The log cabin Democrat., 1913-10-08
MOTORDOMf IS
 BIG DRAWING CARD CARNIVAL SHOWS GOOD
CARNIVAL COMPANY PLEASES BIG CROWDS WITH THEIR
 MANY ATTRACTIONS.

The Faulkner county fair which is going on this week, and for which the Clifton-Kelley shows are furnish ing the amusement attractions, will pass into history as the best and
 most successful fair ever held here or
 in this part of the country, both from
 a financial and artistic standpoint.
 The exhibits are better than ever, attendance ha sbeen enormous and the midway features of the fair away ahead of anything ever attempted here before. While the airship's tail ing to go up on account of lack of space on the gr unds was a disap- pointment to the management of the fair, as they do not like to advertise anything they do not put on, it did not appear to make any difference in
 the attendance, as there were plenty of free attractions, anyway. The Blanche McKinney-H Hunter hippo drome, the three Cord ms, the Guthrie family and the fireworks ,as we'll as the splendid shows and clean. up-to- date riding devices, all are doing their part towards increasing the attend ance.
 The big motordome was the most talked of and strongest drawing at traction at the fair. The motorcycle riders who de the perpendicular wall at death-defying speed presented the most sensational performance ev- CT witnessed here. Amid the roaring of the motors, these speed fiends rush around the inclined track at a speed t'lat looks like suicide and which keeps the audience in state of excitement that at times border on the hyster- ieal. The motordome racing game is a man-kiler, and while n accidents have occurred to the riders who rode here, it seems miracle, as the riders with the Clifton-Kelley shows are certainly dare-devils.
 Clem Belmont, the star rider of the aggregation, when questioned as to how long he expected to keep 1t up, ! replied, T have always been speed fend, and when bicycles first came put nothing but the best and fastest would d for me. When automobiles became popular l took up racing at once and the speed attained, l be- ieve. was the first real pleasure l ever experienced. When the motor lome arrived, shortly after motorcy- les became popular, l was one of the irst to take up riding, and for real hriiis everything else l have ever lone faldes int significance.
 You might think that the excite nent of riding an aeroplane would i peat riding a motordome,' Belmont i replied. but I've ridden them both | and I want to tell you the aeroplane sn't in it. Things run too smooth on an aeroplane-whent they run at ali for there to be much excitement, eX- ,ept when starting and landing. Rld- / ing in motordome the excitement IS always with you, as you not only have to look out for yourself every minute of tn etime, but it's absolute ly necessary for your own and the safety of the other riders, to know exactly what you are going to do next and be able to guess what the other riders are going to do next eV- cry minute of the time the races are on. One little mistake made by one rider may result in injury to all rid CTS"
 The fair management is to he con graduated on securing this tlg, uo- tc-date attraction for the fair. The Cifton-Kelley shows are the largest cleanest and best shows of the kind ever seen here. Their three tig rid ing devices, their motordome and all their shows and concessions are do ing a big business here and deserve all they are doing, as they certainly give value in full for all money spent on their shows, riding devices and concessions.
 The shows leave here on their spe- cial train Sunday for Little Rock. where they furnish the attractions
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