the first test ever given in America of the Australian sys- tenn of starting, which is drawing the eyes of the sporting world on Birming- ham. Trotting and pacing races will be run every day
 Romola, the common balloon man, will be one of the big features of the fair. Romola has added a sensational novelty to the usual balloon ascension, in that he makes a double parachute leap, the second time being shot from tho mouth of q cannon. His ascent Is first made to about 4000 feet, when the first fall takes place. After dropping about 600 feet, or until the first parachute steadies itself, the daring balloonist is shot from the cannon's mouth and descends hanging to the second canvass. Romola will go up only in the morning. as the extreme height makes 1t necessary that none but midday rays of the sun be used
 Jean and Marie Weltzman will perform on the high wire, stretched from pole to pole across the arena, just in front of the grandstand. They made one of the big hits at St. Louis, when their stunts were performed on a wire across the Piazza, 150 feet above ground. No such height can be obtained at the fair grounds but the wire will be as high as it Is possible to arrange it. The Wetz- mans have been the past week at the Winnepeg, Canada fair, where their turn was one of the sensations of the fair at that place.
 The Flying Dordens will form @ com pany of five aerial acrobats who do Q marvellous throwing and casting act. The troupe consists of four brothers and one sister, Miss Nellie Dorden, who does a triple somersault from the highest bar being caught far below by one of her muscular brothers. The Dordens have been at the Winnipeg fair the past week, also, but were formerly at the White City. The Seven Moors had been billed for this act, but the contract was cancelled on account of an accident. This is the only change made In a programme an- nounced several weeks ago, and shows how carefully the fair management made its plans.
 Famous Trained Bull.
 <6unlln and his trained bull, King Bill, will perform to the amazement of the crowds. Sunlin In reality Is a Wisconsin farmer. When King Bill was calf it was noticed that his intelligence was re- markable. Sunlin trained the animal un- til he became the marvel of the neigh borhood. Now, six years after, King Bill has reached such point of sagacty that his tricks are said to be nothing short of amazing.
 Rube Shields. the old circus clown, will make the people laugh with his antics. Rube claims to be the most amusing laughed at his performances are inclined will be done by Clayton, Jenkins and Jasper. Jasper is a mule. the original of Maud, of comic supplement fame, and is known on every fair circuit in the country. Seventeen years in the busi- ness has given Jaspers acting an artistic finish, and If ever Maud Is put on the take the stellar role.
 Fireworks at Night.
 At night there will be fireworks on the grandest scale ever seen in this part of the country. A carload of pyrotechnics has reached the fair grounds and has been unloaded. and the contents placed in the midfield, where the display will take place. The exhibition consists of 40-odd set pieces, and will make the best pyro- technc display ever seen in the south. Nothing like the marvellous combinations has ever been brought to this section.
 Special features during fair week will be Walter Christie, Anerica's most daring automobilist, a field and track day, in which every athletic club in the Bir-