The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-09-13
THE PARKER SHOWS
To ENTERTAIN
EXTRAVAGANZA ORGANIZATION
TO FURNISH AMUSEMENT
AT SEATTLE FAIR.

Spokane. Sept 12-The Midway"
at the Spokane Interstate fair this
year. September 70 to -, will again
be- enIivened by the great extravaganza
Of attractions known as the Parker
shows. which were seen at the In
terstatc fair last year for the first
time outside of the middle east and
the Atlantic coast. The shows come
with seven more carloads 0f trained
animals and scenery for their dtNeTsi-
fled features than were brought last
year. - carloads in all being billed
for the Interstate fair this year, be
sides two cars used To transport the
star performers. Eighteen freak ard
vaudeville performances, separate and
distinct, win be given BY the Parker
shows this year.
1t is the speed attained by the
aeronauts In dropping Ia earth that
win captur. the prizes this year in
the balloon races at the SpDlsar" In
tcrstatc fair. and. as the acronauts
win be dropping in parachutes. not
the safest aerial Cnnycyances unGer
the best of circumstances, there may
Z De some uncertainty as u "tithliti
some may not drop even faster than
they desire, for in that lies the Skill
al the contestant. He must 50 ma
newer his parachute SO as to prevent
its opening too quickly and retarding
his downward swoop. So far this
year. however. there have been no
fatalities amongst the aeronauts of the
Curtis Mack company. who are putting
on the balloon races at the Interstate
fair.
Several long trains win he required
Ia transport all the livestock already
entered, and il is stated by John l..
Smith. superintendent Of the Interstate
! fair livestock department, that there
! are many more promised entries yet
/ to be heard from. 1t was found nee
cssary last month To enlarge the live
/ stock quarters for this years fair,
! though. after enlarging them last year,
I 1t was thought they would surely suf
I flee for the exhibits expected at any
! future fair for several years.
/ who may capture the $1,000 purse
/ offered for the Interstate Relay race
7 is going to be IL matter for conjecture,
/ There are many good riders of es-
! tablished fame as relay contestants en-
/ tered this year. Among them are Dell
/ Blancet of Endicott. Wash; Ernest
I Williams of Rockford. Wash: Joseph
| r. Seltce of DeSn,et, Idaho; Joe Gar
/ rick and Andrew st. John of kncK-
/ ford. Wash; George Tyler of Daven-
/ port wash; L.. w. Markham of Day
/ ton. Wash: John Smith and Arthur
/ Dexter OF Seattle: A. +. Stowelt of
| Colfax. Wash, and Charles Allard of
Poison, Mont.
Thursday and Friday of the horse
show are going to he interesting days
for lovers of good horseflesh. and par
ticularly lor lovers of good work
horses. Special attention has been
/ paid by the horse show this year to
the securing of entries of heavy draft
and light delivery horses, with the re
! suit that on the two closing days of
the horse show-which runs four Gags
this year-there will be seen. prob
work stock than many people have
seen gathered together i'll one eShi-
bitinn.
The ninth annual Derby will be run
September Il and, as in former years
there IL much conjecture amongst
! horsemen as to who may capture tho
] 81 900 purse. There will be some good
horses entered from all over tht
country.