Arizona republican., 1917-11-15

played by the musicians, wao were followed by first delegation of ap- proxiuatsly 200 girls in uniform at tire and about s5o boys in blue uni forms and caps In platoon forma- tion they marched before the grand- stand, breaking into column forna- ton as they passed, and marching back again in squad formation.
 The girls then formed into ranks in front of the grandstand and gave a perfectly conducted flag drill. In excellent tempo, indicative Of the training they have undergone to reach this near perfection in concert of action. the girls. each holding an American flag in etkher hand, wont through their performance with never an error.
 The crowd applauded vtgorously So vigorously, in fact. that another drill was given at the other end of the grandstand for those who per haps could not have seen well from their removed position.
 The girls flag drill was one of the best received features of the afternoon.
 Concluding their part, the girls and boys filed off the field. while tumult of applause rose from the crowded grandstand.
 Wild ercneho Cavorts
 The crowd was given a thrill that was not pre-arranSed when & wild broncho which cowboys were en- deavoring to saddle in preparation for the wild horse race, broke through the fence of tho inner track, and blinded with rage, dashed head long in the direction Of the finMhing contestants in the fifth heat of the All pace. Unseetng, the madly pitching cayuse barely missed Rico the chestnut gelding who. driven by W. G. Durfee, was in the lead, and came even closer to the right rear wheel of the sulky in which sat Driver McKillop, piloting May Davis to fourth place. The hand of fate apparently intervened and restrained the harness animals from boiling, else a disastrous accident could not have been averted.
 This was the grand climax of one of the widest and wooliest events of the afternoon, the halfmile wild horse race. Prior to the start, cow boys wrestled with the fuzzy broncs. trying to saddle them. Some were saddled and made their escape be- fore the riders could mount Some refused to run but pitched and squealed and bucked instead, while others set a pace down the track which looked like the finish of the Arizona Derby
 Special Events Attract
 Frank Brooks. aeronaut, made an- other successful ascension at the grounds yesterday afternoon. Brooks climbed even higher than on the day preceding and made triple parachute descent, landing Just outside the fair grounds. Yesterday marked the eigh- teen hundred and tenth successful flight by Brooks He has been in the business for 22 years and is declared to be the peer of balloonists.
 Vera McGuinness and Tommy Doug las entertained the crowds with some excellent exhibitions of trick riding. Miss McGuinness again gave her famous drunken cowboy ride, to the oonsternation of the spectators. who feared for the girls safety, so reckless and daring was the ride she took.
 Lillian Marshall and her living nymphs attracted a great deal of at tention. The shapely maids took some genuinely perilous drops from the top of the platform, and also furnished
 
 diving.
 Cameroni slid from the top of the grandstand on a cable, across the main track, on a pulley to which he chung with his teeth.
 Doc" Pardee. official announcer for the cowboy sports. has proven himself one of the feature attractions of the entire fair. Doe pulls off some good comedy in his announcements and draws frequent laughs from the grand stand.
 There is a rube who rides a white mule who is also deserving of special mention. Whether or not he inten- tionally got bucked off of two wild bronchos yesterday afternoon is a matter for speculation but the fact re- mains that he did get bucked off and the audience was very much amused thereby. The rube likewise does some good stunts with his white mule, which animal Is trained to pretty nearly the class of 8 performing circus mule. The long cared one stands for being cranked like 8 Ford automobile whenever the rider wishes to mount him, and for other acts which amuse and entertain.
 Billy Gever. who swings from two ropes suspended between two slender poles, does some hair-raising aerial acrobatic stunts which are unusually attractive.
 Hank" Potts on "Tom King" was the first rider to mount a bucking bronoho at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon.
 Hank ran up against rather a tough proposition. for Tom King i'm mediately tried to piow his way through the fence. Lee Robinson rode Accident" and other punchers rode hard bucking mounts.
 Ed Dooiey. who drives with his hands tied behind. his back, assisted by "Slim" Wier. truly depicted tho ss- lationship between cattle raising Ari- zona and the aUtomob1le.
 Dooley drove the CT without hands. while Wier roped e steer from a sad- de attached to the hood of the car. Dooley will be on tho program again today, and probably every day, for his | act is one that as of unusual interest to I0ot only the COW punchers and the 7S