New Ulm review., 1913-08-20
Fair Association Ready /.
Weather Man Behaves
Himself.
Free Acts Promised of Un-
usual Interest and
Brilliance.

shadow of doubt % to the ultimate
success of the Brown County Fail
which is to be held at the Fair
Grounds in New Ulm the last three
days of next week, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, Aug. 18th, 10Th and
30th, and this doubt hinges upon the
weather. All man-msde arrangements
for this grand event either have
already been made or will be com.
pleted when the gates OF the Fair
Grounds swing open to receive the
throngs of people on the opening day
Everyone connected with the manage
ment of Brown County's great agri.
cultural show and exposition is busy
assisting in the preparations and il
can be truthfully stated that this
years fair will be one of the biggest
and best In the forty.three years
during which the Brown County Agri.
cultural Society has been holding
similar annual events.
What will probably furnish the
greatest attraction, especially for the
juvenile visitors of the fair, are the
big free acts which will be staged just
across the race course, in front of the
grand stand. Secretary William E.
Engelbert always devotes consider
able time and study to this important
feature, and thus far has contracted
for three of these acts. He expected
to close the contract for . fourth at
traction in this line yesterday. The
acts already secured will be given by
the Savages, sensational comedy
aerialists. The first is q comedy re-
volving ladder act by a. lady and q
clown, the apparatus being twenty
feet high. Neck spinning, swinging
chair balances and many other daring
feats are introduced, finishing the act
with q sensational somersault from
ladder to platform below while re-
volving at . very high rate of speed.
This act consumes fifteen minutes
time. .-.., ...
A double trspeze stunt by a woman
and q man doing double balancing,
two high, toe-to-toe hangs, swings,
drops, catches, teeth spinning, etc., at
height of twenty-five feet, composes
the second free attraction which lasts
for twelve stirring minutes. The third
is perilous high wire act by q man
doing q one hundred foot walk blind
folded across a slender cable. head
stands and many other thrilling tricks
from thirty to sixty feet in the air.
This thriller takes twelve minutes to
stage.
Secretary Engelbert has secured the
services of Prof. w. A. McKerrow of
the State University Agricultural
School Extension Division, who will
judge not only the herds competing
for the silver loving cup, but all
other cattle as we'll as all horses ex-
hibited at the county fair. This will
/ insure absolutely impartial decisions.
The entries for the four speed events
d uring the fair closed Monday night
ut IL O'Clock, and Secretary Engel-
bert is in receipt of entry blanks
covering total of II horses in the
r aces on the two last days of the fair.
The sum of 81 200 in purses has been
hung up for the turf events and horse |
owners from every section of the |
D orthwest have informed Secretary
Engelbert that their horses will try
Tor these generous prizes. At time
Of going to press complete list of
hors ses entered was not ready but will
. ppear in these columns next week.
At their annual meeting, Wednes.