Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1910-11-11

this money.
Motorcycle Races.
! There were two motorcycle races,
/ one for three miles and one for five
! miles There were no announcements
| made of the entries in either, or of
! the winners, but there were four con-
| testants in the three-mile race. which
was finished by somebody in 1888. a
new record for the Phoenix track. The
| five mile race had two entries and
was finished in 5:S5. Thus ended an
afternoon devoted exclusively to the
automobilists and the motor fans
Announcement.
Wilbur Lou, which on Monday
equaled the worlds one-year -old trot-
ting record of 2:33, will start again to-
| day to beat il.
Tomorrow a bronco busting exhibit
ton will be feature of the program.
Tho Fireworks.
Every claim of the fair commission
! in announcing the fireworks program
for last evening was made good. No
more gorgeous, thrilling and amusing
pyrotechnical display has ever been
made or attempted in Arizona and the
thousands who filled the grandstand.
thronged the grounds or fingered on
the outside of the gates voiced their
appreciation almost continuously from
the opening number until the last
bomb had been silenced and the smoke
of a thousand rockets was rolling
towards the hills.
Inky darkness prevailed, the quarter
moon hanging low to the northwest. re-
| flecting but feebly and partly obscured
by a few clouds. A solitary light
cleaned far out on the further side of
the race track. This light was whirled
rapidly and the waiting multitude knew
it to be the signal for the torch to be
applied. A deep hush fell over the as
semblage until almost funereal silence
prevailed There was a flash, an in
slant later a great aerial bomb doomed
forth with reverberations that resound-
ed from the distant hills and the show
was on.
| From then on for the next hour and
half myriads of vari-colored lights
| Illuminated the space in front OF the
! big grandstand as rocket after rocket
mounted skyward or some cleverly de-
signed set piece was displayed There
were meteors which burst aloft and
sent showers of silvery and golden stars
| floating downward. Fiery serpents
that twisted and squirmed and actually
screamed Bombs which Numbered sa-
lutes and set adrift tiny parachutes
suspending ten or a dozen brilliant
stars Dozens OF small, but exquisite
| " colored roman candles were set off
simultaneously, the little globes of fire
mingling in brilliant fire picture new
er to be forgotten.
The first set-piece brought forth
hearty laughs and prolonged cheers. 1t
was a representation of an acrobat
performing on a horizontal bar With
almost human intelligence. the figure
drew itself up and chinned the bar two
or three times. then swung to the top
| of the bar and remained suspended
horizontally for an instant. Then it
swung back and forth clinging by the
hands and finally swung completely
round and round the bar until the
lights composing the figure became
DINNER and DINNER and DINNER and
finally died away leaving a darkened
| figure and memory.
The next piece depicted William Tell
attired in a frock coat, knickerbock
bow gun while his son stood some dis
lance away with what purported to be
an apple resting on his head. There
came a flash, a report and ball of
| fire shot across the inter vening space
and clipped the apple" from the head
of the figure OF the obedient son.
Niagara Falls was shown in silvery
fire. which turned to golden foam, the
roar accompanying the display resem-
bling in no small measure that which
| is heard by the visitor at the real
| natural wonder
Attired in pith helmet. khaki and
spectacles, Teddy Roosevelt was shown,
his smile about as Illuminating as the
| fire of which it was composed and his
teeth cleaning and the word De
lighted" appeared in flame as from his
| mouth This piece brought forth cheer
| after cheer and hand clapping that
seemed to demand an encore. But Ted
dy had faded into the night.
The final and climatic display COW
cred practically the entire ground de-
voted to the pyrotechnics. 1t was
styled Aerial Warfare" In the center
stood a fortified city. On either side
great battleships were steaming to the
aid of the threatened community. Great
guns doomed forth as signals of an at
tack from an invisible enemy. And
then from out the darkness far up in
the air came two gigantic airships. one
of the .bi-plane type, the other of cigar
shaped gas-bag construction. First the
battleships were demolished with
bombs dropped upon them and then the
demons" of the air sped on toward
the doomed city. A fierce engagement
resulted in which the city was finally
blown into dust and the air ships
sailed away just as their outlines were
suffering severely.
Taken by and large. it was the most
brilliant and most satisfying display
of fireworks ever seen in this section
and was heartily appreciated by the
great crowds that journeyed to the fair
grounds in anticipation OF the event.
Cavalry Drilling.
Just preceding the display of fire
works a very interesting and highly
exciting fancy drill was given by Troop
G. u. S. cavalry. here from Fort Hua-
chuca. With the entire track brilliant
ly illuminated with red and green fire.
the troop came down the stretch and
halted in front of the grandstand Or
ders Ineligible only to the mounted
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