Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-18

smelling the baseball diamond and
| letter was written protesting against
| this course The owner claimed the
| lease to have teen violated and, this
year. is said to have plowed up the
back stretch of the track. This. Mr..
| Peacock claims, spoiled the grounds for
racing and forced the association TO
| look elsewhere for quarters.
| Wednesdays display of interest
| would appear to justify their choice
The Midway.
Everything considered. it is doubtful
| IL Augusta has ever held Midway to
sarpass that nov catering to the pub
| lie at Capital park. Among the lot are
| the Motardrome which has been so
popular throughout the State. this fall
all varieties of the cane. ring and mon
ey games. q merry go-round, dancing
girls, Dan Longs freak horse, a three
legged steer and ii dozen or more 9TH
er steers, invented by the fertile
| minis of the fakirs.
| The artillery of the motorcycles may
| be heard as far away as the Augusta
House, Willie the performers are do
/
| enclosure set up near the entrance to
the grounds. At the enclosure the noise
| is dcafening as the riders flash about
the almost perpendicular wallis at
speeds varying from IS to e. miles an
| hour \ great mass of lumber is used
| in tie construction, being built in sec
tons To admit of trauspo Itation. y very
| competent barker tells you all about
it before You pays yer money and
Climb n long fight of stairs to a spa
| cious balcony extending around the
| track. This track is about il feet in
height and topped at an angle Of 50
degrees. The crowd in place, Happy
Jack" Gilhoo.ey-that isn't his name
| but he doesn't care-steps to the rail-
ing r speaks from the pit To introduce
the r;defs-and, take it from us, Jack
could look you in the eye and make
YOU believe the track tipped inward
four feet at the top ard that every
cyelist made exactly ~ miles an hour
The thing starts. "Bll Tannerbring.
the flying Dutchman," does an ex-
hihition mile-f0 laps-a-t about IS
or 80 miles an hour Then Cray" Jack
Behns cuts loose. Cutting loose is right,
| TOO, FlEdbflti. ABOUT the lOuiln lap
he hits somewhere in the neigh bor-
hood of four miles minute with the
little side issue Of seeing how close he
can ride to the top of the rim without
going over Then with a wild sWoop he
shoots To the bottom Of the track, and
Will" You wait for the smash he shoots
back again with sudGenness to bring
hefftfalure to those in front of him
About the fourth time he headed to-
, ward the scribe,s middle section, we
found the strength to stagger around
TO the side where Behns went down.
Whats the NATTER" asked a grin
ming friend. For a minute we strug-
@led with our pride. then we confessed
that We were afraid he might "boi
over The show ends with ii nightmare
of lodging instant death With two mcr
on the track at the same time
Just in the rear of the Motordrome il
the merry ground. This proved pleas
antly successful until one of the horses
became too exuberant and jumped to de
structon. His suicide so demoraized tn
rest of the concern that it jumped TIN
track and, for a moment, threatened
, | beautiful smash The construction i
= | sutu, however, THAT tfie occurrence ulu no
disturb those riding beyond a slight jar
Then, of course, we couldn't pass tn
{ dancing Subsidiary kollege Kids kra
$ ~ kabaret without covert glance
Two first-class bankers accompany thi
: | show one of the three girls allows her
+ | self to be hypnotized before the audenc
and tied up in red cape. The purpos
of this the captivated scribe did not dis
4 cover-but perhaps it was because h
u was wondering how much longer the gil
nearest the entrance WAS going to star
at his new green lid,
n Just beyond was the "Androseoggi
: kid-Werld's Champion" little darke
g dodger whose kinky locks We're gettin
+ an awful walloping from the sturdy arr
of some up-country pitcher A few step
d to the east one finds the "Duck-Hoop-la
( | game, whereby you secure a nice plum
s duck from an understood tank by toss
f ing four-nch ring over his neck--th
ducks.
a Dan Longs kangaroo horse is there
! "Lusus Equinus.' whatever that may b
II Calway's famous Notre Dame cathedr;
y clock is, of course, Oh exhibition, as