The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-10
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

, this knowledge beforehand. I arranged a game between the two Indian Govern ment Schools, the Carlisle Indians and the Haskell Indians, at the Exposition. I had planned that the game should take place just across from the Exposition grounds, at the Delmar Race Track, but there was a great deal of objection raised to it. and Judge Ferris, who settled all such questions for the Exposition, de- cided that 1t would be in opposition to the big show, and detraet so much from it that it was arranged that the game should be held in the Stadium, on the Exposition Grounds. The result was that 1000 people attended the game, which was a record breaker. I also arranged a testimonial in honor of the newspaper men who had been at the Exposition from all over the world, flashing back the success of the occasion each day. Every attraction. free and otherwise, responded to the call. and on the Sunday after the close of the show, when it was said 900 was handed over to the newspaper men as testimonial of the high regard in which they were held"
 Don't you find the people you deal with an interesting lot? I asked, as MT. Car ruthers handed me telegram which he had just received from the American representative of MT. b. C. Williams, the
 
 trala, whose fame Is as wide as our Mir. Thompsons of Luna Park Dream land' and the New York Hippodrome. which told of acceptance for their La Fiesta" of a 10 weeks engagement for the Greggs, the daring Automobile stunt, which is being presented here at the Fair
 Indeed l do" MT. carruthers replied q carry 6l people with me In my list of free attractions here. and each one has an interesting history and something worth while in their make up."
 Wont you give away the trick of how the Greggs do their aot?'' I asked.
 Tt really isn't trick MT. Carruthers said. That stunt is accomplished by the hardest work you have ever seen. It has taken the Greggs five years to work ori that process of making the automobile turn three consecutive revolutions. It has been easy enough to do one or two-but the third has taken years of practice and nerve to successfully execute it." I>t"Did You see them when they were practicing?' l asked
 oh. yes" was the reply. "It looks very simple. The way it is done is the same old way that acrobats have of us- ing harness. T6e harness in this case and when the act fails. the>harness holds the machine in the proper place and the driver is safe-that is, comparatively Of course. it is the most sensational dare devil stunt of the kind ever done in the worlds history. 'tIf you were at the fair grounds last Monday evening, you prob ably noticed slip In the act. The dampness of the atmosphere affected the mechanism of the car. and result was allure One of the very best acrobatic feats that I've seen is the one that the Mexican Familv-the Abreaus-are per forming. They are doing a two and a half twister. from shoulder to shoulder, three high-that is considered almost an impossiblity in athletics.
 I want to say this in conclusion Mir Carruthers remarked. that I have never seen better fair larger attendance, and more genuine interest shown than in your Alabama State FaIr this year Three years ago when I came here for the first time, the Fair Association was 900 in debt. Today it is on a substan- tial basis. and is one of the best organ ized associations in the South. and I've been to them all"