Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-11
COLD SNAP ADDS
GINGER TO FAIR
Quicken Pace of Events on Sec
ond Day of Virginia's Great
est Exposition.
GIRL MAKES DARING FLIGHT
Diving Venuses Splash Gleefully
Into Ice Water While
Crowd Shivers.
GIRL MAKES DARING FLIGHT


did not Yesterday deter visitors from
going tn tho State Fair Grounds. did
not prevent tho Six Water Lilies from
diving into icc-cold water or keen Miss
Nath"rinc Stinson. the ninctecn-year-
ola aviatricc. from travelling through
the unchmrtch paths Of the air. dipping
with propeller straight down. and
looping tho loop with thin streams of
smoke behind her
IN comparison with corresponding
days Of other years. tho second days
attendance was large. paid admissions
amounting TO 10 3 per cent more than
on the second day OF last year
President Fairfax Harrison. who at
'"nded tho fair after the meeting OF
tho stocEh oldnrs OF the Southern Rail-
way. expressed himself as being highly
pleased with exhibits and attendance.
and said tha, he would .ve an an
nouncemcnt To make later. He referred
TO the fact that the paid admissions
were numerically larger than usual. r.
and i'll this he saw signs that the at
tcndanc" would increase day by day.
and that the total number of visitors
would compare favorably with any Of
preceding years.
OIT-OF-TOWN ATTENDANCE
WELL. TIP To STANDARD
More county exhibits were brought
into the grounds yesterday Tho farm
products exhibited are larger in mum
her and better In quality. il WAS
stated. and tho live stock. though not
50 numerically strong. is better in
quality. General Manager W. G.
Saunders. who until yesterday kcd
with his coat off. is equally as pleased
with the number and quality of eS-
hibits. and pointed to the fact that
tho attendance from outside Of Rich
mond was OF generous proportions.
OF main interest among the free at
fractions during tho afternoon was the
aerial ascension OF Miss Katherine
Stinson. the nincteen-year-old avia
tricc. who. despite the chilly blasts
from the west, Went up thousand feet
in her military biplane and executed
the loop -thc-loop with tho nerve and
dash of war aviator on the western
front in France. Her feats were oh
scrvab!e from as far as Eighth and
Broad Streets to the east and Ciinter
Park To the north II was over Gintcr
Park that. with two trails Of yellow
smoke behind her. she dipped and then
swung head downward for the loon.
Midway md all the exhibit buildings
were deserted when her bip!ane was
brought into the field, and she was
introduced III front of the grand stand
%! the announcer. Jack Driscoll
Sleht OF frame and below medium
he'Sht she had not the appearance of
one who would dare the untraycled
paths of the air But she leaped into
her machine with u smile and chatted
WIN psStahders and friends while the
master mechanic for ten minutes tried
10 warm up the engine and start tho
propeller. Her machine rose from al
most directly in front OF the grand
stand climbing the air lanes against
The western wind. Within fow
minutes Miss Stinson was a thousand
feet up.
Thot SANDS MARVEL.
AT GIftl. Sky PIIOT
hundreds OF people downtown and
IN the northern suburbs witnessed her
nights and marveled. With the craco
OF Patagonian gull. she dipped and
glided, and then. as the tbronrs
watched with beating hearts. she
looped the loop twice In succession.
She came down from the east. edpinr
her way over light poles until she
landed almost in the exact spot from
where she ascended. scattering pol;ce
ana officials she swung 10 The
ground.
While Miss Stinson was in the air
Princess Olga and her polar bears we're
performing an act in front OF the
grand stand ;:u, most Of the ewes
were lifted hcavenward during the
two performances
MI the promised free attractions
were placed yesterday afternoon. per
forming between the races. The Four
Daniels were creditabic in their cast
ing act. and the Six Water Lilies we're
graceful in their diving. But il was
long before the diving horse would
respond TO the appeals of his mistress
to take tho plunge from ii forty-foo,
PLATFORM lie looked ut the grand
stand crowd and whinnied i'm disgust
to his mistress. Twice he placed his
forefcet over the inclined platform and
brought them back. Finally n negro
was sent up from behind to urge him
to take the leap. He looked disdain-
fully over his shoulder and paid no
need AT last. in response TO urgent
pleas from below, he bowed his head
and plunged outward and down. There
was II tremendous splash. but he came
up unharmcd and unafraid. Behind
him divcd two dogs, neither OF which
hesitatcd in the leap. Then diving
girl plunged from a fifty-foot platform
into pool in front Of the grand stand.
and the other acts followed in order
RACING EVENTS PROVE
no RE OF HIGH ORDER
The harness. running and steep,e-
chase races were OF "a high order and
there were several exciting finishes.
Cecil Wilkinson, a colored jockey, rid
ing Whirlwind, owned by tho Dixon
BROTHERS. came cropper at the first
hurdle In the second turn and escaped
rith strained muscle i'm his right
''c was treated ny d.: q. V.
':cen. OF the Virginia Hospital amhu-
lance corps
Throughout Tho morning ana nftcr-
noon crowds visited tho exhibits and
wandered through the mazes Of Midway
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