, 1917-08-30
AMUSEMENT FOR EVERYONE
Chinese Racing Pilot VIII Enter Auts
Speed Events Which viii In
elude Foremost Daredevil
Drivers Of Country

"sOhA6 0NoNN AoAA ~ tA
at Douglas, September IL to 10 In
elusive, promises to surpass anything
OF the sort yet held in the Rocky Noun
tain states. The number and qualit,
of the exhibits is proof positive Of
the interest being created by this; tha
flair of quality" Practically every
state west of the Mississippi river will
be represented in the horse, cattle
sheep and swine departments.
More than 100 schools have exhibit
showing in detail the work being don't
by the educational instructors Of thu
state. The Boys and Girls Club wori
should by all means be encouraged
and the fair commissioners are doinl
all possible to further the interesi
along this line. Various prizes and
premiums offered in these department.
r especially attractive, and from
present indications the various club
will be well represented. The educa
tional department will have an unusual
number OF exhibits. The rural, ele
mentary and high schools all have sig.
njfied their intention of exhibiting
specimens of their work. The line Of
work being carried on by the state IL
of utmost Importance and compares
very favorably with the work being
done by our sister states. The exhib.
its will be made up largely of work
done by the students themselves in
the schools, among them being sam.
pies of kindergarten work, paper weav.
Ing, textile weaving and manual train.
ing, showing in detail the various steps
taken toward the child's education from
the time he is placed in the kinder.
garten until he is a graduate of the
State university.
The amusement features have beer
given particular attention and the at
fractions this year are the very best
offered to the public. Motorcycle
races between some of the best riders
in the country will be on the program
daily.
Baxter Adams, the aviator, will be
seen in spectacular flights, looping
the loop, tail slides, figure eight, wing
over wing, and various other stunts
which have never before been attempt
ed. Adams will also race with the
motorcycles daily.
Professor Carver's diving horses
will make a 40-foot jump, being ridden
into the water by 1.-The Girl in Red"
The wild west will also be featured.
Bucking horses, wild horses, and buck
ing bulls have brought together the
best riders in the state. Charlie If
wins outlaw horses "I-Be-Dam' and
lightning Creek" will be brought
here and an attempt made to ride
them.
Evening entertainment will be pro-
vided by one of the best carnival COM.
panies which will take possession of
the streets. At the opera house an
especially strong bill will be given, the
best acts on the Pantages circuit hav-
ing been obtained which consist of
the Chicago Grand Opera Quartet, LIE
Roy and Paul, the Three Les Angelo
gus, Kalinousk Brothers and the
-Four Teketa Japs. These headliners
make up a program of unusual merit.
The international Motor Contest as
ISOLATION has sanctioned the profess
sional automobile races to be held on
September IL, ID and 10, and the rules
Of this governing body will strictly ap-
ply. The $500 in purses and trophies
being offered has attracted the class
lest list Of dirt track pilots with the
fastest cars ever entered in any rae
ing meet.
"Wild Bill" Endicott, Americas dirt
track veteran, has filed entry and will
pilot his Kansas City speed creation,
the Sweeney Special. Never in his IA
years as a race driver has Endicott
been in such rare form as he has
shown this season, and In the Sweeney
he has secured a mount especially
adapted to dirt tracks. Endicott will
also bring the worlds fastest, most ex-
pensiye and highest-powered racing
a ever constructed, the American
BhtEen Benz, Nc. 2. This is the iden-
teal car with which the late Bob Bur
man established the worlds record of
one mile on a straight-away with a
flying start in % Is seconds. Bur-
man predicted that this 900-horsepower
space Rnnihilator would be the three
mlle-a-minute car of the future.
Another noted driver who has filed
entry IL r. Burr Lampkin, England's
dirt track champion. Lampkin brings
his English Sun Ray, which has at
tained the remarkable speed of Ill
miles an hour. While this is Lamp
kip's first season in American racing
circles, he is fast making a name for
himself, proving to be u contender for
first honors in any event in which he
enters. 1t seem to be Lampkin's hob
by to break track records. His more
recent accomplishments were the low
ering Of the North Dakota state rec
ord at the Interstate fair held at Fargo,
N. D., in July. In extreme heat and
on a heavy track, Lampkin clipped 1-5
second from the record established by
John Ramey, turning the mile on the