Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-08-22
A|RSH|P WILL SAIL
West Michigan Fair Will Have tho
Airship Which Carries
Passengers.
SPLENDID OUTDOOR EVENTS
Big Purses Are Hung Up i'm Harness
and Running Events Aggregating
SO, 5OO-Vaudeville Show
That Has Wonderful
Features.

The modern up-to-date state fair in
addition to its educational attractions
Is coming To have more and more flee
| amusement features rivaling the best
theaters in the country The West
| Michigan State Fair which lasts for
| five full days ut Grand Rapids, begin
ming September o. has been Il pioneer
In Offering big special attractions f
its patrons.
| A well balanced card Of amusement
events is presented this year, better
than ever before, but ut the same time
there is one big attraction which
stands ont from the others on account
OF its novelty and sensationalism. This
is nothing less than the famous
Knabenshue Airship, which has proved
to he one of the greatest drawing
cards Mt events of this kind In the
country. The Fair Association has
gone to great expense to bring this
successful flying machine to Grand
Rapids, and the inventor guarantees
that the people will see what they
have never seen before-a ship that
sails the air as the seas have been
sailed for centuries.
Inventor viii Sail 1t.
Mr.. A. Roy Knabenshue, the owner
and inventor of this wonderful. ma
chine has contracted to appear ut the
West Michigan Fair and make enc
flight daily during the entire week.
He is to get from the Fair Association
81. 900 for the first flight, $1,000 for
the second. and so on. but he receives
not a penny for the days that he fails
to make flight. This arrangement
should certainly assure the crowds
that come TO the fair that they will
not be disappointed in seeing this
superb attraction if the flight can pos
sibly be made.
This wonderful airship is % feet in
length and Will be operated by Mr..
Knabenshue. the inventor. personally.
Here is what one OF the Columbus
rapers had to say of the machine after
it had made flight there: about
| II o'clock in the forenoon Friday. the
last day of the fair Mr.. Knabenshue
left the fair grounds I'm his airship and
after sailing over the city for about an
hour. made landing on the lawn in
font of the State House or Capitol
building. He then called on Governor
A. l.. Harris. and after taking lunch
con with his eXcellency made Il re-
markably pretty and successful as
cension and returned to the fair
grounds as easily and quickly as
though the trip had been made in an
automobile
Great Card of Horses.
, One of the great drawing cards of
r any fair which attracts and appeals to
more OF the patrons than any other
one feature is probably the races. The
, fair this year has hung up the richest
purses ever offered. The attention OF
!. horsemen all over the county has
been attracted. with the result that
some Of the most famous stables will
= he represented at this meeting The
card offered includes ten harness
races and nine running races with
purses aggregating $1,000. The fol
lowing is the program OF racing
events for the week:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.
FPS class trotting.. ..S5OO
2:19 class pacing. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 900
Running. y mile, best 2 In 3....... 200
: Running, y mile dash .............. 100
=? WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER II.
[ 2:15 class trotting......... S5OU
I0.t4 Ia
). 2:40 class pacing, S-year-olds n 3. 400
I Running. q mile dash. .............. 150
d Running. | mile. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. zoe
!. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II.
2:27 class pacing ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
2:20 class trotting... ................ 5OC
{ 2:50 class trotting, S-y'r-olds, in 8. 400
5 Running, y mile dash .............. 200
Running X mile dash. .............. zoe
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10.
8 2:11 class trotting. ...................$ $500
; 2:10 class pacing. ACCOMMODATIONS. 5Ot
= Running, * mile dash. zoe
: Running, ! mile. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 200
J. Running. x mile for nom winners. 200
}, Interspersed with the races will bt
8 fine program Of amusements includ-
ing open air vaudeville with some OF
the top-llners in each class.
Marvellous Performing Bears.
{ The program is a varied one which
v has many amusing and comedy fea
L lures combined with feats of skill and
Il daring that are truly marvellous
v Spelman's Performing Bears. sever
n I'm number. with lady trainer. are TIL,
Il first Of these. Their act is said to h,
d very laughable one which keeps tn,
Il audience I'm an uproar most of tn,
a time. The fact that n whole carload
v OF baggage and handsome property |,
n carried and used in this attraction
d shows In small way the magnitude
q and pretentiousness Of the act.
The "rhree Flying Valentines" wh'
do sensational aerial casting act
THE Clivettes." European Horizontal
Bar Artists. who have appeared before
e all the crowned heads of Europe anC
)" only recently began a TOUR Of thi
" country-together with Hardy, TIN
g american Blondin." high wire per
a. former, are three of five acts In ia,
&c free show. The sea''"g capacity o.
the Grand Stand has been increase;
10 between 150O and 1000.