The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1913-09-10
IN CLASS BY ITSELF
HiPpodrome Show at State Fair In
cludes Many Sensational Acts.

The magnificent horse show pavilion
OF the Kentucky State Fair grounds,
which eclipSes in size and general
modernity the famous Madison Square
Garden circle OF New York city, will
be the scene of brilliant spectacles
during the coming eleventh annual
Kentucky State Fair, to be held in
Louisville Sept. 1920 next.
j.. L. Dent, secretary of the State
Fair, has arranged for the greatest
hippodrome show ever gotten to-
gether for a celebration OF this kind
and not only will out-of-town visitors,
but Louisville citizens as we'll, be as
tonished and delighted at the preten-
uousness and excellence of the enter
tainment provided in the mammoth
and brilliantly illuminated arena that
anords such excellent back. ground
for any entertainment offered.
The exhibition, which is in the ma
ture OF hippodrome vaudeville, will
begin each night at o'clock and in
cludeS the marvellous Nine. Marant-
cite and her imported Arabian higi
school horses, Chief Geronimo and
Sunfower, and her unexcelled high
jumping steed, st. Patrick, who holds
the worlds record of Z feet 1OA
inches, and has posted a challenge Of
$1,000 to all corners against this
heighth. Nine. Farantette will also
exhibit her wonderful trotting os-
trlch, Gaucho, who, hitched with a
running horse to road wagon, made
and now holds the worlds speed
record.
Other features of the program in.
clude the Six Flying Herberts, con-
ceded TO be the best aerial act in the
country. The sensational mid-air fly
ing and catching of these splendid
athletes ft1 10Th
as picturesque one. Their costumes
are changed at every performance and
they perform on rigging 80 feet from
the ground.
The Abrue family is made up of Eve
male and one female artists. The six
are reputed the fastest and most skill
full performers in the world and they
mold more medals and trophies than
any other six-high acrobatic act in the
triple somersaults, pyramid building,
etc, and work with an ease and grace
that Is remarkable.
The five Ferris wheel girls will offer
a real novelty in which the quintet
OF beauties perform startling and SEN
sational gymnastics on a revolving
Ferris wheel. The girls are pretty as
pictures, wear gorgeous clothes, and,
in addition to their nimbleness and
marked ability and vary their turn
with concerts on brass of a classical
as well as popular nature.
King Edwards lion act will offer
q sensation of the highest order in
the performance Of beautiful group
OF wonderfully trained man-eaters.
rhe lions are an aggregation OF mon
ster Nubian animals, who go through
the most amazing tricks and eVolu-
lions at the instance OF their intrepid
trainer, and the turn as a whole is
said TO be as original and different
from the stereotyped animal act as
cculd possibly be. The entire exhibit
ton takes place in strong steel
arena offering perfect protection to
the spectators.
In addition to these high-class acts
and the famous Berliner Mounted
First Cavalry band, there will be
shown each evening an interesting
sories OF the best saddle horse and
harness rings ever exhibited in Ken
lucky. This will, of course, include
the sensational $1,000 Commissioner
Of Agriculture fye-gaited saddle horse
stake, for which the pick OF the saddle
horse world is entered.
Owing TO the excessive expense of
this entertainment and the excellence
III the show offered there will be a
gate admission Of 20 cents charged for
the. night vaudeville and hippodrome
performances.