The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-25
FAIR SHOWS
 ARE BOOKED Wintefs Closes the Con ]. tract, UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS HERE United Fairs Booking Association
 Will Furnish Midway. Ere. Attractions Will Be Most sen- sational and spectacular-Fair
 Management Pleased At Out
 come Of Efforts.
UNUSUAL ATTRACTIONS HERE

The United Fair Booking Associa- tlou of Chicago will furnish the free Attractions and the midway carnivais st the State Fair this fall. Major E. E. Winters, secretary of the Ala bama Fair Associa ton and E. F. Car ruthers. secretary of the Chicago house .held conference all day yes terday arranging the final details. The contract was signed last evening.
 The United Carnival Company travel in their own train of fourteen cars and carry over 300 people. Their mid- way shows were featured this year at the Peerless Prophets at Witacha and the Ak-sar-ben given at Omaha, Neb. These are two of the largest celebra- lions held in the West each year. Ma jor winters deems himself fortunate in securing this attraction. The State Fair throngs of 1908 will be given a chance to see the largest aggregation of shows ever played in the South.
 One of the special features Of the paid attractions of this company Is Bill Otto's trained wild animal cir cus. The circus carries with it eighty five trained animals. eleven trainers, twenty cages. They perform their stunts in tent 100 by 200 feet. Siebles dog and pony show. formerly travei- ing under the name of Gentry Broth CTS. will also be one of the draw lng cards.
 The Sioux Indian village, another paid attraction of the United Carnival Company. was featured at many of the larger State fairs of the North. This feature carries with it seventy live Indians. 6 complete street effect of twenty-seven tepees and a bead work display valued at s20.o0o. An aAYrx wxxfI l. Streets of Cairo portraying the mod ern dancing and also the fencing of the Orient.
 Besides these special paid attrac- tfons the United Carnival Company Will offer the patrons of the coming fair many free attractions. The loop the loop without a loop one of the greatest sensations of the year.. will be the leading feature of the free shows. F. Dobeli. the high wire art ist. Toddles. the trick elephant, for meriy with the Ringing Brothers cir GUS. and the four onneti Sisters. from Ireland, swinging trapese and ring acroDats, will be included in the free attractions. These will be given in the arena in front of the grand stand.
 Tn speaking concerning this matter last evening Major Winters said:
 We wanted something different this year from what we gave the patrons or the fair last year and we are very tortonate m securing the attractions offered by this company. My oontrao ot included their full list of attraotions and the Alabama State Fair this year VIII nave some midway carnival aIa which have never been equaIed in the South before"
 The United Carnival Company bring .neir attractions to Vandiver Park rom Quincy. Ill. where they are en- Gaged for the Manufacturers' Carnt. val From Montgomery they will 20 70 sacKsonviiie. where they engaged to spration of the National Guards =, Florida. They will furnish aIl inc sp. fractions during the two weeks I,n,t, or the State Fair this fan.