Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-27
ATTRACTIONS
At The FAIR
At PHOENIX
There viii Be Plenty of Fast
Horses and Roy knahenShue
and His Dirigible Balloon.
Other Good Attractinos.

Fast horses in plenty and a dirigi-
Bile airship, under the control of Roy
Knabenshue, are among the gooG
things cited for public entertainment
at the coming territorial fair at Phoe
nix by the president of the fair asso
citation. J. c. Adams, who returned
yesterday from an eastern trip. taken
In the interests OF the fair. Mr.. Ad
ans visited Detroit and Kalamazoo
on the Grand Circuit and Galesburg
Illinois, on the Eastern Circuit. He
secured a large number of entries for
the Arizona races at these places.
While in Detroit Mr. Adams was
visited by Knabenshue. who came
from his home in Toledo. Ohio, TO lay
an atrship proposition before the pres
idelt of the fair association. Mr..
Adams win present the proposition to
ihe fair commission for it's consider
alton. and thinks il more than propa.
BILE that it viii be accepted
Knabenshue's name has been prom
inently before the public for several
years as one of the most successful
aeronauts in the profession. He mas
a new airship, highly improved WIN
a gas bag 1l2 feet long, and driven
by powerful motor. Three men ars
used in making the flight.
Mr.. Knabenshue guarantees to fur
nish spectacular features with mis- air
ship, performing numerous difficun
evolutions. such as cutting figure SIS,
rising in height and lowering at will
and travelling at a speed of twenty
five miles an hour. He win start
from a given point, complete his eyo-
buttons, and land at the place of as
cent. The ship viii be looked after
personally by Mr.. KnabeEshue and his
assistants. II will require a carload
of acid to generate the required
amount of gas. If his proposition 10
accepted. Knabenshue will come to
Phoenix in mis- own car, with a tent
of enormous proportions for hous--s
his ship He will also deliver a pub
lie lecture every day on the history
and development of airship building.
With the ship ne will make one ascent
each day. Aside from the airship, he
is willing 10 bring captive balloon,
which viii ascend to 1900 feet. 1t
will be used for the purpose of fur
nishing a novel experience to tAozs
who have never been "up in the air.
The fair commission is figuring on
a display of fireworks which, If adopt
ed, win be the finest pyrotechnicaI
exhibition ever seen in the west
In referring to Justo. ais great
three-year-oId colt, which has peeii
winning premium honors on the track
this season, Mr.. Adams stated that he
has been pronounced by competent
horsemen as the greatest three-year-
old of 1908 While in Kalamazoo, Mr..
Adams received two offers of $4,000
each for the colt. He was unwilling
to accept the price, however, for he
feels that within short time the
colt will have broken all worlds rec
ords for three-year-olds and will then
be worth $4,000 at least.
In speaking about the entries for
the coming fair, Mr.. Adams said they
will be the largest and fastest Of any
year in the history Of the territorial
fair. William Durfee, who has been
in the east with the best stable he
could get in California and who has
been very successful in both tne
Grand and Great Western circuits,
will enter the best horses in EIs
stable. They are as follows:
Del Coronado, 2:09 IA; CarOkin,