The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-20
TEXAS STATE FAIR
PREPARATIONS co RAPIDLY FOR.
WARD FOR THIS GREAT AT.
TRACTION OCTOBER II.

.l'HN l'l iUf lN'UlF iIItu dllHNdi iu ct
OF the state Fair Of Texas. which
opens in Dallas October II and coutin.
ues sixteen days. are going forward
with such rapidity that everything
will be I'm readiness by the frs weeK
In October The hundr ds of work
men engaged on the Improvements
including the new ladies textile and
fine arts building. the new agricultu
raj and manufacturers building and
IN. new grandstand and stockmon
eXhibtorsto.be and visitors that cali
daily at the grounds, already give a
fairlilc appearance one month be-
fore opening day.
on October -. Phinncy's United
States band the oct.tte of grand OPP
era stars and seven vaudeville artists
who will appear I'm the music hall
programs will arrive in this city.
Phiuucy's band Is the official musi-
cal organization of Founders Week
iu Philadelphia when the 250th anni-
versary of the founding of that citt
will be- celebrated He will be assist
ed In this celebration by the singers
referred to above tud rlen come to
Dallas direct form Teh Quaker city
The first weeks racing program al
the coming fair is now ready for the
press II calls for six or seven run
ming and three to five harness races
each day. These i'm addition TO the
extra events arranged each afternoon.
will make the finest race offering in
the history Of the American turf,
from the standpoint of number cf
races
Judging by the big entry in the
| harness and running stakes and the
/ class of horses ,Wered, the coming
meet will far eclipse those OF former
years. Horses from every section oi
the country, from California TO New
| York and from Minnesota to Texas,
are represented in the list OF course
, the southwest predominates, which Is
| pleasing to the management as 1t as.
sures that the larger portion of the
$4,000 hung up in purses and stakes
will be distributed among the breeders
of this section of the country. U
Open air vaudeville will be a fea
turc of the coming fair. In Amuse-
ment park the management has con
tract d with the Parker Amusement
, Company for several marvellous free
attractions headed by the great We.
laire in his new act known as Be
/ yond rhe limit. II the comments OF
the northern press are 10 be taken in
to consideration this act is aptly
named. Mount sa bicycle at the
apex of a lofty incline, then plunges
down a narrow aerial pathway with
such tremendous force that wheel and
rider are shot into space sixty feet
above the earth. The wheel drops
/ into net susp nded below, while
Velaire leaps far out aud somer-
saults in the air, diving into a shall
/ low tank sixty five feet from the base
of the incline. II is great act and
well worth seeing ore than once.
The Parker Amusement company
will also bring to the fair a clever me-
lange Of musical comedy and vaude-
vile. The people employed in this
production and all from the Keith ana
Orpheum circuits, with exception OF
nesc, who come direct from Japan.
The laps put on twenty minute
sketch, entitled Fair Japan" which
promises great entertainment 20 fair
visitors. + +
Fun i'm balloon Is the title of a
novelty monologue burlesquc which
will be rendered by G. O, McGarve,,
Americas leading impersonator in
Music hall. McGar, ey brings with
him to the fair a superb collection o1
empire and dircc,oire gowns-thr,e
sheath gowus-and promises an en-
tertaiument not only amusing but re-
fined ana devoid OF all horse play
whatever Possessing contralto
voice of two and one half octayes, he
is able 20 carry out the grand dame
/ effect I'm a manner superior to any
I thing on the American stage lie will
open on the Keith and Proctor circuit
/ Immediately after the fair